Part II-Scrapbook Checklist     DUE: Nov.

 This paper must accompany scrapbook

(.25 to replace or -10 points)

All of the information can be found in your Georgia textbook, but you may use other sources.

REQUIRED FORMAT:  Use one paragraph only for required information and/or descriptions.

1 POINT deduction for EACH spelling or grammatical error!

(Proofread, use spell check;ask someone else to read it!)

Underline the first word for each requirement in the paragraph.

_____On Time (15 points)

_____ Neat (10 points)

_____E.  Revolutionary War/Early Statehood (25 points)

War for Independence from Britain. (REQUIRED FACTS: __1. Battle of Savannah; __2. GA’s 3 signers of the Dec. of Independence; __which side the natives usually chose and why; __explain Tories & Sons of Liberty; __answer why each side recruited slaves to fight and what the slaves were promised for fighting; __Cowpens, __Yorktown) Illustration-5 points

_____F. Land Fever ( 25 points)

             Define the way Georgia settlers obtained land for 

             both the headright system and the land lottery.

Describe the Yazoo Land Fraud of the late 1790s and the outcome (penalty for Georgia) in the early 1800s. Illustration: 5 points

_____G. War of 1812 (25 points)

            Why it was fought, who did we fight it with, several battles or     highlights, outcome. Illust. 5 points.

_____ H. Trail of Tears (25 points)__What events in Ga. caused the government to decide to remove the natives; __describe the relocation process & where the natives were ordered to go, what they endured; __leaders of natives & their supporters; __Supreme Court case in Georgia about Cherokee land;__what some Cherokees did rather than leave their homes.    Illustration-5 pts

_____I.   Antebellum Years (means before the Civil War) (25 points)

Make a “T” Chart, one side for North, the other for South. List characteristics of each region in this order: __type of workers (Free or Slave, mills/factories or agricultural), __economic basis, __schools, __ railroads, __ factories (or value of manufactured goods.) Illustration needs to be a map of this era (see P. -5 points

_____J.  Civil War in Georgia (25 points)

__Why did Georgia want to secede?  __Why was Georgia’s location important? __What happened to Atlanta after the Union Army occupied it. __Who was in charge of the invading Union forces in Atlanta?  __Describe the March to the Sea__What was the significance of Ft. Pulaski; __Battle of Kennesaw Mountain             Illustration - 5 points

_____K.  Reconstruction & New South Era  (25 points)

(Issues of the period between Reconstruction and World War I). __Define “New South”  & Henry Grady’s influence __How Ga’s economy had changed;  __How did Georgia and the South begin to change for the better (diverse economy) & __how did they change for the worse? (Jim Crow laws)___What was Plessy v. Ferguson? Illustration - 5 points  

_____ (-1 each) Deductions for spelling & grammar errors

_____ Total Score = ____________ FINAL SCORE (out of 200)

USE GEORGIA BOOK’s index to find specific information.