Land Policies
This university is UGA's oldest rival...
UGA was the first state-chartered institution of higher learning. UNC was the first to teach students.
Did the North or the South favor tariffs on imports?
What is the North
What makes war in a democracy?
What is POLITICAL WILL
Who is Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, or John Bell
The Yazoo Lands became these two states
What is Alabama and Mississippi
The cotton gin was created for what purpose?
What is to separate the seeds from cotton more efficiently
What was the MOST cited cause for secession?
What is slavery
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves?
What is states that were in rebellion (or the Confederate states)
Where was the first (according to some) African American Baptist church?
What is Savannah
Who was the Native American that argued for his Cherokee people before the Supreme Court
As a result of the cotton gin, slavery in Georgia...
What is increased
Who sued for his freedom in 1857 at the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Dred Scott
What was the bloodiest one-day battle during the Civil War?
What is Antietam
Why were the Creeks removed from their land? And why were the Cherokee removed from theirs?
What is Creeks--Cotton, Cherokee--Gold
What land policy system disbursed 3/4 of Georgia to 100,000 families?
What is the land lottery
What were Atlanta's two previous names?
What is Terminus and Marthasville
This region was stereotyped as impulsive, cavalier, and lazy
What is the South
What was the REAL turning point for the Civil War?
What is the March to the Sea
Under the headright system, the head of household was offered how many acres for themselves and how many for every additional person, up to ......?
What is 200 acres, plus 50 acres per person, up to 1000 acres.
What coastal culture was created by Africans brought over on ships such as the Wanderer?
What is Gullah Geechee
What was presented to Lincoln by Sherman as a Christmas gift?
What is Savannah on Dec. 21, 1864
What is block the ports, control the Mississippi River, & starve the Confederacy (aka stab it through the heart)