1. Review of Expansion Web Quest

2. UGA When was UGA founded? Where is its main campus today?
1785
Where is its main campus today?
(city and county) Athens, Clarke County
How many acres does it cover today?
760
Who wrote the charter creating UGA?
Abraham Baldwin
What was the original emphasis of the college?
“ensure that ALL citizens, not just affluent ones, have access to education.”
UGA has the honor to be the first __________________institute of higher learning in the United States  (and first land grant institute) but did not hold classes until
1801.  
Who was Josiah Meigs?  
President and sole faculty member when college admitted students.
When did Franklin College open its doors?
 1806
How many buildings does UGA’s main campus have today?
460
When women were granted admission?
1918
State Sponsored

3. The Spread of the Baptist and Methodist Religions
1. What movement helped to advance the spread of Methodism in Georgia?
The interdenominational (Methodist, Baptist) Second Great Awakening which converted many Georgians to Christianity. This movement included camps, revivals, and the conversion of slave populations.
2. What are camp meetings?
Outdoor revival services that provided the opportunity for people in a community to come together to hear traveling preachers, have social time and grow in their faith.
3. Complete the graph.
4. What caused this growth of participants in the Methodist religion?
Camp meetings & circuit riders converting people.
5. Why do you think Methodists sought to evangelize slave populations? Methodists may have been against slavery?
There were many souls to convert with the inclusion of the slave population. Additionally, it may have justified their harsh treatment of slaves by “helping to save them.”
6. Browse through the section “Origins of Methodism” and tell me what “circuit riders” are and who founded the Methodist religion.
Ministers who traveled by horseback to reach rural areas are called circuit riders. John Wesley.
1. As of 2005, how many Baptist churches are estimated to be in Georgia? How many members of the Baptist religion are their approximated to be?
8,190 / 2,100,000
3. Where were “tiny Baptist centers” formed? How many Baptists arrived with James Oglethorpe?
Savannah & Augusta/ 1 or 2
4. What was the first continuing Baptist church?
Kiokee near Appling
“Major Baptist Bodies in Georgia”
5. Skim through this section and tell me whether or not slaves were converted to the Baptist religion.
Slaves were forced to be a part of white dominated churches; however, after the war Black Baptist churches gained prominence. Today there are about 2, 202 African American churches in Georgia.
1788
1790
1814
1861
# of Methodists in GA 10
2,294
10,000
97,000

4. History of Georgia’s Capitals
1. How many cities have been Georgia’s capitals and in what order?
1784 Savannah, Augusta 1785 Savannah Augusta Louisville Milledgeville Milledgeville 1868-present Atlanta
2. At what point was Savannah named the capital city or “seat of government”?
1754
3. Why did the government leave Savannah?
Revolutionary War…British took over Savannah & patriots fled to Augusta.
4. What caused the center of population to move away from Savannah and the coast?
So the capital would be closer to the growing backcountry of Georgia. Georgians had gained land from native Americans that became open to settling.
5. Where is Augusta?
Augusta is around 50 miles north on the Savannah River, on the border of Georgia and South Carolina.
6. Describe the complaint about the location of Augusta which led to a search for a new capital location?
It was too far away for people to get there. Roads were bad. No railroads at this point. Inconvenient for many.
7. What city was Georgia’s third capital modeled after?
Philadelphia
8. What did they name this new city and why?
King Louis XVI of France for help during the Revolutionary War.
9. Over the course of what years was Louisville the capital?
10. Where is Louisville?
Within 20 miles of an Indian Trading post on the Ogeechee River in Jefferson County
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5. History of Georgia’s Capitals
11. Why was the building of the capital delayed?
The contractor died, Georgia didn’t have money to devote to moving and building and the government was focused on obtaining and doling out land from the Creeks and Cherokee.
12. What was the criticism that led to the move of the capital from Louisville?
Malaria symptoms!
13. What years was Milledgeville the state capital?
1807 (60 years!)
14. Where is Milledgeville? What was it modeled after?
The new capital was located ¾ of a mile from the head of the Oconee River. Gothic Revival brick building shaped like a parallelogram. (It looked like a castle or fortress.)
15. What was its role during the Civil War?
Sherman took control of Milledgeville and convened a special session in the capital building and repealed the secession ordinance. (Hee hee). After the war and General Lee’s surrender, Georgia officials couldn’t meet as federal troops took charge of the state government. After elections were held, the legislature reconvened in Milledgeville in 1865; however, Congress assumed control of Reconstruction in the South and placed Georgia under military authority. Reportedly, inn keepers denied black delegates hospitality and so the constitutional convention met in Atlanta in As part of the new constitution, the government seat was moved to Atlanta due to its better rail connections and growing population.
16. What caused Milledgeville to prosper into a wealthy city?
Cotton boom
17. What two events solidified Milledgeville’s reputation as a social and political center of Georgia?
The visit to the capital by the Revolutionary War hero, Marquis de Lafayette in 1825
The construction of the Governor’s mansion in 1836
18. What happened during the Civil War which led to the capital moving again? See question 16.
19. To what does Atlanta owe its origins?
Forcible removal of native Americans & the extension of railroad lines and being located where two railroad lines converged with the end line of the Western & Atlantic Railroad.
20. What was Atlanta once known as?
Terminus. Marthasville.
21. When did Atlanta become the current state capital?
1868
22. How would you describe Atlanta’s significance to the United States today?
Atlanta is home to a huge population, strong economic growth, and an international transportation center. We have the national headquarters for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dobbins Air Reserve Base and large convention centers to hold local, state, national, and international events and hotel spaces to house the many visitors that come to our city.

6. 23. Map Questions: Cherokee/Creek Land
a. Describe the location of the Cherokee and Creek lands.
They lived in MOST of the state! Cherokee lived in northeast Georgia in the Piedmont, Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge regions. Creek lived in the Piedmont and Coastal Plains regions.
b. When did the Creek lose all of their land? What counties were in this location?
The 1810s and 1820s were bad for the Creeks; however, all Creek lands in Georgia disappear in 1826 according to this site. Caroll Coweta, Troup, Muscogee counties emerge from this last land acquisition.
c. When did the Cherokee officially lose their land? What county was in this location?
The map starts changing in 1828 and the Cherokee officially lose status in Cherokee (later Cass, Cobb, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Murray, Union, Lumpkin…)

7. Headright System 5. What is changed to this system in 1780?
What was the purpose of the Georgia Headright System?
The system for dispersing new lands acquired at the end of the Revolutionary War.
Who had rights to this land and how much could they receive?
Every head of household (white male) had the right to 200 acres of land plus 50 acres for each family member and slave, up to 1,000 acres.
Why was the headright system implemented?
To encourage people to move to Georgia and populate the state and develop the land.
Timeline:
Who was allowed to give land in 1777?
Leader of executive branch (governor)… but no land was granted.
5. What is changed to this system in 1780?
Georgia passes a law offering families 200 acres per person.
What is marked in 1783?
Georgia recognizes land grants made under the 1780 law.
7. How do they establish order in 1785?
Fights erupt in Franklin and Washington county. There’s cases of fraud and so Georgia’s executive council suspends land grants in these two counties.
Who does Georgia agree to sell land to in December of 1789?
The Georgia Assembly sells land to the South Carolina Yazoo Company, the Virginia Yazoo Company and the Tennessee Yazoo Company…20 million acres of land!
9. What happened on January 7, 1795?
Governor George Mathews signs into law a bill that agrees to sell almost 40 million acres to speculators.
February 18, 1796?
Yazoo Land Act withdrawn.
February 21, 1796?
Georgia’s reform politicians burn every copy of the Yazoo Land Act (except one that was sent to George Washington) on the steps of the state capital in Louisville.
12. May 11, 1803?
Land Lottery Act passed by Georgia legislature. (held in 1805)

8. The Yazoo Land Fraud What were the names of the Yazoo land companies?
Upper Mississippi Co., The Tennessee Co., The Georgia Co., The Georgia Mississippi Co.
2. How far west did Georgia’s boundaries extend in 1795?
Mississippi River
3. What was the reasoning behind wanting to move the Native Americans from this western area?
State leaders wanted to increase Georgia’s white population so they could settle and develop the land and bring profit to the state.
4. How did the land companies manage to buy land at such cheap prices?
Representatives from four private land companies bribed many Georgia politicians to pass a law allowing the companies to buy 35 million acres of land at an incredibly low price of less than two cents an acre.
5. Describe how the land companies were able to make huge profits off the land?
The companies then SOLD the land at a profit to other speculators or civilians hoping to move to the frontier territories.
6. How did many Georgians react when they discovered the fraud?
Most Georgians were outraged. Some of the legislators fled the state.
7. Describe the actions in 1796.
The newly elected legislature repealed the Yazoo Act and the burned the papers publicly on the statehouse grounds and ordered that all copies be destroyed.
8. How did the event end up in the United States Supreme Court?
The civilians who purchased the land under the act didn’t want to give up their claims and they took the matter to court. Eventually it went all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve.
9. How did the scandal finally end?
The federal government took control over the disputed territory and paid off all the Yazoo claims. (But Georgia lost all that land and the new boundary became the Chattahoochee River.)

9. Land Lotteries
Prior to the American Revolution, what group held political and economic power in the South?
An elite group of aristocratic planters who owned large land tracts and many slaves.
How did the role of political and economic power change after the Revolution?
These colonial elite decreased in power (political and economic) with the creation of the Georgia Constitution of 1777… the common man became in control of the government.
What was the source of the land that was distributed in the land lotteries?
Public lands in the interior of the state.
Who was eligible to receive land? How much did they pay for the land?
Small yeoman farmers. Families consisting of a husband, wife and at least one child; every widow with children; every white male who had lived in Georgia for at least one year)
4 cents per acre
5. Describe how the lottery worked.
People who qualified entered their names on sheets of paper and deposited them in a drum. Lot numbers were on paper in another drum. The number of times a participant’s name was entered was dictated by age, marital status, war service, successful participation in previous lotteries, and years of Georgia residence.
6. What gave participants more opportunities to be selected to receive land?
See above.
What is the Compact of 1802?
Georgia agreed to relinquish claims to Alabama and Mississippi in exchange the federal government paid the state $1.25 million, which was used to settle the Yazoo land claims and promised to remove the remaining Creeks from Georgia’s borders.
9. How did the use frontier land change after the land lotteries? Why?
Initially it was used for tobacco cultivation, but with the invention of the cotton gin, farmers started growing LOTS of cotton.
How did the land lottery change the role of the common man?
Aristocrat planters lost political and economic domination in Georgia

10. The Cotton Gin What was the peculiar institution?
slavery
2. What were the positive and negative aspects of the invention of the cotton gin?
Positive—economic growth in the south; it helped process cotton faster by removing the seeds. It made the product more efficient. Negative—increased slavery when slavery was declining.
Why did Eli Whitney move to South Carolina? What did he want to become?
He came to Georgia to work as a tutor.
How much cotton could be cleaned a day by hand?
1 lb
What does the word “gin” mean in the context of the cotton gin?
engine
Before the cotton gin was widely available, the American slave population was 700,000 in By 1860, the narrator says, the slave population was
4 million

11. Railroad When were Georgia’s first railroad tracks laid?
1830
2. How many miles of railroad track does Georgia boast today?
5,000
3. Identify one INTENDED consequences railroads have for society:
ships goods faster, more efficient to get products to markets, created towns/cities where there were none, connected towns, cities and states. Made communication faster/easier.
UNINTENDED consequences railroads had for society.
Pollution. Diminished importance of cities NOT on the rail lines.
4. What is Georgia’s sole passenger train system?
Amtrack
5. List five towns that “owe their existence” to Georgia’s rail system. (NGE article
Alamo, Baxley , Bremen, College Park, Cornelia, Manchester , Millen , Pembroke , Smyrna, Soperton, Waycross, and Winterville