First land grant university; meant to educate all white men regardless of whether they were poor or wealthy
100
Headright System
Method used to distribute land by giving up to 1,000 acres of land to white men (considered teh head of the family)
100
Sequoyah
Cherokee Indian who created the written Cherokee language (syllabary)
100
States' Rights
One of the major causes of the American Civil War; belief that the interests of a state take precedence over the national government.
100
Aboltionist
People who worked/fought to get rid of slavery
200
Louisville
Georgia's third capital city from 1796 to 1807; moved to this location after GA's population continued to move westward.
200
Baptist and Methodist
Two largest church denominations in GA after the American Revolution; spread across the state as the population moved westward.
200
John Marshall
Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court; ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that the Cherokee territory was not subject to state law.
200
Slaves
Forced labor; provided most of the labor int eh south during Antebellum
200
Nullification
Legal theory that states had the right to invalidate (not follow) any law they believed to be unconstitutional.
300
Railroads
A new, faster and efficient mode of transportation in GA; reduced the need for horses, stagecoaches, and boats; important to the establishment of the city of Terminus (which was later renamed Marthasville and Atlanta)
300
John Ross
Became the principal chief of the Cherokee in 1827; established a written constitution for the Cherokee Nation using the syllabary
300
Andrew Jackson
American general that became a US president; assisted in the forced removal of the Creek and Cherokee Indians from Georgia.
300
Dred Scott
Slaves whose case went to the U.S. Supreme Court; argued that he was free because he had lived in a free state; U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the owner ruling that slaves were property.
300
Republican
New political party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War.
400
Cotton Gin
Machine, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, that separated seeds from cotton.
400
Dahlonega
The discovery of gold in this GA city led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians (known as the Trail of Tears)
400
William McIntosh
Leader of the Creek Nation form 1810-1820 who signed the treaty of Indian Springs; murdered by the police force he created after giving away all creek lands in GA (after being bribed)
400
Cotton
Main agricultural (farming) product produced in the South; the economy of the south was based on this product.
400
Industry or Factories
Main way that the people in the North made money (Def: Manufacturing activity whose purpose is to create, or make, something useful)
500
Land Lottery
Method used to distribute land, white men, orphans, and widows were allowed to buy tickets used to determine the area of land they were given.
500
Alexander McGillivray
Creek leader int eh Oconee War between Creek and GA pioneers; worked to centralize powers within Creek society and protect Creek lands
500
Trail of Tears
The harsh removal of the Creek and Cherokee out of their land to the west.
500
Abraham Lincoln
American Preside during the Civil War; elected President in 1860.
500
Compromise of 1850
Agreement between northern and southern states; admitted California as a free state and New Mexico and Utah could vote on slavery.