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Causes of the Civil War in Georgia
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A Georgia Studies Quiz
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1
The headright system distributed Indian lands gained by Georgia in what part of Georgia?
Central Georgia
Northwest Georgia
Eastern Georgia
Western Georgia
2
The land lotteries in Georgia distributed lands gained from whom?
Indian groups
South Carolina
land developer
the British
3
What Government policy was declared UNCONSTITUTIONAL in the Dred Scott case?
The Missouri Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Indian Removal Act
4
The city of Atlanta was first named
Phoenix
Atlantis
Terminus
Middleton
5
The principal chief of the Cherokee was
William MacGilvray
John Ross
William McIntosh
Major Ridge
6
Because of the cotton gin, Georgia's population began to move
East
North
South
West
7
Action supported by important Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850
Georgia Platform
Nullification Letter
Secession Platform
Removal Act
8
What candidate in the 1860 election opposed any slavery in the new territories?
John Bell
Stephen Douglas
John Breckenridge
Abraham Lincoln
9
The movement of Georgia's capitals and its population was always
South
North
West
East
10
What compromise between the North and South allowed California to enter the U.S as a free state
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Great Compromise
Slave Compromise
11
The Headright System, Yazoo Land Fraud, and Lottery System all have to do with what?
Growth of slavery
Distribution of Lands
Growth of Railroads
Changes in Agriculture
12
In the 1820s, The Cherokee believed the best way to keep their lands was to
go to war with the whites in Georgia
Move to New York
Teach their old ways and keep their old customs
become more like white society (government, farming, etc)
13
The Cherokee Indians lived primarily in what part of Georgia
Around the Okefenokee Swamp
In the central part of the state around Macon
Along the coastal regions
In the North Georgia Mountains
14
Who said "
John Marshall
has made his decision; now let him enforce it!"
John Ross
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Major Ridge
15
Who was the Creek chief who signed a treaty that gave up the rest of Creek lands in Georgia
John Ross
Major Ridge
William McIntosh
Andrew Jackson
16
The act of separating from a nation or state
Secession
Confederation
Nullification
Sovereignty
17
Abraham Baldwin
was the first president of the University of Georgia
wrote the Georgia Platform
was murdered by Creek warriors
helped write the Missouri Compromise
18
What other new technology spread in Georgia to make cotton production cheaper and widespread?
Steamboats
The tractor
Electricity
The Railroad
19
What was the treaty signed by William McIntosh that gave the remainder of Creek land to Georgia
Treaty of New Echota
Second Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of New York
Treaty of Savannah
20
What percentage of the southern vote did Lincoln win in the election of 1860?
50%
0%
80%
30%
21
What was the site of the first gold rush in Georgia; it helped lead to removal of Cherokee
Ellijay
Rome
Gainesville
Dahlonega
22
Eli Whitney invented what machine that changed the history of the U.S.?
Steam Engines
Cotton Gin
Railroads
Spinning Jenny
23
Atlanta was the first city NOT built on a
Railroad line
Highway
Mountain
River
24
The belief that each new state should decide for itself whether to be slave or free
FAscism
Nullification
Secession
Popular Sovereignty
25
To get cotton to market faster, businessmen in Athens supported the growth of what?
Roads
River Boats
Airports
Railroads
26
What treaty signed by the Cherokee began the Trail of Tears?
Treaty of Jackson
Treaty of New Echota
Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of Dahlonega
27
What part of the country was upset most by the Dred Scott decision
South
North
28
This map shows lands in Georgia that were sold as part of what land policy?
Cherokee Land Lotteries
Headright system
Yazoo Land Act
Creek Land Lotteries
29
Before the invention of the cotton gin, what was the primary crop grown in Georgia?
Corn
Rice
Cotton
Wheat
30
Which of the following was NOT true of the University of Georgia
It was built in the wilderness and surrounded by Cherokee
Button Gwinnett was its first president
It was to make education affordable for all Georgians
It was the first created state institute of higher learning
31
What was the final event that caused Georgia to secede from the Union?
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Election of 1860
The Dred Scott Case
32
Which of the following was NOT impacted by the cotton gin
Increased cultivation of cotton over rice
Movement of Georgians from the West to the Georgia coast
Increased desire for land in Georgia
Increased demand for slavery
33
Which of the following cities was never Georgia's state capital
Savannah
Louisville
Macon
Milledgeville
34
Which American Indian group lived in south Georgia and was removed from the state in the 1820s?
Creek
Seminole
Cherokee
Yamacraw
35
The group of Creeks who wanted to STOP whites from gaining Creek Lands were the
Alabamians
White Sticks
War Mongers
Red Sticks
36
What major city was started as the end of the railroad line from the West?
Milledgeville
Louisvile
Atlanta
Augusta
37
What Supreme Court case said Cherokee were not subject to the laws of the United States?
Georgia v. Ross
Marshall v. Tucker
Marbury v. Madison
Worcester v. Georgia