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SS8H4 GA STUDIES -Westward Expansion
SS8H4 GA STUDIES -Westward Expansion
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SS8H4 Explain significant factors that affected westward expansion in Georgia between 1789 and 1840.
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To fix the Yazoo fraud GA agreed to sell the land to the Fed Govt for $1.25 Million and what?
Removal of the Highland Scots
Removal of the Cherokee
Removal of the Creek people from GA
Removal of the Salzburgers
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What system of land distribution gave away 3 / 4 of Georgia land to only 100,000 families?
Land Lottery
Yazoo Land Act
Quit Claim Deeding
Headright System
3
What Creek Chief signed away the Creek land in GA in the 2nd Treaty of Indian Springs?
William McIntosh
John Ross
James Oglethorpe
Sitting Bull
4
Why did the Yazoo land act become known as the Yazoo land FRAUD?
Georgia overpaid the Federal Govt for land
Georgia Politicians were bribed to pass Yazoo Land Act
Alabama never paid Georgia for the Land
Georgia overpaid for worthless land
5
Atlanta was once named what in honor of the Governor's daughter?
Saraton
Ashleyville
Bettyburg
Marthasville
6
In what year was the University of Georgia first chartered?
1785
1763
1733
1776
7
Which of the following GA capitals does NOT belong in S.A.L.M.A?
Louisville
Macon
Milledgeville
Atlanta
8
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Lilly
Thomas Edison
Eli Whitney
Thomas Gin
9
The Yazoo land act sold much of the land that is now Alabama and Mississippi to who?
The Creek Nation
The Cherokee nation
Wealthy Business Men(Land Speculators)
The French Government
10
When the Cherokee were forcibly removed from GA and relocated to Oklahoma, the route they took was known as ___ _ ___?
Federal Road
Oregon Trail
Hightower Trail
Trail of Tears
11
What important document in US history did Abraham Baldwin sign?
Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
US Constitution
Mayflower Compact
12
To help ensure the survival of the American democracy, Baldwin believed we should educate . . .
Only the Rich
Everyone
Only the Smartest Students
British Royalty
13
To operate economically large cotton farms, demand increased for what
type of farm labor
?
Agriculture Apprentices
Indentured Servants
Highland Scots
Slaves
14
Who was the first President of the University of Georgia?
Abraham Lincoln
Doug Baldwin
Abraham Baldwin
Abraham Simpson
15
What was the first system of land distribution used in Georgia to encourage population growth?
Headright System
Land Lottery
Yazoo Land Act
Quit Claim Deeding
16
Discovery of what precious metal led to demands for removal of the Cherokee people from north Georgia?
Diamonds
Gold
Uranium
Coal
17
In what direction did the state Capital move as it followed the growing population of Georgia?
East
North and West
South
South and East
18
What happened to William McIntosh after he signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs?
His people were very grateful and feasted in his honor
President Jackson killed him
He was thrown in jail by the Federal government
His people felt betrayed and killed him
19
What system gave people the ability to buy a lottery ticket and potentially win a plot of land?
Land Lottery
Quit Claim Deeding
Headright System
Yazoo Land Act
20
Rail lines in GA all terminated or ended in what city that is now GA's most populous city and Capital?
Macon
Atlanta
Douglasville
Augusta
21
What Cherokee chief tried to fight the removal of his people from Georgia by using the courts?
William McIntosh
Andrew Jackson
John Ross
Tomochichi
22
What was the site of America’s first gold rush in 1828?
Velveetaville
Klondike
Sutter's Mill
Dahlonega
23
What system of land distribution gave land to any white man over the age of 21 or soldiers?
Land Lottery
Quit Claim Deeding
Yazoo Land Act
Headright System
24
Bonus: What two states were once part of Georgia?
North and South Carolina
Alabama and Mississippi
Kansas and Nebraska
Mississippi and Louisiana
25
Bonus: At the conclusion of the Revolution, Georgia's border extended west to what geographic feature?
Proclamation Line
Mississippi River
Appalachian Mountains
Chattahoochee River
26
What resolution sold all Creek land in Georgia and led to the removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia?
Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of Paris 1763
Second Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of Paris 1783
27
In the 1832 court case of Worchester vs Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of:
Andrew Jackson
The State of Georgia
The Cherokee
The Federal Government
28
Which southern state had the most miles of railroad track?
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
29
What act signed by Andrew Jackson required the removal of the Natives from GA to Oklahoma?
Second Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of Indian Springs
Alien and Sedition Act
Indian Removal Act of 1830
30
What was the first University founded by a State in the United States?
Harvard University
University of Florida
Yale University
University of Georgia
