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Chapter 6
Section 1
Directions: Use the information on pages 174-176 to complete the following statements.
1.
The _______________________ was a closed-door meeting in Philadelphia during the
summer of 1787 that resulted in the creation of an entirely new government.
2.
The three branches of U.S. government are the _______________ branch, the
_________________ branch, and the __________________ branch.
3.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the
___________________________.
4.
The Georgia legislature was called the __________________. It was bicameral and
included a _________________________ and a __________________________.
Section 2
Directions: Use the information on pages 177-178 to complete the following statements.
1.
Under the headright system, each ________________ counted as "head" of a family and
had the ________________ to receive up to 1,000 acres of land east of the Oconee River.
2.
Circle the letter of the correct answer to the following question. The events that resulted in
land companies being allowed to buy western Georgia lands for about 11/2 cents an acre
became known by what name?
3.
A.
Louisiana Purchase
C.
Yazoo land fraud
B.
public domain lands
D.
land lottery
In 1802, Georgia _____________ its land west of the ___________________ to the
federal government.
Section 3
Directions: Use the information on pages 179-183 to complete the following statements.
1.
Name two helpful developments in Georgia and the rest of the country that occurred after the
Revolutionary War.
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_______________________________________________________________
2.
During this period, Georgia's two major agricultural crops were __________________
and _____________________.
3.
One of the reasons that the cotton gin was an important invention was because it allowed
workers to separate about ________ pounds of cotton seed a day, whereas before the
invention a worker might have been able to separate only _________ pounds a day.
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Chapter 6
What happened during the depression years of the late 1830s and early 1840s?
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5.
Circle the letter of the correct answer to the following question. The building of which form of
transportation was a major economic development during the early 1800s?
A.
Stagecoaches
C.
Cars
B.
Railroads
D.
Boats
Match each form of transportation used in Georgia in the early 1800s to its description.
____ 6.
____ 7.
Horse-drawn log rafts that carried travelers
A.
plank roads
across rivers at their shallowest points
B.
turnpikes
Were common in wet, swampy places;
C.
ferries
D.
railroads
had logs across them
____ 8.
Shortened time travel for passengers and freight
____ 9.
Required travelers to pay a fee at certain points
Section 4
Directions: Use the information on pages 184-188 to complete the following statements.
1.
The two different Georgias in the late 1700s and early 1800s were the adventurous life of the
__________________ and the settled life of the growing ______________________.
2.
In what way does the old saying "Them that works hard, eats hardy" describe life on the
Georgia Frontier?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
3.
Name two ways in which life was different in Georgia's towns than it was on the frontier.
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4.
Who was Richard Allen, and which religious denomination did he found?
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5.
True or false, most Georgia females attended college during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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Chapter 6
Section 5
Directions: Use the information on pages 189-191 to complete the following statements.
1.
True or false, President Jefferson's 1807 embargo was successful. ___________________
2.
Who were the War Hawks?
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3.
In 1814, the British burned the city of _____________________________________.
4.
List three ways that the United States gained after the War of 1812.
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Section 6
Directions: Use the information on pages 192-203 to complete the following statements.
1.
What happened to Native Americans in Georgia during the time period 1783-1838?
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2.
The Native American tribe considered to be the most advanced was the ______________.
3.
Circle the letter of the correct answer below. The syllabary developed by Sequoyah was
important to the Cherokee for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A.
It gave the Cherokee a written form of their language.
B.
It demonstrated that Native Americans could communicate with each other without
using the language of the white settlers.
4.
C.
It allowed most of the tribes to read and write the new symbols in about six months.
D.
It made Sequoyah the first Native American elected to Congress.
The first Native American newspaper was the _____________________, and this paper
made it possible to spread news among all the tribes of the Cherokee Nation.
5.
How many branches of government made up the Cherokee government, and what were the
names of the branches?
_______________________________________________________________
6.
How long did the so-called peace between the Creek and the Georgia settlers last?
________________________
7.
In their defeat at Horseshoe Bend, the Creek surrendered to Jackson and gave most of their
lands to ________________________.
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Circle the letter of the correct answer to the following question. Why was Creek Chief William
McIntosh killed?
9.
A.
Because he was a spy
B.
As a warning to other Creek who might want to give Creek land to white men
C.
Because his brother made a secret deal with white settlers
D.
As a punishment for war crimes
The name of the bill that Congress passed in 1830 that called for all Native Americans to be
moved to the western territories was the ______________________________.
10.
Explain how the Treaty of Washington between the Creek and the U.S. government was broken.
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11.
Georgia was making plans to get rid of the Cherokee because Georgians wanted to
_________ Cherokee land and also to mine the ____________ that had been found on
Cherokee land.
12.
A law passed on December 18, 1929, (circle one) refused
allowed the Cherokee rights to
gold mined in the Dahlonega area.
13.
What happened in the Cherokee capital of New Echota in December 1835?
_______________________________________________________________
14.
Approximately how many Native Americans were displaced from their land between the
Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears?
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Chapter 6
Section 1
1.
Constitutional Convention
2.
executive, legislative, judicial
3.
Bill of Rights
4.
General Assembly, senate, house of representatives
Section 2
1.
white male, right
2.
C
3.
ceded, Chattahoochee River
Section 3
1.
Answer should include two of the following: mechanized farming, tools, steamboats, railroad
engines.
2.
cotton, tobacco
3.
50; 6 or 7
4.
Answers will vary but should include most of the following points: many businesses failed,
many farmers and planters lost their land, most banks did not have enough cash to pay out
the money that had been deposited with them, banks failed and many closed for good.
5.
B
6.
C
7.
A
8.
D
9.
B
Section 4
1.
frontier, towns
2.
Answers will vary but should say something about pioneer life being full of back-breaking
labor and therefore the pioneers needed to eat big meals at breakfast and midday in order to
have enough energy to do all the work.
3.
Answer should include two of the following: cultural refinements; availability of newspapers;
theater (in Savannah); ability to join different societies; attended fancy dress balls, barbecues,
and meetings; horse racing; food choices more varied; provided for citizens with special needs.
4.
He was a slave who later purchased his freedom and became a preacher. He founded the
African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) denomination.
5.
False
Section 5
1.
False
2.
a group of land-hungry southerners and westerners in Congress who wanted the United
States to declare war on Great Britain
3.
Washington, D.C.
4.
Answers should include three of the following: The war showed the United States was willing
to fight for its continued independence; It convinced the United States to stay away from
European conflicts; Separate states began to feel united in one nation; The economy changed;
Industry grew and the United States could supply many of its own needs.
Section 6
1.
They were forced off of their traditional lands and moved to unknown territories.
2.
Cherokee
3.
D
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Cherokee Phoenix
three; executive, legislative, and judicial
from 1797 to 1812 (15 years)
the United States government
B
the Indian Removal Act
The treaty was broken by the U.S. government almost as soon as it was signed. Creek homes
were burned, items were stolen from their homes, and Indians were killed.
homestead, gold
refused
Cherokee trader Major Ridge, his son John, and a few others signed a treaty that gave up all
Cherokee land that remained in the Southeast and which said that the Cherokee would move
West, and Georgia would give them a little money and food for the trip.
more than 100,000
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