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Chapter 8 - pg 154-165
Study Cards about notes that we took as a group w/ Mrs.Peddrew
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8th Grade
11/23/2009

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What was 95% of Georgia's Land?
Definition
Rough Frontier
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How much land was able to be given to a man in the Headright System?
Definition
1,000
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What did the Louisiana Purchase do to the United States ?
Definition
Doubled the Size
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What two allies remained friends to keep America from expanding ?
Definition
Spanish/ Native Americans
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Who led the Red Sticks ?
Definition
Alexander McGillivary
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Who set up trading post as a attempt to keep the Georgians and the Creeks to end war w. each other ?
Definition
Colonel Benjamin Hawkins
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Who was the Oconee War fought aganist?
Definition
Creeks and Georgians
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How long to did the Oconee War last?
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2 years
Term
What was the importance of the Treaty of New York?
Definition
It gave the Creeks back their land and told Georgians to move. Georgians Refused to move
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What was done during the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Definition
Western part of Georgia sold land that wasn't fertile and Resold it at over priced levels
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What was the Compact of 1802?
Definition
Georgia giving back all land used in the Yazoo Land fraud to the United States.
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In 1803 What was the new way of distributing land?
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Land Lottery
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Who were the Red Sticks ? Who did they fight with?
Definition
Upper Creeks fought w/ British
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What happened during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend ?
Definition
The Creeks were forced to give up land in Georgia and Alabama
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What phrase did John O'Sullivan use to support his belief of America's Expansion?
Definition
Manifest Destiny
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Who defeated the Red Sticks in The Battle of Horseshoe Bend ?
Definition
Andrew Jackson
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