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4. Final Jeopardy
Round 1
Round 2
Jo-Jo
Sweet Lily
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5. Indian Removal
Growth
Technology
Miscellaneous
Constitution
Land
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6. $100 How many states ratified the U.S. Constitution before Georgia?

7. $100 3
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8. $200 The purpose of the Constitutional
Convention, which was held in Philadelphia
in 1787, was to
A. sign the Treaty of Paris
B. select the nation’s new president
C. revise the Articles of Confederation
D. draft a Declaration of Independence
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9. revise the Articles of Confederation
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revise the Articles of Confederation
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10. $300 The first written plan for the government of
the United States was called the
A. American Constitution
B. Articles of Confederation
C. Colonial Confederation
D. Constitution of the United States
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11. B. Articles of Confederation
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B. Articles of Confederation
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12. $400
The U.S. Constitution was actually signed by only two of Georgia’s four delegates. The two signers were William Few and
A. Abraham Baldwin
B. Button Gwinnett
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. George Walton

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Abraham Baldwin
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Because of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation,
A. the citizens paid higher taxes to support the government
B. the thirteen states could not become a unified nation
C. George Washington refused to become president
D. the thirteen states refused to sign the document

15. the thirteen states could not become a unified nation
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the thirteen states could not become a unified nation
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16. $100
Which methods did Georgia use to distribute land in the late 1700s and early 1800s?
A. collective bargaining and issuing bonds
B. speculation and sharecropping
C. the headright system and the land lottery
D. the land−use plan and the embargo system

17. the headright system and the land lottery
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the headright system and the land lottery
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18. $200
In 1795, Georgia’s Governor and legislators were bribed to sell public land to private land speculators (developers) at below-market prices. What did their involvement come to be called?
A. Land Plot Scandal
B. Yazoo Land Fraud
C. Oklahoma Land Rush
D. Trans−Oconee Land Scandal

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Yazoo Land Fraud
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20. $300 What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?
a. It provided an organized system for collecting taxes.
b. It established a method of counting population.
c. It administered voting and election districts.
d. It distributed at least 200 acres of Creek Indian lands to new settlers.

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It distributed at least 200 acres of Creek Indian lands to new settlers.
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After 1802 and the removal of Creek Indians, lands west of the Oconee River were distributed to citizens in order to increase the population and economic growth in the western part of the state through a system called a. the land lottery b. the Yazoo Land Fraud c. the headright system d. checks and balances

24. $400
The land lottery
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25. $500
One of the effects of the Yazoo land fraud was that Georgia had to sell much of its territory (Alabama and Mississippi) to the US government. What river became Georgia's western boundary after the settlement of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
A. Altamaha River
B. Savannah River
C. Ogeechee River
D. Chattahoochee River

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D. Chattahoochee River
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27. $100
What is significant about the history of the University of Georgia?
a. Its construction was the most expensive in the United States.
b. It was built for religious purposes.
c. It was the first private university in the United States.
d. It was the first public university in the United States.

28. It was the first public university in the United States.
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It was the first public university in the United States.
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29. $200 Why was Louisville chosen as Georgia’s capital in the late 1700s?
a. Louisville was the state’s largest city.
b. Louisville was more centrally located.
c. Louisville was the most important center for
trade.
d. Louisville played an important role in the
American Revolution.
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30. b. Louisville was more centrally located.
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b. Louisville was more centrally located.
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31. $300 By 1860, the two largest church denominations in Georgia were
a. Baptist and Jewish
b. Jewish and Catholic
c. Baptist and Methodist
d. Buddhism and Islam

32. c. Baptist and Methodist
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c. Baptist and Methodist
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33. $400 people spent days listening to sermons (religious speeches)
church membership across the country grew
thousands of people converted to Christianity
the South received the nickname the Bible Belt
The notes above describe which event in Georgia’s history during the late 1700s and 1800s?
a. The 2nd Great Awakening and religious revival movements that spread Baptist and Methodist churches.
b. The creation of Spanish Catholic missions along Georgia’s barrier islands.
c. The spread of slavery in the South.
d. All of the above

34. $400
The 2nd Great Awakening and religious revival movements that spread Baptist and Methodist churches.
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35. $500 The Yazoo land fraud is related to
a. Indian lands in north Georgia
b. illegal sale of land in western Georgia territory
c. Indian treaties signed during the 1700s
d. the removal of Cherokee Indians

36. illegal sale of land in western Georgia territory
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illegal sale of land in western Georgia territory
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What was invented in Georgia during the 1790s that quickly changed the state’s agricultural landscape and led Georgia to develop an economy based on farming?
a. The combine
b. The cotton gin
c. The steam engine
d. The spinning jenny

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b. The cotton gin
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Which mode of transportation was developing in Georgia just before the Civil War which was very important to moving the agricultural products throughout the southeast region of the United States?
a. canals
b. highways
c. railroads
d. riverboats

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railroads
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What effect did the development of the cotton gin have on Georgia?
A. Increased production of cotton and a dependence on agriculture in the south.
B. There was a growing dependence on slavery.
C. Indian removal was necessary to provide more land for settlers.
D. All of the above

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All of the above
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How did the railroad system in Georgia affect the state's economic growth?
A. It enabled backcountry settlers to travel into the cities to work.
B. It boosted morale.
C. It established the city of Atlanta and exported cotton and other goods to other states
D. It did not affect the state’s economic growth

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C. It established the city of Atlanta and exported cotton and other goods to other states
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With the invention of the cotton gin, cotton production increased dramatically. As a result, the focus of economic growth in the South was on:
A. industry
B. technology
C. agriculture
D. fishing

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agriculture
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Which Creek chief signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, which ceded (gave up) the last Creek lands in Georgia?
a. Alexander McGillivray
b. William McIntosh
c. John Ross
d. Sequoyah

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b. William McIntosh
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49. $200 Creek Indian Chief Fought against settlers in the Oconee War
Signed the Treaty of New York
Protected lands west of the Oconee River
The above notes describe which person in Georgia history?
a. Alexander McGillivray
b. William McIntosh
c. John Ross
d. Sequoyah

50. a. Alexander McGillivray
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a. Alexander McGillivray
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Which person is described as being the Cherokee Chief from and wanting the Cherokee people to remain in Georgia despite the US government passing of the 1830 Indian Removal Act and the Treaty of New Echota?
A. Major Ridge
B. John Ross
C. Sequoyah
D. Elias Boudinot

52. $300
B. John Ross
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53. $400 In 1832, John Marshall was the a. Chief of the Cherokees.
b. President of the United States who approved of the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears.
c. Governor of Georgia who arrested citizens trying to live on Cherokee lands.
d. Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee territory did not have to obey Georgia law.

54. $400
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee territory did not have to obey Georgia law.
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55. $500 What was the outcome of Worcester v. Georgia case?
A. The Supreme Court declared that the Cherokee
Nation did not exist.
B. The Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee and ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct nation with its own laws and that Georgia law was not valid within it.
C. The Supreme Court ruled against the Cherokee and giving them no right to sue.
D. The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee must live within the laws of the Georgia government.

56. $500
The Supreme Court sided with the Cherokee and ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct nation with its own laws and that Georgia law was not valid within it.
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57. $100
What discovery led to the Cherokee losing their land in northern Georgia?
a. silver on Creek lands
b. gold in Dahlonega
c. oil in Columbus
d. a passage to the Pacific Ocean

58. $100
b. gold in Dahlonega
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59. $200 What was Sequoyah’s major contribution to the Cherokee culture?
a. He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.
b. He was the chief of Cherokee Nation.
c. He provided James Oglethorpe with land near Savannah.
d. He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language

60. $200
d. He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language
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61. $300
Why was William McIntosh, a Creek chief, murdered by his own people?
a. He signed a treaty giving up Creek lands in Georgia without the approval of other Creek chiefs.
b. He became an ally of the Cherokee tribe.
c. He forced the Cherokee out of Georgia through the Trail of Tears.
d. He spread Baptist and Methodist beliefs throughout the south.

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a. He signed a treaty giving up Creek lands in Georgia without the approval of other Creek chiefs.
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63. $400
Which event in Cherokee and Georgia history would John Ross be most proud of?
a. Indian Removal Act
b. Trail of Tears
c. Treaty of New Echota
d. Worcester v. Georgia

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d. Worcester v. Georgia
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65. $500 Where was the capital of the new Cherokee Nation established?
New Echota
Fort Gibson
Evansville
Tahlequah

66. $500
New Echota
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67. Final Jeopary Question
Jeopardy
What do you remember?
Final Jeopary Question
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68. Which answer choice places the following Cherokee historical events in chronological order?
I. Trail of Tears
II. Indian Removal Act
III. Discovery of Gold in Dahlonega
IV. Treaty of New Echota
a. I, II, III, IV
b. III, IV, I, II
c. III, II, IV, I
d. IV, II, III, I

69. c. III, II, IV, I
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