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| What two Georgia cities served as the state’s capital during the late 1700s? | Savannah and Augusta |
| What two denominations grew the most during this time period. | Methodist & Baptist |
| The headright system was NOT unfair to | Heads of households with children |
| What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below-market prices? | Yazoo land fraud |
| This signer of the United States Constitution wrote the charter of the University of Georgia. This charter said that all people-no just the wealthy- have a right to education. | Abraham Baldwin |
| Which statement best describes the controversy surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud in 1795? | State legislators were bribed to sell land to land speculators |
| The capital of Georgia moved many times in order to | stay in the center of the state’s population |
| Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama? | The federal government paid millions to settle the Yazoo land fraud and disputed Georgia’s right to the land. |
| The Yazoo Land Fraud is considered to be the worst political scandal in Georgia history because | Land speculators bribed members of the General Assembly to sell public land to them for low prices |
| What caused confusion over land ownership in Georgia after the Revolutionary War? | Lands were taken from the Tories, given away, returned to Tories, and taken again |
| Georgia needed railroads because | Many cotton-producing towns were far from navigable riversTwo factors that contributed to the growth of the population of enslaved people in Georgia were |
| Two factors that contributed to the growth of the population of enslaved people in Georgia were | tobacco farming and the invention of the cotton gin |
| After the Revolutionary War, Georgia’s major crops were | cotton and tobacco. |
| Georgia’s cotton was shipped from the coastal city of | Savannah |
| Before railroads were available, Georgia’s farmers moved their products to markets by | riverboats, ferries, and wagon trains. |
| In the mid-1800s, Georgia’s main railroad company was the | Western and Atlantic Railroad. |
| What were the original names of Atlanta? | Terminus and Marthasville |
| Who was involved in the Yazoo Land Fraud? | four land companies, governor and legislature |
| The most important mechanical invention to Georgia’s economy in the early 1800s was the | cotton gin. |
| How many acres of land could a man receive under the headright system? | 1000 |
| What did the Georgia Baptist Convention do? | It unified Baptists under one organization. |
| Which Georgia city was the least important in the early 1800s? | Atlanta |
| Georgia once included land that is in present-day | Alabama & Mississippi |
| With which church was Bishop Richard Allen associated in the early 1800s? | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| What was the most damaging result of the Yazoo land fraud in Georgia? | Georgia lost money as well as lands west of the Chattanooga River. |
| Which statement best describes a “land grant university,” like the University of Georgia? | The land for the college was donated by the federal government. |
| Which land acquisition allowed Georgia to obtain the most land? | The Louisiana Purchase |
| What most affected industrialization during the period of western expansion? | Abundant power and a supply of laborers for manufacturing |
| Loans for land purchases to increase commercial farming | What most affected industrialization during the period of western expansion? |
| Inventions such as the cotton gin, reaper, and cotton spinning wheels | What most affected industrialization during the period of western expansion? |
| The invention of the cotton gin made it necessary for plantation owners to use more | enslaved people |
| What led to America’s change to a “market economy”? | The development of commercial agriculture |
| What national “symbol” came out of the War of 1812? | “The Star-Spangled Banner” |
| a reason the state got involved in railroad building? | Building railroads was very expensive. |
| a reason the state got involved in railroad building? | Businessmen were afraid they would lose their money if they invested in railroads. |
| Money for railroad construction was limited. | a reason the state got involved in railroad building? |
| Which statement best explains the nation’s move to a market economy during the period of western expansion? | Farmers turned to commercial agriculture and grew cash crops. |
| The first way the government of Georgia distributed land was by | giving it away |
| Which practice did have the potential to hurt farmers in the new market economy? | More farmers borrowed money on their lands while waiting for crops to sell. |
| More farmers took risks on prices when deciding when to take crops to markets. | Which practice did have the potential to hurt farmers in the new market economy? |
| Farmers borrowed heavily to buy more land to increase production for the marketplace. | Which practice did have the potential to hurt farmers in the new market economy? |
| Georgia’s western boundary, the Chattahoochee River, was determined as a result of the | Yazoo Land Fraud |
| Which characteristic does describe America’s movement into the industrial age? | The change from subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture |
| Which characteristic does describe America’s movement into the industrial age? | Investors willing to invest money in expanding factories and production processes |
| Which characteristic does describe America’s movement into the industrial age? | Profitable innovations and inventions in farming and manufacturing equipment |
| The illegal sale of Georgia lands, eventually resulting in the state’s losing much of the territory it gained during the French and Indian War, was the ____________________ land fraud. | Yazzo Land Fraud |
| In 1803, the size of the United States doubled with the acquisition from the French of the _________________________. | Louisiana Purchase |
| Georgia’s farming changed forever with the invention of the cotton gin by ____________________. | Eli Whitney |
| The major Georgia railroad during the era after the Revolutionary War was the _________________________ Railroad, which ran from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Terminus. | Western and Atlantic |
| Farmers who grew crops to feed their families were known as ____________________ farmers. | Subsistence |
| Farmers who engaged in commercial agriculture grew crops to sell at market known as ____________________ crops. | Cash |
| Ministers who traveled from town to town preaching on different days in different communities were called ____________________. | Circuit Riders |
| The first land grant university in the country, founded in Athens in 1785, was the _________________________, which was originally called Franklin College. | UGA |
| Georgia’s settlers wanted the Cherokee Indians moved to the western territories because they wanted the Indians’ ____________________ and ____________________. | Land, Gold |
