Georgia Studies Cumulative Exam #3

To distribute newly acquired land the government's policy giving up to 200 acres of land to the head of a family was ___

At the very beginning of the 1800’s, two technological developments changed Georgia forever, these developments were the

“The chief of the Cherokee Indians, he was also a successful businessman and plantation owner.

Which of the following is the correct list in order of the five capitals that Georgia has had?

The American Revolution was fought between

The University of Georgia was the very first college to

Part of the border between the states of Alabama and Georgia is formed by

A Muscogee/Creek Indian chief who had a Scottish father and Creek mother; he was first cousins with Georgia’s governor

The issues of  __________________________ were two things that eventually led to the American Civil War

________________ was the founder of the colony of Georgia and provided trade opportunities to Yamacraw Indians there.

________________________ is a theory about money that says that a country should export more than it imports.

In which two hemispheres is Georgia located?

Georgia Governor, ____, and powerful men like Robert Toombs, were leaders of the group of Georgians who wanted to secede

Even though the cotton gin made it easier to harvest cotton, two negative effects came from it. They were

The ________ army won the Battle of Chickamauga, but the total number of soldiers killed on both sides was around 36,000

Georgia land policy sold land very cheaply to four land companies who would then sell it to citizens. This policy was __

The head Muscogee/Creek Chief received extra money for his personal land. As a result he was _________

Why did Georgia’s Trustees officially surrender control of the colony to the British monarchy, making it a Royal Colony?

In 1864, Union military leaders launched _________, a series of battles aimed at capturing the city of Atlanta, Georgia

The colony of Georgia was started for three reasons. These three reasons were

The Mississippian people built large ____________________.

During the fighting, Casimir Pulaski, a group of Black soldiers from Haiti, and William Jasper all fought in _______

Part of the border between the states of South Carolina and Georgia is formed by

General _____________________ captured Savannah in 1864.

Supreme Court Justice_____ sided with the Cherokee Indians and said they were an independent nation and not under laws

Which of the following Georgians did NOT sign the Declaration of Independence?

Spain’s reasons for exploring and settling North America were referred to as the “Three G’s.” These three G’s stood for

The document that established the colony of Georgia was the

The United States government allows states to create their own laws as long as these laws

The Mississippian Culture began to develop when ________________reached the Southeastern United States.

The Articles of Confederation gave individual states ___, as a result, they were replaced with the US Constitution.

The state of Georgia is located in the _______________________ region of the country.

The journey that the Cherokee took from Georgia to Oklahoma was called __________ because so many Cherokee Indians died

Seven Muscogee/Creek chiefs signed ______ which agreed to sell all remaining Muscogee/Creek land in Georgia for $200,000

The Cherokee were mostly being left alone until 1828 when _________________ was discovered in Dahlonega.

Georgia had more miles of __________________ than any other southern state during the early 1800’s.

South Carolina threatened to nullify the tariff; and threatened to secede from the United States. This was known as the

Which description below correctly describes the French and Indian War?

The ______ helped settle Georgia, developed a water-powered grist mill, a Sunday school, and an orphanage.

The four main groups who settled in the colony of Georgia were the

The event that caused the United States to divide and move closer to Civil War was the election of ____ as president.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that England and its citizens established colonies in North America?

____  was a fur trader who spoke both English and Creek Indian and provided translation for the founder and Indian Chief

The _______ helped settle Georgia, were opposed to the rules on land limits and slavery, and led to changes in the rules

Separation of powers allows our state government to

Goods produced in colonial Georgia included

In 1832, the fight between the Cherokees and the leaders of Georgia went to the Supreme Court in a case called ________

How did the French and Indian War help to cause the American Revolution?

Tariffs became point of disagreement the early 1830’s. Which of the two regions was strongly against tariffs?

One of the largest and healthiest freshwater ecosystems in the world is located in Georgia and is called the __________.