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Georgia questions
Question | Answer |
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What were atlantas 3 names and why? | 1. Terminus, Because at was at the end of the railroad.2. Marthasivill, Because that was the popular governers daughter.3. Atlanta, Because Georgia used to go to the atlantic ocean. |
What was new technology in 1790-1810 | Railroads, steamboats, cotton gin, harvester, mechanical reaper, and anestisia. |
Why did indians keep receading their land and giving it to the americans? | Because they knew if they tried to fight them for thier land they would lose. |
What were georgias boundries in 1760,1790,and 1800? | 1760-Atlantic Ocean, 1790-Mississippi river, and 1800-Chattahoochee river |
What was the headright system of giving land away? | The head of the familly got the land when they moved to G.A. You had to be 21 to be considered the head of the familly. |
What was the land lottery system of giveng land away? | People paid to get a ticket to put in a lottery. If they won they got the land that was being raffled. You got 1 ticket if you were an unmarried man, a widdow, or an orphan. You got 2 tickets if you were a man with a wife and kids. |
What were georgias capitals from 1733-1868? | 1733-Savanna, 1786-Agusta, 1796-Louisville, 1807-Milledgeville, 1868-Atlanta |
Why was atlanta believed to not work when it began? | It was the only city in Georgia that was not located by a river and relied on a railroad. |
Manifest destiny | the beleif that the U.S. should go from the atlantic to the pacific. |