Unit 1 and 2
Unit 3 and 4
Antebellum
Mixed Bag
Road to Disunion
100

5 Geographical Regions of Georgia

Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Appalachian Plateau, Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley

100

Signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia

Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton

100

Antebellum is defined as 

the period before the Civil War

100
List the colleges started in Georgia and their affiliation

UGA - 1st Public, Mercer - Baptist,  Medical College - Train Doctors, Emory - Methodist College, Oglethorpe - Presbyterian, Weslyan - All Female, 

100

1st state to secede from the Union?

Georgia was the _____ state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

5th 

200

5 states that border Georgia

SC, NC, Ala, Tenn, Fla

200

3 Goals of the Proclamation of 1763

Build a positive relationship with the Indians

Prevent conflict

Economic Trade Relationship - Fur

Colonists could not live west of the Appalachian Mountains - Boundary

200

a slogan and economic philosophy that described the importance of cotton production in the American South in the 1800s

"Cotton is King"

200

passed by Congress to maintain the balance of free and slave states in the United States

Prohibition of slavery in the Louisiana Territory

Missouri Compromise

Maine a Free State and Missouri and Slave State

200

To please southern states what did the Compromise of 1850 create regarding runaway slaves?

Fugitive Slave Law - Must return runaway slaves to their owner

300

Goals of the Charter of 1732

Philanthropy, Economics, Defense

300

Georgia's 5 state capitals from oldest to most present day

  • Savannah. In 1776, when Georgia became a state, government operations were handled in Savannah. ...
  • Augusta. As time went on, people began exploring beyond the coast. ...
  • Louisville. ...
  • Milledgeville. ...
  • Atlanta.
300

These meetings resulted in increase in church attendance, new churches being organized and many people were converted to Christianity.  

Great Revival

300

withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States

Secession

300

The southern states believed they had the right to govern themselves without interference from the federal government. What is this called?

States Rights

400

It was the area where Savannah was founded

Yamacraw Bluff

400

Name the four different immigrant groups and the reason they are important

Salzburgers, Jews, Highland Scots, Malcontents

400

This machine made it possible to grow and process cotton far into the state’s interior.  Helped make Cotton King

Cotton Gin

400

Rail Roads, Steam Boats, and Turnpikes - List three impacts they had on Georgia

Able to transport people, and products, Crops to and from markets and to other areas faster and cheaper, Encouraged the growth of Georgia by bringing new people to the state, New settlements to the interior of Georgia - Atlanta, Able to transport up stream against the currents, Export Cash Crops  within state and to other states......

400

The people of that state had the right to choose slavery or no slavery 

Popular Sovereignty

500

Designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy. In other words, it seeks to maximize the accumulation of resources

Mercantilism

500

Explain 4 main differences - Trustee Colonial Period vs. the Royal Colonial Period

Trustee - 21 Trustees, No Slavery, No Alcohol, Limited Land Ownership, No Catholics or Jews, Land passed only to sons, No Lawyers, Oglethorpe

Royal - Governor, Slavery, More Land Ownership, Legislature, Cash Crops, Prospered, Alcohol Allowed

500

List 6 important facts about Planters

upper social class, owned 20 or more slaves, educated, worked in business and government, short on cash, invested in slaves and their land, Church, gatherings, kids educated in private schools, houses ordinary and basic furnishings, libraries
500

Each new state decide for themselves about slavery

Fugitive Slave Act

Admitted California as a Free state

Abolished Slave Trade in Washington DC

Proclamation of 1850

500

Remaining loyal to your own part of the country rather than the whole Union is called what?

Sectionalism