Georgia History Exemption Exam Study Guide Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct

Georgia History Exemption Exam Study Guide Questions And Answers Verified 100% Correct When and how did revolution arrive in GA - ANSWER 1778 British decided to focus military effort on the South What role did French play in revolution - ANSWER French combined with Patriot force to attempt to force British to surrender in Savannah What Georgians participated in the Constitutional Convention - ANSWER Abraham Baldwin William Few Who led Patriot force into GA and reclaimed land - ANSWER Nathanael Greene Georgia's early political system - ANSWER bicameral legislature expansion of suffrage Major differences in constitution of 1789 and 1777 - ANSWER bicameral v unicameral expansion of suffrage What new crops developed in GA? - ANSWER Cotton What was the Yazoo fraud? - ANSWER Georgia legislators voted to sell over 40 million acres of GA land to four land companies for 1.5cents/acre How was the Yazoo fraud settled? - ANSWER Sale was nullifed by new legislator What georgian led the fight against the Yazoo sale? - ANSWER James Jackson How did Georgia distribute the rest of its land after the Yazoo fraud? - ANSWER land lottery through the federal government By the Compact of 1802, in exchange for ceding western lands to federal government, what did GA get? - ANSWER removal of Native Americans Georgia's capitals from - ANSWER Savannah to Augusta in 1786 Augusta to Louisville in 1796 Louisville to Milledgeville in 1806 Why did GA support the decision to go to war against GB in 1812? - ANSWER Gain control over Spanish held FL Gain territory under Creek control What was the difference in Creek factions in GA and AL? - ANSWER upper creek-AL (Red Sticks) lower creek-GA represented by Alexander McGillivray Why did the Red Sticks go to war in 1813? - ANSWER They wanted to regain some of their lost land What battle were the Red Sticks defeated in? - ANSWER Horshoe bend in 1814 With what two Creek men did GA most often negotiate? - ANSWER William McIntosh Alexander McGillivray What happened to William McIntosh? - ANSWER He was executed by the Creek for ceding almost all Creek land to GA Why were the Cherokee considered the most advanced of the southern NA groups? - ANSWER They were able to assimilate into white culture/"civilization" What symbols of progress had the Cherokee developed by 1830? - ANSWER syllabary completed in 1821 written constitution in 1827 with elected government owned houses, operated mills, farmed, ran inns, became lawyers/teachers, operated schools/churches What effect did the discovery of gold at Dahlonega have on the process of Cherokee removal? - ANSWER Cherokee removal went at a faster pace, whites rushed the area hoping to strike it rich How did the Cherokee resist removal? - ANSWER took the government to court to keep their land Why did the Cherokee effort to resist removal fail? - ANSWER SCOTUS ruled in their favor, POTUS Jackson refused to uphold ruling What was the SCOTUS ruling in Worcester V. Georgia - ANSWER Georgia's laws could not apply in Cherokee territory What did the Treaty of New Echota do? - ANSWER Gave up land in exchange for land in Indian territory (OK) Who signed the treaty of New Echota? - ANSWER John Ridge Elias Boudinot Trek from GA to indian territory is called - ANSWER The Trail of Tears What accounted for GA prosperity in antebellum period? - ANSWER well developed rail system lumber yards textile mills port at Savannah cotton and slavery culture What were major forms of transportation in antebellum period? - ANSWER Rivers poorly maintained dirt roads turnpikes built by private companies What were advances in transportation in antebellum period - ANSWER Steamboats, railroads Western and Atlantic railroad - ANSWER Established by the state Chattahoochee to terminus (Atlanta) Central and Georgia Railroad - ANSWER Chartered GA railroad from Augusta to Athens Central Savannah to Macon Who invented the cotton gin? - ANSWER Eli Whitney in 1793 What effect did the cotton gin have on Georgia - ANSWER economy boomed and subsequently cotton/slavery expanded Major groups within southern society - ANSWER Planters Middling planters Yeoman farmers Poor/landless whites Free Persons of Color Slaves Planters - ANSWER owned 20+ slaves 5% of GA population most wealthy