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8th - Georgia Studies: Westward Expansion

Georgia Studies

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Bill of rightsThe first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
William Few and Abraham BaldwinGeorgia's reps to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
three - fifthsWhat a slave counted as a person in the U.S. Constitution in the beginning
threeBranches of government in the U.S. Constitution
fourthGeorgia was the ____ state to ratify the Constitution.
executive, legislative and judicialGeorgia's branches of government after the Revolution.
legislativeGeoria's most powerful branch of government after the Revolution.
Headrightlands distributed to the settlers by the Georgia government east of the Oconee River.
YazooInfamous land fraud causing Georgia to lose land west of the Chattahoochee River.
Eli WhitneyInventor of the cotton gin.
TerminusFormer or previous name of Atlanta where the W and A railroad ran.
land grantA type of university chartered in Georgia.
Rocky MountainsLand form where the Louisiana Purchase extended the U.S. boundary to the far west.
African Methodist Episcopal ChurchRichard Allen founded this institution.
New Orleanssite of a famous battle AFTER the War of 1812
SequoyahHe developed a syllabary, or alphabet of symbols for the Cherokees.
Cherokee PhoenixThe newspaper of the Cherokee nation of Georgia.
Chief William McIntoshCreek Chief signed away Creek lands in Georgia.
Indian Removal ActU.S. Government legislation passed to force the Cherokees to move to Oklahoma.
goldfound in Dahlonega leading Indians of Georgia to lose their land.
Trail of TearsThe name given to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma.
New EchotaCherokee capital near Calhoun, Georgia
marketAn economy system the U.S moved to during this time.
Poor Richard's AlmanacBen Franklin's famous publication.
subsistencea type of farming where farmers grow crops for themselves.



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