Vocabulary
Period in the South before the Civil War.
what is... ANTEBELLUM?
TRUE or FALSE: Under Georgia law, slaves had rights to all political or civil liberties.
what is... FALSE?
authored "Gone With The Wind"
who is... MARGARET MITCHELL?
The nation's first state university in history.
what is.. UGA?
Which of the following was NOT a cash crop for Georgia in antebellum society?
1. Peanuts
2. Cotton
3. Indigo
4. Peaches
what is ... PEANUTS?
Machine that separates the seeds from cotton.
what is... COTTON GIN?
This group of farmers often lived in dogtrot cabins.
who are... YEOMAN FARMERS?
made the revolutionary discovery of the effectiveness of ether, an early form anesthesia.
who is... CRAWFORD W. LONG?
When the University of Georgia opened its doors in 1801, who was welcomed to attend?
who are... ONLY MEN? (Women were not allowed to enroll until 1918!)
TRUE or FALSE: Because they were so wealthy, most planters had plenty of cash on hand.
what is...
FALSE? Most planters' wealth was tied up in land and slaves.
Antebellum landholder who enslaved more than 20 workers (richest of the landholders).
what are... PLANTERS?
How did railroad construction impact the cotton economy of Georgia?
A: Workers left the cotton plantations in favor of employment building railroads.
B: Producers had another option besides rivers for transporting their goods to larger markets.
C: Money that would have been invested in growing cotton was instead used to build railroads.
D: Cotton was exported from the state at such a rapid rate that there was none left for Georgia production.
what is...
B: Producers had another option besides rivers for transporting their goods to larger markets.
Inventor of the cotton gin.
who is.. ELI WHITNEY?
(Worth 300 pts for each right answer)
During the antebellum period, separate black churches—primarily Baptist—were founded in some Georgia cities. Name 2 that were opposed to slavery.
who are..
The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) and African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion)
TRUE or FALSE: Cotton production required less slave labor because of the cotton gin.
what is... FALSE?
Log cabin with two rooms connected by a covered and floored passage.
what is... DOGTROT?
At the bottom of white society were the ___________(2 words)—those who owned no land and got by as best they could.
who hired Eli Whitney on their plantation in Savannah?
who is.. CATHERINE GREEN?
One of the first women’s colleges in the country was the Georgia Female College, later called _____________________, in Macon. Classes began in 1839 and soon women were earning college degrees there.
The arrival of ___________ in the 1820s provided Georgia planters a better way to transport large quantities of cotton to the ocean port at Savannah.
what are... STEAMBOATS?
Middle-class farmer who generally owned fewer than 100 acres.
what are... YEOMAN FARMERS?
This area of Georgia provide the most suitable soil for growing cotton, and had enough moving water to power cotton gins, textile mills, and factories.
where is... THE FALL LINE?
(worth 500 pts per right answer)
In 1859, the University of Georgia added a school of law under the guidance of... who?
who are...
JOSEPH HENRY LUMPKIN and THOMAS R. R. COBB?
In the early 1800s, a Protestant religious movement called the ____________ (2 words) swept the South. Through camp meetings and revivals, thousands of Georgians, both black and white, were attracted and converted.
what is... GREAT REVIVAL?
(worth 500 pts per correct answer)
The two factors most responsible for Georgia’s growth.
what are...
COTTON and SLAVERY?