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| what 4 factors were most responsible for georgia's antebellum prosperity? |
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1. slaves
2. cotton
3. best railroad system in deep south
4. growth of other industries |
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| name and describe the 4 social classes in georgia at this time. |
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| planters, yeoman farmers, poor whites, black georgians |
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| what colleges in georgia were established at this time? |
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| university of georgia, medical college of georgia, emory college, oglethorpe college, mercer university wesleyan female college |
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| what were some of the reforms and improvements in the care of criminals and the needy? |
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| A penitentiary was built for prisoners. They furnished the jails with blankets, clothing, and heat. They also opened an asylum for the mentally ill. |
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| describe the lifestyles in the north and the south prior to the civil war. |
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| explain how/why the addition of new states aggravated the issue of slavery. |
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| if there were more free states than slave states, then the free states would control congress, in which case they could outlaw slavery completely |
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| describe the abolitionists movement. |
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| The abolitionists organized anti-slavery groups, anti-slavery newpapers, and raised money to wipe out slavery. They also set up the Underground Railroad. |
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| A country doctor who discovered anesthetic. It was called ether, it numbed the pain and memory. |
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| ex-slave who became a famous speaker and edited the north star, an abolistionist newspaper |
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| most famous conductor of the underground railroad; ex-slave |
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| published an anti-slavery newspaper, the liberator |
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| white woman; wrote uncle tom's cabin (1852) |
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| a slave who lived with his owner in Missouri (see notes for more details) |
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