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Round 1
Round 2
Jo-Jo
Final
Jeopardy
Sweet Lily
Connie
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Growth
Constitution
Land
Miscellaneous
Technology
Indian Removal
Round 2
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Final
Jeopardy
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How many states ratified the U.S.
Constitution before Georgia?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
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The purpose of the Constitutional
Convention, which was held in Philadelphia
in 1787, was to
A. sign the Treaty of Paris
B. select the nation’s new president
C. revise the Articles of Confederation
D. draft a Declaration of Independence
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revise the Articles of Confederation
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The first written plan for the government of
the United States was called the
A. American Constitution
B. Articles of Confederation
C. Colonial Confederation
D. Constitution of the United States
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B. Articles of Confederation
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The U.S. Constitution was actually
signed by only two of Georgia’s four
delegates. The two signers were
William Few and
A. Abraham Baldwin
B. Button Gwinnett
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. George Walton
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Abraham Baldwin
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Because of the weaknesses of the
Articles of Confederation,
A. the citizens paid higher taxes to
support the government
B. the thirteen states could not become
a unified nation
C. George Washington refused to
become president
D. the thirteen states refused to sign the
document
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the thirteen states could not become a
unified nation
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Which methods did Georgia use to
distribute land in the late 1700s and early
1800s?
A. collective bargaining and issuing bonds
B. speculation and sharecropping
C. the headright system and the land
lottery
D. the land−use plan and the embargo
system
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the headright system and the land
lottery
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In 1795, Georgia’s Governor and legislators
were bribed to sell public land to private land
speculators (developers) at below-market
prices. What did their involvement come to be
called?
A. Land Plot Scandal
B. Yazoo Land Fraud
C. Oklahoma Land Rush
D. Trans−Oconee Land Scandal
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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What was the purpose of the headright
system in Georgia?
a. It provided an organized system for
collecting taxes.
b. It established a method of counting
population.
c. It administered voting and election
districts.
d. It distributed at least 200 acres of Creek
Indian lands to new settlers.
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It distributed at least 200 acres of Creek
Indian lands to new settlers.
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After 1802 and the removal of Creek Indians,
lands west of the Oconee River were
distributed to citizens in order to increase the
population and economic growth in the
western part of the state through a system
called
a. the land lottery
b. the Yazoo Land Fraud
c. the headright system
d. checks and balances
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The land lottery
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One of the effects of the Yazoo land fraud
was that Georgia had to sell much of its
territory (Alabama and Mississippi) to the
US government. What river became
Georgia's western boundary after the
settlement of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
A. Altamaha River
B. Savannah River
C. Ogeechee River
D. Chattahoochee River
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D. Chattahoochee River
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What is significant about the history of
the University of Georgia?
a. Its construction was the most expensive
in the United States.
b. It was built for religious purposes.
c. It was the first private university in the
United States.
d. It was the first public university in the
United States.
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It was the first public university in the
United States.
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Why was Louisville chosen as Georgia’s
capital in the late 1700s?
a. Louisville was the state’s largest city.
b. Louisville was more centrally located.
c. Louisville was the most important center for
trade.
d. Louisville played an important role in the
American Revolution.
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b. Louisville was more centrally
located.
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By 1860, the two largest church
denominations in Georgia were
a. Baptist and Jewish
b. Jewish and Catholic
c. Baptist and Methodist
d. Buddhism and Islam
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c. Baptist and Methodist
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•people spent days listening to sermons (religious speeches)
•church membership across the country grew
•thousands of people converted to Christianity
•the South received the nickname the Bible Belt
The notes above describe which event in Georgia’s history
during the late 1700s and 1800s?
a. The 2nd Great Awakening and religious revival movements that
spread Baptist and Methodist churches.
b. The creation of Spanish Catholic missions along Georgia’s
barrier islands.
c. The spread of slavery in the South.
d. All of the above
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The 2nd Great Awakening and religious
revival movements that spread Baptist
and Methodist churches.
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The Yazoo land fraud is related to
a. Indian lands in north Georgia
b. illegal sale of land in western Georgia
territory
c. Indian treaties signed during the 1700s
d. the removal of Cherokee Indians
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illegal sale of land in western Georgia
territory
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What was invented in Georgia during
the 1790s that quickly changed the
state’s agricultural landscape and led
Georgia to develop an economy based
on farming?
a. The combine
b. The cotton gin
c. The steam engine
d. The spinning jenny
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b. The cotton gin
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Which mode of transportation was
developing in Georgia just before the
Civil War which was very important
to moving the agricultural products
throughout the southeast region of
the United States?
a. canals
b. highways
c. railroads
d. riverboats
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railroads
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What effect did the development of the
cotton gin have on Georgia?
A. Increased production of cotton and a
dependence on agriculture in the south.
B. There was a growing dependence on
slavery.
C. Indian removal was necessary to
provide more land for settlers.
D. All of the above
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All of the above
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How did the railroad system in Georgia
affect the state's economic growth?
A. It enabled backcountry settlers to travel
into the cities to work.
B. It boosted morale.
C. It established the city of Atlanta and
exported cotton and other goods to other
states
D. It did not affect the state’s economic
growth
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C. It established the city of Atlanta
and exported cotton and other goods to
other states
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With the invention of the cotton gin,
cotton production increased
dramatically. As a result, the focus of
economic growth in the South was
on:
A. industry
B. technology
C. agriculture
D. fishing
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agriculture
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Which Creek chief signed the Treaty
of Indian Springs in 1825, which
ceded (gave up) the last Creek lands
in Georgia?
a. Alexander McGillivray
b. William McIntosh
c. John Ross
d. Sequoyah
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b. William McIntosh
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•Creek Indian Chief
•Fought against settlers in the Oconee War
•Signed the Treaty of New York
•Protected lands west of the Oconee River
The above notes describe which person in
Georgia history?
a. Alexander McGillivray
b. William McIntosh
c. John Ross
d. Sequoyah
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a. Alexander McGillivray
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Which person is described as being the
Cherokee Chief from 1827-1866 and
wanting the Cherokee people to remain
in Georgia despite the US government
passing of the 1830 Indian Removal Act
and the Treaty of New Echota?
A. Major Ridge
B. John Ross
C. Sequoyah
D. Elias Boudinot
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B. John Ross
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In 1832, John Marshall was the
a. Chief of the Cherokees.
b. President of the United States who
approved of the Indian Removal Act and
Trail of Tears.
c. Governor of Georgia who arrested
citizens trying to live on Cherokee lands.
d. Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
who ruled that Cherokee territory did not
have to obey Georgia law.
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Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
who ruled that Cherokee territory did
not have to obey Georgia law.
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What was the outcome of Worcester v. Georgia case?
A. The Supreme Court declared that the Cherokee
Nation did not exist.
B.
The Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee
and ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a
distinct nation with its own laws and that Georgia
law was not valid within it.
C. The Supreme Court ruled against the Cherokee
and giving them no right to sue.
D. The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee must
live within the laws of the Georgia government.
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The Supreme Court sided with the
Cherokee
and ruled that the
Cherokee Nation was a
distinct
nation with its own laws and that
Georgia law was not valid within it.
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What discovery led to the Cherokee
losing their land in northern Georgia?
a. silver on Creek lands
b. gold in Dahlonega
c. oil in Columbus
d. a passage to the Pacific Ocean
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b. gold in Dahlonega
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What was Sequoyah’s major contribution
to the Cherokee culture?
a. He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands
to the United States.
b. He was the chief of Cherokee Nation.
c. He provided James Oglethorpe with land
near Savannah.
d. He developed a syllabary so the
Cherokee could have a written language
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d. He developed a syllabary so the
Cherokee could have a written language
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Why was William McIntosh, a Creek
chief, murdered by his own people?
a. He signed a treaty giving up Creek lands
in Georgia without the approval of other
Creek chiefs.
b. He became an ally of the Cherokee tribe.
c. He forced the Cherokee out of Georgia
through the Trail of Tears.
d. He spread Baptist and Methodist beliefs
throughout the south.
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a. He signed a treaty giving up Creek
lands in Georgia without the approval
of other Creek chiefs.
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Which event in Cherokee and
Georgia history would John Ross
be most proud of?
a. Indian Removal Act
b. Trail of Tears
c. Treaty of New Echota
d. Worcester v. Georgia
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d. Worcester v. Georgia
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Which of the following is NOT an important
reason for removing the Cherokee from their
land was that Georgia citizens wanted to
a. Mine gold found on Cherokee land.
b. Reserve the Cherokee land for Creek Indians
who lost their land in previous treaties.
c. Eliminate the possibility of Cherokee attacks
on white settlements.
d. Continue more land lotteries to populate the
northern region of Georgia
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Reserve the Cherokee land for Creek
Indians who lost their land in previous
treaties.
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What do you remember?
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Final
Jeopary
Question
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Which answer choice places the following
Cherokee historical events in chronological
order?
I. Trail of Tears
II. Indian Removal Act
III. Discovery of Gold in Dahlonega
IV. Treaty of New Echota
a.
b.
c.
d.
I, II, III, IV
III, IV, I, II
III, II, IV, I
IV, II, III, I
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c. III, II, IV, I
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