Spread of slavery
Most northerners in the 1800s wanted to _________
make slavery illegal.
What was the name for the forcible exile of the Native Americans to Oklahoma called?
Trail of Tears
How did Georgia transport all of their excess cotton to export in the 1800s?
The document that was essentially the colonists' break up letter to Britian was called the
Declaration of Independence
Which president won the election of 1860?
Why was it considered economical to use enslaved labor?
Enslaved laborers received only food and housing, created more crops and exports for slaveowners
The Mississipians' economy mostly consisted of _____.
trading
The antebellum era of Georgia's history refers to the time...
just before the Civil War.
Name two Acts King George III imposed on the Colonists
The Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Tea Act, the Townshend Acts
What was the anti-slavery book that depicted the life of a fictional slave that outraged the southerners?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Describe slavery before and after the invention of the cotton gin.
Slavery was decreasing before the cotton gin, and greatly increased after.
Who was the president who signed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Georgia held how many land lotteries between 1805 and 1833?
eight
What country was an important ally to the Patriots during the Revolutionary War?
France
What two states fought over people sneaking in to vote on whether the states would be free states or slave states?
Kansas and Nebraska
What was the Supreme Court Decision that declared that slaves were not considered citizens?
The Dred Scott Decision.
How did Georgia react to the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia?
It ignored the court’s ruling and continued taking Cherokee land.
What is the largest region of Georgia?
Coastal Plains
What was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
Who was the man who tried to lead an uprising of slaves in Harper's Ferry, WV?
John Brown
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What was the area of land first given to Georgian settlers by the Mississipians?
Yamacraw Bluff
What was the Homestead Act?
an act that gave westward expanders practically free land to farm and develop in the west.
What was the battle that ended the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Yorktown
Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, Stephen A. Douglass