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100
Name the most important mechanical invention to Georgia's economy in late 1700's and early 1800's.
cotton gin
100
Explain the Missouri Compromise
It maintained a balance of power in the Senate between slave and free states by allowing Maine to enter the US as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
100
What was the biggest difference between sharecroppers and tenant farmers?
the way they paid the landowner after the harvest
100
What civil rights leader of the New South would have used Alonzo Herndon as an example of how to achieve equality in the Jim Crow South?
Booker T. Washington
100
After the French and Indian War what two countries controlled most what is now North America?
England and Spain
200
Name Sequoyah's (aka George Gist) major contribution to the Cherokee culture.
He developed a syllabary (alphabet) for the Cherokee's written language.
200
Explain the Compromise of 1850
California entered the Union as a free state with no slavery and the south received the Fugitive Slave Act
200
How do we remember Henry Grady?
He was a leading spokesperson for the New South
200
Which civil rights leader believed that a "Talented Tenth" of the African American population would be leaders for all members of their race?
W.E.B. Dubois
200
What natural border did the Proclamation Line of 1763 follow?
The Appalachian Mountains
300
What led to America's change from a barter economy to a market economy?
The development of commercial agriculture - cash crop farming replaced susbsistence agriculture
300
Explain the Fugitive Slave Act
It required the return of runaway slaves to their owners
300
Who is associated with anti-semitism (Jewish)?
Leo Frank
300
What was the major difference between W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington?
DuBois believed direct action was needed to end segregation and end their lack of civil rights and Washington believed segregation would go away if blacks were given equal opportunity in education and employment.
300
After the French and Indian War, what country controlled the land west of the Mississippi River?
Spain
400
What was the name of the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia?
The Trail of Tears
400
What was unique about the presidential election of 1860?
It was the first time a candidate won the election with votes from only one section of country
400
What describes the term "separate but equal"?
Idea that segregation was acceptable as long as public facilities were the same for each race.
400
Who was responsible for making Coca-Cola a nationally recognized brand?
Asa Candler
400
What military strategy increased the economic importance of Atlanta during the Civil War?
the Union naval blockade
500
What legislation allowed Georgia to push the Creek and Cherokee out of the state and take their land?
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
500
What was the political issue before the Civil War that differed greatly between the North and the South in their views of power that the federal government should have over the state?
states' rights
500
What issue was brought up in the Supreme Court decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Jim Crow laws
500
Why did the Articles of Confederation want a federal government with little power?
They had just freed themselves from the domination of a strong, powerful government in Great Britain
500
What was unique about Sherman's March to the Sea?
Total warfare-it targeted civilian as well as military property