Social Studies

• Why was the first university of Georgia a revolutionary idea in 1785?

  It gave public education to not only the wealthy, but all people having a right to an education
• In what year did the University of Georgia finally open its doors?

  1801 (16 years later)
• Name Georgia's five capital cities in order from earliest to most recent.

  S-Savannah

  A-Augusta

  L-Louisville

  M-Milledgeville

  A-Atlanta
• Why did Georgia's state capital keep moving westward?

  The growing importance away from the area
• What did the city of Terminus have to offer back in this time period?

  The town of Terminus was chosen due to its accessible railroads
• After the American Revolution, what was Georgia's first approach to land distribution?

  The Head Right System
• How was land distributed through the Head Right System?

  The "head" of every family had the "right" to win 200 acres of land for himself plus an additional 50 acres of land for every additional family member. The limit was 1,000 acres.
• What was the Yazoo Land Fraud?


  The sale of western land to four land companies after the members of the general assembly had been bribed.
• What was the result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?

  In a demonstration of anger over the act, the assembly members burned the act using a magnifying glass to focus the sun's rays and start a fire. They called it a "fire brought down from heaven." The state refunded to the companies the money they paid Georgia.
• Which invention helped Georgia become one of the top cotton producers in the world?

  The Cotton Gin
• What was the purpose of the Cotton Gin?

  To remove seeds by brushing the fiber through slits, too small for the seeds to pass through.
• What effect did the Cotton Gin have on slave labor across the South?

  Eli Whitney's invention put the lower south on the road to becoming the "land of cotton" and ensured the survival of the plantation system and slavery.
• What transportation method did cotton growers begin using in order to get cotton to the market in Savannah as fast as possible?

  Ships
• Which side did Georgia's Native American tribes side with during the Revolutionary War? Why?

  Georgia's Native American's sided with the British because if the British won the war, they would return to the land that their white settlers.
• Why was William McIntosh murdered by fellow Creeks?

  Because many Creeks accused him of breaking their law against selling land.
• How did the Dahlonega Gold Rush impact the Cherokee?

  Once word got out that gold was found in North Georgia, the miners started trespassing their land.
• In your opinion, how might the fate of the Cherokee Nation have been different if gold had not been discovered in Dahlonega, Georgia? Explain.

  Their land would have never been trespassed, they would have had more land, and more resources.
• How did the Cherokee react to the Indian Removal Act?

  They resisted the act
• Who was the Cherokee Chief who argued the Worcester v. Georgia case before Supreme Court?

  John Ross
• How did President Andrew Jackson feel about the Supreme Court's ruling in the Worcester v. Georgia case?

  He defied the Supreme Court over Worcester v. Georgia
• What was the Trail of Tears?

  The forced westward migration of American Indian tribes (Cherokee) from the South and Southeast.
• Why was it known as the Trail of Tears?

  Because of the devastating effects such as the roads, storms, blizzards, sicknesses, deaths, and sorrows they encountered.
• What was Chief Justice Marshall's ruling in the Worcester v. Georgia case?

  The states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land.