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Chapter 4 Key TermsName__________________________________________________________ – events in which Georgians could "gamble" for land. Winners of the lotteries could purchase acres of land from the state government.______________________________ – Republican president elected in 1860. He opposed slavery in the new territories, upsetting southern leaders. His election inspired South Carolina, Georgia, and a number of other southern states to secede from the Union.______________________________ – statement issued by Georgia's government when it elected to support the Compromise of 1850. It stated that, while the state supported the compromise, it would not hesitate to resist any effort by Congress to outlaw slavery in the new territories._____________________________ – system in which white males considered to be the heads of families were entitled to purchase a certain amount of land with the understanding that they would settle it within a few months and make it productive._____________________________ – factories that began to open in the South where cotton is used to produce finished products._____________________________ – Georgia's first state university and the first chartered state-supported university in the nation._____________________________ – Cherokee chief who served as head of the Cherokee Nation. He served as chief even through the Cherokee's march to Oklahoma._____________________________ – the belief that states have the right to ignore (nullify) any federal law they believe violates the Constitution. _____________________________– episode in which gold was discovered in parts of northern Georgia. _____________________________– president of the US at the time of Worchester v. Georgia. He supported Indian Removal and would not come to the Cherokee's aid. His unwillingness to help the tribe eventually led to the Trail of Tears._____________________________– an incident in Georgia's history in which the state legislature approved selling large portions of Georgia's western territory for roughly one cent per acre in exchange for bribes to government officials. _____________________________ – main cash crop in Georgia and throughout the South throughout most of the 1800s_____________________________ – city that served as the capital of Georgia between 1786 and 1804. _____________________________ – nickname given to the US South's cotton industry because it was the basis of the region's economy. _____________________________ – Georgia congressman who played a key role in getting Georgia to accept the Compromise of 1850. He was also a cooperationist who voted against secession at the state convention in 1861. He eventually became vice president of the Confederacy and served in that capacity throughout the war._____________________________ – Georgia City that grew because it became a major railroad hub during the mid 1800s._____________________________ – major Native American tribe in Georgia. They were prominent in southern and western Georgia and were eventually forced off their land by the Treaty of Indian Springs_____________________________ – signed between the Creeks and the state of Georgia in 1825. It gave all of the Creeks' land to Georgia and made many Creeks very angry. _____________________________ – major Native American tribe in northern Georgia; had their own written language, and were eventually removed from their land, in part due to the discovery of gold. They ultimately were forced to march the "Trail of Tears" all the way to Oklahoma._____________________________ – political compromise reached in 1820 that stated that all new northern states would be free and all new southern states would allow slavery. It also admitted Maine to the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state._____________________________ – Cherokee who developed a syllabary (symbols) that allowed the Cherokee to have their own written language._____________________________ – Churches that had the most impact in post-revolutionary Georgia due to their willingness to use new methods to reach people along the frontier._____________________________ – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of Worchester v. Georgia._____________________________ – federal law that reignited the slavery debate by allowing popular sovereignty (voting) to decide the issue of slavery in the previously free territory of Kansas._____________________________ – the name given the journey the Cherokee were forced to take from Georgia and the Carolinas to Oklahoma. It got its name because the Cherokee were forced to leave their homes and many died along the way._____________________________ – the idea that states should be allowed to settle most matters themselves. The power states have to govern what goes on inside their own borders._____________________________ – new invention in 1793 that made the process of harvesting cotton easier and led to cotton becoming the key cash crop in Georgia and throughout the South._____________________________ – made it easier and more efficient to ship goods to port cities and other cities/states. _____________________________ – institution in which African-Americans were owned like property. It caused great division between the North, where the economy did not depend on slave labor, and the South, where it did._____________________________ – city that served as the capital of Georgia between 1804 and 1868. _____________________________ – political compromise that admitted California as a free state in 1850 and allowed other western territories to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty. _____________________________ – Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that Georgia law does not apply on Cherokee land. Although the Cherokee originally thought that it would allow them to keep their land, it ultimately could not prevent their forced removal._____________________________ – Supreme Court case in which the Court denied a slave named Dred Scott both his freedom and the right to sue. It also struck down the Missouri Compromise by stating that no state could deny a slave-owner of his “property" without due process. _____________________________ – the new "country" formed by the southern states that seceded._____________________________ – Creek chief who signed Treaty of Indian Springs. His actions so outraged many Creeks that some of them stabbed him to death and took his scalp.Circuit riders were associated with which of the following?A. The University of GeorgiaB. BaptistsC. MethodistsD. CooperationalistsEvents in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy land from the state were known as:A. headright systemsB. land lotteriesC. circuit ridersD. Yazoo dealsAtlanta formed MAINLY as:A. a railroad hub.B. a center for textile millsC. part of the Yazoo land fraud.D. part of the gold rush of 1829.With which of the following statements would a secessionist MOST agree?A. “We should not be too hasty to leave the Union.”B. “Let’s give Lincoln a chance, perhaps he will be a good president.”C. “The South must break away from the Union before the federal government rips away our rights.”D. “States’ rights is a dangerous principle.”What did President Andrew Jackson mean when he said: “John Marshall has made his decision, now let’s enforce it”?A. He would not support the South’s decision to secede.B. He would not stop the hanging of South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun.C. H would not support Marshall’s attempts to take Native American lands.D. He would not act to ensure Georgia respected the decision of the Supreme Court.The Georgia Platform was important because it did which of the following?A. stated that Georgia would support the Compromise of 1850, so long as the federal government did not outlaw slavery in the western territoriesB. announced Georgia would not support the Missouri CompromiseC. announced Georgia would not support slavery in the western territoriesD. proclaimed that Georgia had seceded and was no longer part of the UnionWhich of the following MOST upset Georgians?A. the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott CaseB. The Kansas-Nebraska ActC. the election of Abraham LincolnD. South Carolina’s decision to secede ................
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