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CHAPTER 14: EXPANSION AND GROWTH: 1789-1850
Directions: Use the information from pages 324-339 to complete the following.
Introduction
1.
In 1796, Georgia moved to its new planned __________ of _____________.
2.
By the 1840s, Georgia was becoming the “_________ State of the ________.”
Section 1: Georgia’s Land and Economic Growth
3.
Until 1803, the ___________ _________ was the major way the government
transferred land to its citizens. In 1803, a new _________ system began.
4.
In his talks with [George] Washington, ______________ signed the Treaty of
______ _______, which gave the Georgians the land they wanted between the
__________ and _________ rivers.
5.
[Indian Affairs Agent Benjamin] Hawkins encouraged the men to grow _______
and ________ and to raise cattle and _______.
6.
In 1794 and 1795, four new ___________ bribed members of the _________
legislature to pass a bill selling them between 35 and 50 million ______ of land.
7.
Many of the legislators who ________ for the sale had ________ in the land
companies.
8.
When the new Georgia legislature met in 1796, it __________ the Yazoo Act as
a ________.
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9.
In 1802, Georgia’s __________ land, which eventually became the states of
___________ and ______________, became the ___________ of the
United States. 1802, Georgia’s __________ land, which eventually became the
states of ___________ and ______________, became the ___________
of the United States.
10.
In 1810, the U.S. __________ ________ declared that the repeal of the Yazoo
Act was _________________.
11.
The first _______ __________ took place in 1805 for land given away in the
new ___________ of Baldwin, Wilkinson, and Wayne.
12.
He [Eli Whitney] designed a simple device called a ________ ______ (short
for “engine”) to remove the _______ by brushing the fiber through slits.
13.
These crops–tobacco, _________, sugar cane, and _______–all required a
considerable amount of ________ to produce.
14.
Many of its farmers were living at the ______________ level, that is, they were
able to produce just enough to __________.
15.
By 1816, the first _____________ were on the Savannah River. By the 1820s,
steamboat transportation grew as did the _______ _______ cities.
16.
In 1825, ______ _______ State finished building the first major canal–the
_______ ________–which connected Lake Erie with the _________ River.
17.
Savannahians began a company to build a railroad to _______, which
eventually became the __________ of Georgia. Athens businessmen got a
charter for the __________ ___________ in 1833 to be built to
__________.
18.
By 1860, Georgia had one of the _______ rail systems in the __________.
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19.
In north Georgia, mining _______ became an industry, and the national
government built a _______ in Dahlonega in 1836 to turn raw gold into coins.
20.
Because _______ blacks could not get work in the countryside where planters
relied on ________ labor, _______ blacks lived in the small ________ and
communities where they could find work.
Discovering Georgia: George Washington’s Tour Through Georgia
21.
When he became ____________ in 1789, George _____________ said he
wanted to “visit every _______ of the United States.”
22.
Fortunately, Washington kept a ________ of his trip.
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REVIEW AND RETEACH
Directions: Use the information from pages 340-351 to complete the following.
Section 2: The War of 1812 and Indian Removal
23.
The ________ conflicts with Great Britain, their taking of American
__________, and the belief that they were supporting the __________, led
President James __________ to ask for a declaration of war in June 1812.
24.
Georgia was concerned about the ________ Indians and the influence the
__________ might have over the Indians. Georgia also worried about the
influence of the Spanish in __________.
25.
In May 1814, a British fleet raided _________ and rivers near St. Marys and the
__________ border, but sailed away.
26.
When the _________ was ratified in February, the British left. The
_________ to Georgia and to Georgia’s trade was over.
27.
In August 1813, the ______ ________ Creek attacked and killed about four
hundred ____________ at Fort Mims in __________ Territory.
28.
[General Andrew] Jackson forced the Creek to sign the Treaty of _______
__________, in which they gave up a large area in South ____________.
29.
In 1821, [William] McIntosh was one of the ______________ for the Creek in
the first Treaty of _________ __________. In that treaty, the Creek gave up
their land between the ___________ and Flint rivers.
30.
Major _______ joined with other Cherokee leaders in trying to ___________
the Cherokee Nation. Foremost among these leaders was _______ _______.
31.
In 1821, he [Sequoyah] developed a syllabary, a set of over eighty written
__________ that represented the syllables of the ____________ language.
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32.
In 1827, Georgia claimed that its laws extended into __________ territory. The
situation became worse when _______ was discovered near present-day
Dahlonega.
33.
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson supported and Congress passed the
________ __________ Act, which set aside land west of the Mississippi River
as _________ ____________ (present-day ___________).
34.
In this Worcester v. Georgia case, Chief Justice John ___________ of the U.S.
__________ Court said the land belonged to the ____________.
35.
President __________ refused to __________ this decision.
36.
In 1835, Ridge and a small group signed the Treaty of ______ _________,
agreeing to _______ in return for land in Indian __________ and $5 million.
37.
In the summer of 1838, the _______ loaded several thousand Cherokee onto
crowded ________ and sent them on the Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas
rivers to their new ________.
Discovering Georgia: The Chief Vann House
38.
James Vann was the son of a ___________ trader and a ___________
mother.
39.
In 1804, he built an impressive two-story ________ home on the Federal Road.
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