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Study Guide – Chapter 6
· Who were the Georgia representatives at the Constitutional Convention?
· What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
· What was the purpose of the headright system?
· What was the impact of the Louisiana Purchase? Explain: Who? What? Where? When? How? Boundaries?
· What was the Yazoo Land Fraud and how did this cause Georgia to lose much of its territory?
· What was Georgia’s main railroad company?
· What were the original names for Atlanta?
· What is the importance of the Cotton Gin?
· What was the significance of The Great Awakening?
· What is the name of the first public university founded in 1785?
Know the following:
Georgia’s major crops
Georgia Female College (Wesleyan)
Alexander McGillvary
Worchester vs. GA
New Echota
Richard Allen
John Marshall
John Ross
Cash crop
Andrew Jackson
William McIntosh
Sequoyah
Causes of Indian removal including The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Two major tribes in Georgia
On-Level Classes
· List four (4) changes to the Cherokee culture due to the influence and interaction with the white settlers (How did they choose to adapt?)
· List American inventions during the Industrial Revolution. (at least 4)
· Write a well-developed paragraph that discusses and/or answers one of the following topics:
o Discuss the causes and major outcomes of the War of 1812?
o What was the Yazoo land fraud and how did this event cause Georgia to lose much of its territory?
o Explain the impact of the invention of the Cotton Gin. (At least four major effects.)
AC only (Will choose two and write a well developed paragraph for both)
· Discuss the causes and major outcomes of the War of 1812?
· Explain and discuss changes to the Cherokee culture due to the influence and interaction with the white settlers. How did they choose to adapt?
· What was the Yazoo land fraud and how did this event cause Georgia to lose much of its territory?
· Explain the impact of the invention of the Cotton Gin. (At least four major effects.)