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Westward Expansion in GA
Westward Expansion in GA
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8th grade #GA #Studies #CottonGin #statecapitals #land lotteries #YazooLandFraud #IndianRemoval
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1
He was a northern who invented the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Benjamin Franklin
2
This person created the charter to start UGA
George Walton
William Few
Abraham Baldwin
Button Gwinnett
3
What are 2 negative effects of the cotton gin?
slavery and GA became too dependent on cotton
railroad and GA's capitals moved west.
economy made money and cotton was produced faster.
slavery and the railroad.
4
The Trail of Tears started and ended in what 2 states?
Georgia and Oklahoma
Tennessee and Oklahoma
Georgia and Nebraska
South Carolina and Kansas
5
How did UGA obtain the land for the university in 1785?
It was agricultural land and the main subject taught.
GA residents were not required to pay tuition to attend
The land was given by the federal government.
Only GA citizens who owned land could attend the school
6
What achievement is Cherokee trader and silversmith Sequoyah most well-known for?
uniting Cherokee Indians after they were forced to leave
Created the first Cherokee syllabary
supporting the British in the War of 1812
inventing a new method of silver smelting
7
What court case said that American Indian Tribes were not subject to US laws in Georgia.
Brown v. Board of Education
Worcester v. Georgia
Miranda v. Arizona
Dred Scott v. Sandford
8
Under this system, white males HH, veterans and widows could buy a ticket to win land.
Yazoo Land Fraud
Headright system
Land lottery
Land Grant
9
Why was Creek Indian Chief William McIntosh killed by other Creek Indians?
He gave Creek land to the U.S.
He became friends with Cherokee Chief John Ross
He did not want to sell the Creek land to the U.S.
10
Which president enforced the legislation of the Indian Removal Act?
Abraham Lincoln
Grover Clevland
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
11
He was the Cherokee Indian Chief, part Scottish and part Cherokee Indian, wrote a petition
Chief Powhatan
Chief John Ross
Chief William McIntosh
Chief Tomochichi
12
This was the first state capital of GA.
Terminus
Savannah
Atlanta
Augusta
13
This piece of legislation contributed to the Trail of Tears
The Dawes Act
Land Lottery
The Yazoo Land Act
Indian Removal Act
14
White males, 21 years and old were offered 1,000 acres of free land under what system?
Headright system
Yazoo Land Fraud
Manifest Destiny
Land Lottery
15
What was the westward expansion of the GA state capitals?
Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta
Savannah, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta, Augusta
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Savannah, Milledgeville, August, Louisville, Atlanta
16
What did Chief John Ross do for the Cherokee Indians in GA?
created a petition to make Cherokee land independent.
have a protest march
started a war the Georgia settlers
meet with the President of the U.S.
17
What was the capital of GA named before finally being called Atlanta?
Macon
Brunswick
Marthasville
Terminus
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What was the Yazoo Land Fraud
More land was given to people than was available.
Only certain members of the government were given land.
The government did own the land they planned to give away.
Legislators were bribed by land companies.
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This Creek Indian chief wanted to change Indian way of life and sided with U.S. government.
Chief William McIntosh
Chief Tomochichi
Chief Powhatan
Chief John Ross
