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GEORGIA’S GROWTH AND WESTWARD EXPANSION

WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL ABOUT SAVANNAH AND AUGUSTA

IN THE LATE 1700’S?

They both served as the capital of the state of Georgia

THE FORMER CAPITAL OF LOUISVILLE HAS WHAT NEGATIVE

EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT?

The records from the Yazoo land fraud were burned here.

HOW DID THE STATE OF GA FIRST DISTRIBUTE

INDIAN LANDS TO NEW SETTLERS?

The headright system of Georgia

THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS

TRUE OR FALSE

SOME CHEROKEE TRAVELED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS RIVERS.

TRUE

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SCANDAL WHEN GEORGIA’S

GOVERNOR AND SOME LEGISLATORS WERE BRIBED TO SELL PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE

DEVELOPERS AT BELOW-MARKET PRICES?

Yazoo Land Fraud

WHAT WERE THE TWO LARGEST CHURCH

DENOMINATIONS IN GEORGIA DURING THE

MID-1800’S

Baptist and Methodist

WHAT WAS GEORGIA REQUIRED TO DO TO HAVE THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT PAY MILLIONS TO SETTLE THE YAZOO LAND FRAUD

CLAIMS.

Georgia gave up land claims in what is now Mississippi and

Alabama

WHAT WAS THE SYSTEM THAT LATER REPLACED THE HEADRIGHT SYSTEM IN GEORGIA?

Land Lottery

WHO WAS ALEXANDER MCGILLIVRAY

The Creek Chief that met with George Washington and signed the Treaty of New

York giving up all remaining Creek land east of the Oconee River

WHAT WAS THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC

Georgia’s main railroad companyDuring the mid-1800’s

WHAT WERE TERMINUS AND MARTHASVILLE?

The original names of Atlanta

WHAT REMOVED THE SEEDS FROM THE COTTON FIBER MUCH EASIER THAN BY

HAND, THEREFORE INCREASING PROFITS?

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

WHO WAS THE INDIAN CHIEF THAT SIGNED THE TREATY OF INDIAN SPRINGS, WHICH CEDED OR GAVE UP THE REMAINING

CREEK LANDS IN GEORGIA, AND RESULTED IN HIM BEING MURDERED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE?

William McIntosh

WHAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL INVENTION TO GEORGIA’S

ECONOMY IN THE EARLY 1800’S?

The cotton gin

WHO WAS THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WHO RULED THAT

CHEROKEE TERRITORY WAS NOT SUBJECT TO GEORGIA’S STATE LAW? John

Marshall

GEORGIA’S LOST LANDS WEST OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER IS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO

WHAT?

The Yazoo land fraud, the most lasting negative event

in Georgia’s political history

IF THE LAND FOR A UNIVERSITY WAS DONATED BY THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT IT IS SAID TO BE WHAT?

a “land grant university” like The University of

Georgia

WHAT WAS GEORGE GIST’S MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHEROKEE CULTURE?

He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a

written language.

WHAT CHEROKEE CHIEF TOOK A PETITION TO THE U.S. CONGRESS

PROTESTING THE CHEROKEE REMOVAL FROM THEIR LAND?

John Ross

THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS

TRUE OR FALSEMANY CHEROKEE TRAVELED ON A

ROUTE THAT TOOK THEN THROUGH TENNESSEE.

TRUE

WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX

It was the first Native American newspaper

WHAT MADE THE NEED FOR SLAVE LABOR EVEN GREATER IN GEORGIA THAN MANY

OTHER SOUTHERN STATES?

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

WHAT WAS LOCATED IN

NEW ECHOTA, GEORGIA

The permanent Cherokee Capital

WHAT WAS A NEGATIVE RESULT OF THE

DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN DAHLONEGA?

It led to the final Indian removal from Georgia

WHAT WAS THE TRAIL OF TEARS?

The name given to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from

Georgia

WHAT WAS THE INDIAN REMOVAL

ACT OF 1830? Congressional legislation allowed Georgia to push the Creek and the

Cherokee out of the state and to seize their lands

IN 1830, WHO HAD TO TAKE AN OATH OF

ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA?

Any white citizens who lived on Cherokee lands

WHAT WAS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE

LOUISIANA PURCHASE?

The Rocky Mountains

THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS

TRUE OR FALSETHE CHEROKEE WERE

RELOCATED TO CALIFORNIA.

False

FROM WHAT COUNTRY DID THE U.S. BUY THE

LOUISIANA PURCHASE?

France

WHAT U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE DETERMINED THAT GEORGIA LAWS DID NOT APPLY IN THE CHEROKEE

NATION?

Worcester v. Georgia

WHO WAS WILLIAM MCINTOSH?

The Indian chief that signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded or gave up the remaining

Creek lands in Georgia, and resulted in him being murdered

by his own people.

A WHITE MISSIONARY WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO HELP THE

CHEROKEE PEOPLE KEEP THEIR LAND LED TO WHAT?

The U.S. Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia

WHO WAS JOHN MARSHALL?

The chief justice of the

U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that

Cherokee territory was not subject to Georgia’s state law

WHO WAS JOHN ROSS?

The Cherokee Chief that took a petition to the U.S. Congress

protesting the Cherokee removal from their land.

THE PRESENT DAY STATE OF

OKLAHOMAIS KNOWN FOR

WHAT?This state is where the

Indian Territory was located and where the Trail of Tears came to

an end?

THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS TRUE

OR FALSETHE CHEROKEE WERE TAKEN ALONG

SEVERAL TRAILS TO A NEW LOCATION.

TRUE

WHO WAS THE CREEK CHIEF THAT MET WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON AND SIGNED THE TREATY OF NEW YORK GIVING UP ALL REMAINING CREEK

LAND EAST OF THE OCONEE RIVER

Alexander McGillivray

WHO DEVELOPED A SYLLABARY SO THE CHEROKEE COULD HAVE A

WRITTEN LANGUAGE.

Sequoyah

WHAT WERE CIRCUIT RIDERS?

Ministers who traveled from town to town preaching on different days in different

communities

WHAT TWO GEORGIA CITIES SERVED AS THE STATE’S

CAPITAL IN THE LATE 1700’S?

Savannah and Augusta

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE HEADRIGHT SYSTEM IN

GEORGIA?

It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.

WHAT SCANDAL TOOK PLACE WHEN GEORGIA’S GOVERNOR

AND SOME LEGISLATORS WERE BRIBED TO SELL PUBLIC LAND TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AT

BELOW-MARKET PRICES?

Yazoo Land Fraud

WHY DID GEORGIA GIVE UP LAND CLAIMS IN WHAT IS

NOW MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA?

Georgia was required to cede the land as a result of the federal

government paying millions to settle the Yazoo Land Fraud claims.

IN THE MID-1800’S, WHAT WAS GEORGIA’S MAIN RAILROAD COMPANY.

Western and Atlantic Railroad

WHAT WERE THE ORIGINAL NAMES OF ATLANTA?

Terminus and Marthasville

WHAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL INVENTION TO GEORGIA’S

ECONOMY IN THE EARLY 1800’S?

The cotton gin

WHAT WAS THE MOST LASTING, NEGATIVE RESULT OF THE

YAZOO LAND FRAUD IN GEORGIA?

Georgia lost lands claimed West of the Chattahoochee

River.

WHICH STATEMENT BEST DESCRIBES A “LAND GRANT

UNIVERSITY” LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA?

The land for the university was donated by the federal

government.

WHAT WAS GEORGE GIST’S (SEQUOYAH) MAJOR

CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHEROKEE CULTURE? He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a

written language.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER?

The Cherokee Phoenix

WHERE WAS THE PERMANENT CHEROKEE CAPITAL LOCATED?

New Echota, Georgia

WHAT DISCOVERY LED TO THE FINAL INDIAN REMOVAL FROM

GEORGIA?

The discovery of gold in Dahlonega

WHAT NAME WAS GIVEN TO THE FORCED REMOVAL OF THE

CHEROKEE INDIANS FROM GEORGIA?

The Trail Of Tears

WHAT CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION ALLOWED GEORGIA

TO PUSH THE CREEK AND THE CHEROKEE OUT OF THE STATE AND TO SIEZE THEIR LANDS?

The Indian Removal Act of 1830

IN 1830 WHAT REQUIREMENT DID THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE SET ON WHITES WHO LIVED ON

CHEROKEE LANDS?

They had to take an oath of allegiance to the governor of

the state.

WHAT DID THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECIDE IN WORCESTER V. GEORGIA?

Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation and the

missionaries should be freed.

WHAT WAS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE ABOUT WHERE WORCESTER V. GEORGIA?

A white missionary who was arrested for trying to help the

Cherokee people keep their land.

IN WHAT STATE WAS THE INDIAN TERRITORY WHERE ALL

OF THE TRAILS WHICH THE INDIANS WERE TAKEN ON END?

Oklahoma

WHAT WERE MINISTERS CALLED WHO TRAVELED FROM TOWN

TO TOWN PREACHING ON DIFFERENT DAYS IN DIFFERENT

COMMUNITIES?

Circuit Riders