GA Studies Bingo: Westward Expansion - outbreak of Civil War

1. GA Studies Bingo: Westward Expansion - outbreak of Civil War

2. Georgia History BINGO 1 6 11 16 21 2 7 12 17 22 3 8 13 18 23 4 9 14 19 24 5 10 15 20

3. 1 This event refers to the forced eviction of the 17,000 Cherokee Indians from GA after the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Almost 6,000 died along the way, and 4,000 of the 17,000 died before ever making the trip to out to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in stockades (temporary prisons) used to round up and house the Cherokee before their journey. Check Your Answer

4. 1 Answer: Trail of Tears Back to the Game Board

5. 2 This is the site of the nation’s first gold rush in North Georgia. It single-handedly sealed the fate of the Cherokee Indians, and made the state of Georgia want to get rid of the Cherokee Indians more than ever! After gold was found here in the summer of 1829, white settlers demanded that Cherokee land be given up in a land lottery. The state also passed many laws to restrict the rights of Cherokees like – Cherokees can’t testify against white men, take gold from their land, etc. Check Your Answer

6. 2 Answer: Dahlonega gold rush Back to the Game Board

7. 3 This scandal came about as a result of GA legislators selling land CHEAPLY to 3 land speculation companies who then, in turn, sold the land to GA citizens at a higher price. GAns found out, were outraged, demanded the legislators be kicked out of office, and the Yazoo Act rescinded and burned! The federal govt. had to get involved and they paid $4 mil. GA citizens for their land as well as $1.25 to GA for the rest of its Yazoo lands that hadn’t been sold. They turned this land into Alabama and Mississippi. The federal govt. also promised GA it would help remove its Native Americans ASAP. Check Your Answer

8. 3 Answer: Yazoo land fraud Back to the Game Board

9. 4 This was the third and last way land was given out in GA before the 1830s. It consisted of men paying a small fee to enter a lottery for free land. Many did not receive land however as there was always more demand for land than there was land available. Check Your Answer

10. 4 Answer: Land lottery Back to the Game Board

11. 5 This city was the third capital of GA after Savannah and Augusta. It was moved here because, as GA’s population continued to head west, the capital needed to be more centrally located for the people of GA. Check Your Answer

12. 5 Answer: louisville Back to the GameBoard

13. 6 This was GA’s 2nd state capital. It became the 2nd when the British captured Savannah during the American Revolution and had possession of Savannah for nearly 4 years. It was located in what was once called the “backcountry.” Check Your Answer

14. 6 Answer: Augusta Back to the Game Board

15. 7 This university was the first land-grant university in the state Georgia – meaning the federal govt. donated the land on which it this learning institution was built. Check Your Answer

16. 7 Answer:University of GA BOO!!!! Back to the Game Board

17. 8 This man was the Chief of the Cherokee Indians, and he fought tirelessly to get Cherokees the right to stay on their land. He did not sign the Treaty of New Echota, which gave up the last of Cherokee land in GA, and he was actually made the head of the Cherokee Nation again once they had journeyed out to Indian Territory. Check Your Answer

18. 8 Answer: Chief john ross Back to the Game Board

19. 9 This was the first way of giving out free land in GA History. It allowed each white male head-of-household to receive 200 acres of land and 50 acres for each additional member of the family and for each slave up to a total of 10 slaves. This system attracted thousands of new people to the state to settle and add to our growth and population. Check Your Answer

20. 9 Answer: headright system Back to the Game Board

21. 10 This man sued for his freedom but was denied it by the US Supreme Court b/c, as a slave, he was property and therefore was not considered a citizen of the US. He did not even have the right to a trial as a US citizen! Check Your Answer

22. 10 Answer: DRED scott Back to the Game Board

23. 11 This was the 1st official document that governed the USA. Ratified in 1781, it was done away with in favor of a stronger US Constitution. Some of its weaknesses were: it did not allow states to regulate trade between the states or states and foreign nations, it could not demand payment of taxes from the states to pay back war debts and soldiers pay from the Am. Rev., and each state had its own money system which caused frustration and confusion. Check Your Answer

24. 11 Answer: Articles of confederation Back to the Game Board

25. 12 This was the last straw for South Carolina. The winner, Abraham Lincoln, was a clear sign to many southern states that slavery would be abolished (done away with) across the US and that the needs of the South would never be taken seriously by the govt. in Washington, D.C. Georgia, itself, cast 0 voted for Lincoln. Check Your Answer

26. 12 Answer: Election of 1860 Back to the Game Board

27. 13 This was the goal of the US Congress when creating the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It would provide a way so that neither Northern anti-slavery states nor Southern pro-slavery states would have a majority of votes in the US Senate. Check Your Answer

28. 13 Answer: Answer: equal balance of representatives in the us congress Back to the Game Board

29. 14 • This was the most divisive issue that led to the Civil War. • It involves the “owning” of other human beings • Wasn’t allowed in the GA Trustee Colony • Increased greatly and Southern states became addicted to it after the invention of the cotton gin. • Southern states thought that without it, their economy would crumble. Check Your Answer

30. 14 Answer: SLAVERY Back to the Game Board

31. 15 • This first invention caused a revolution in the production of cotton, and caused the South to be “addicted” to slavery • It removed the cotton seed from the cotton “poof” • It also increased farmers’ profits from growing cotton • This second invention led to major economic development as well, and dramatically reduced travel/shipping time for people and goods. • The primary one in GA was called the Western and Atlantic • Atlanta, was first named Terminus, because it was where these all end in GA Check Your Answer

32. 15 Answer: COTTON GIN AND RAILROADS Back to the Game Board

33. 16 • These spread at a rapid rate due to fewer restrictions & less formal education/training requirements. If you wanted to be a preacher & were “called” by God, you could go start one of these. • Methodist circuit riders would travel by horseback to frontier areas once or twice a month to preach. • By 1860, there were almost 2,400 churches in GA -- second only to Virginia in the South. Check Your Answer

34. 16 Answer: Spread of Baptist and Methodist Churches Back to the Game Board

35. 17 • These men signed the US Constitution on behalf of Georgia Check Your Answer

36. 17 Answer: Abraham baldwin and william few Back to the Game Board

37. 18 • He wanted the Cherokee to assimilate to white culture. • He created a syllabary so Cherokee had a written language that could be translated into English. • Once completed, Cherokees learned the written language at rapid rate (90% literate). • It was used in this Cherokee newspaper that kept Indians up-to-date on current issues of the tribe. Check Your Answer

38. 18 Answer: Sequoyah and the cherokee pheonix Back to the Game Board

39. 19 • This important US Supreme Court case came about after GA’s General Assembly passed a law in 1830 stating that whites could not live on Cherokee land without the permission of the state. • Chief Justice John Marshall said that the decision to remove Samuel __________ and other white missionaries from Cherokee land was illegal because the Cherokee were a distinct, sovereign nation and not subject to GA state law. Check Your Answer

40. 19 Answer: Worcester v. GA Back to the Game Board

41. 20 • President Andrew Jackson said of the Worcester v. GA ruling, “John Marshall has rendered his decision, now let him enforce it!” • He essentially meant that there was little that the Supreme Court could do to enforce their ruling/protect the Cherokee. • President Jackson goes on to sign the Indian Removal Act that same year that makes it law for Southeastern Indian tribes to be removed, even though Cherokee Chief John Ross petitioned to keep the Cherokee from being removed. Check Your Answer

42. 20 Answer: President Andrew Jackson and Chief Justice John Marshall Back to the Game Board

43. 21 • After President Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, this Georgia politician argues that Georgia should NOT secede from the Union. • Said the election of one man isn’t reason enough for any state to secede. • Georgia still voted to leave the Union in November of 1860 though. • Funny thing is, he went on to be the Vice President of the Confederate States of America. Check Your Answer

44. 21 Answer: Alexander Stephens and GA’s debate over secession Back to the Game Board

45. 22 • This is the belief that a state’s interests and needs are more important than the interests of the national government. • This is the belief that a state could refuse to follow a federal law if it was harmful to them in any way. Check Your Answer

46. 22 Answer: State’s Rights and nullification Back to the Game Board

47. 23 • This Creek chief signed the Treaty of Paris that gave up all Creek lands east of the Oconee River in GA in exchange for tools, seeds, farm equipment and a promise that whites wouldn’t move in on Creek lands left. • Later, this Creek chief was murdered by his fellow Creek Indians for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs which gave up remaining Creek land in GA. Check Your Answer

48. 23 Answer: Chief Alexander mcGillivray and Chief William MCintosh Back to the Game Board

49. These were all compromises over the issue of slavery and the keeping an equal balance between the number of slave states (S) and free states (N) before the Civil War. 24 • The first  Maine (FREE), Missouri (SLAVE); a temporary solution; created 36’20 Compromise Line (N was free, S was slave) • The second  California (FREE), new territories would decide if they would be free or slave; GA supported the “GA Platform” • The last  Kansas and Nebraska would decided free or slave through popular sovereignty and slavery COULD be allowed north of the Compromise Line Check Your Answer

50. 24 Answer: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska act Back to the Game Board