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1
By when had most Creek lands been given up and they left the State of Georgia?
1838
1776
1941
1827
2
Which is true about Georgia's population in the late 1700's and early 1800's?
Georgians wanted the Indians to keep their land
Georgians moved West as they gained land
Georgians wanted to live close to South Carolina
Georgians like to be near rice fields
3
Who was principal chief of the Cherokee who took Georgia to court?
John the Apostle
John Ross
John Marshall
John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith
4
What did the Cherokee try to do to get along with white Georgians?
adopted white culture
Bribery
fast food delivery
adopted white orphans
5
Why did GA get rid of Headright and Yazoo?
Give away more land
To allow more land for Indians
Corruption and greed
No leftover land
6
What did the U S govt. agree to do in exchange for Georgia giving up the Western lands?
Free land for the President
1.25 million dollars to GA
Remove the Indians
A and B
7
Who was William McIntosh?
Creek chief who fought John Ross
Cherokee chief who invented fire
Creek chief, bi-racial, GA governor's cousin
Seminole chief who discovered One Direction
8
Why did the Georgians think Indians should give up their land?
GA gave up land in 1802 agreement so Indians would be moved
Indians had backed the English in the war
Indians controlled Piedmont land, some of the best in GA
All the above
9
Why did Georgia moved the capital as the people moved west?
to keep away from the Spanish
to build new highways
to keep away from the Indians
to keep it centralized on the population
10
Where did the Creek Indians mainly live in GA?
NE GA near Toccoa
Cherokee, NC
Middle GA, the Piedmont
Coastal Plain near St. Simons
11
Other than population, what was the main concern when deciding where the capital would be?
Friendly people
Nice trees
Mr. Lynch lived there
Transportation source
12
What group approved the charter for UGA?
Cherokee Indians
Executive Branch
U S Congress
Georgia General Assembly
13
What was special about UGA?
First college for women only
Founded by the Creek
First Southern college
First state govt. created college
14
What did the Cherokee name their forced march?
Long March Madness
Jackson Trail of Torment
Trail ofTears
Trail of Death
15
What was main reason UGA was founded?
Educated people are needed for free government
It would bring an end to slavery
Oglethorpe wanted it founded
It was named after King George
16
Why did Georgians want Cherokee land?
They wanted control of all GA land by the 1802 agreement
All the above
Silver was discovered in Dahlonega
Coastal Plain where they lived was good for growing tobacco
17
What was the first land distribution system in Georgia (based on how many people moved)?
Headright System
Trickum Tiger Ticket
Yazoo Land Act
Land Lottery
18
What is true about the cotton gin?
It removes the seeds from cotton
It picks cotton
Lots of slaves are required for it to run
It makes a great table decoration
19
How did the Red Stick Creeks deal with white settlers?
Parties
Treaties
Peaceful co-existence
Fight
20
Five capitals of Georgia in order
Swainsboro, Apalachee, Lincoln, Macon, Athens
Brunswick, Savannah, Liberty, Augusta, Macon
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Savannah, Atlanta, Macon, Milledgeville, Marietta
21
Why was the railroad so important to Georgia?
A way to transport cotton in the Piedmont to the Fall Line
Faster movement of trains on the rivers
So we could get to Atlanta for the land lottery
So we could go to Savannah to buy cotton
22
In 1814, what future U. S. president defeated the Creeks?
General Janet Jackson
General David S. Pumpkins
General Andrew Jackson
General Stonewall Jackson
23
How did the Cherokee people respond to Jackson's actions?
Chief John Ross and many Cherokee refused to leave
They voted for Henry Clay
They fought Jackson along with the Creeks
They moved to New York
24
How did establishing UGA change the thinking for the country on education?
More college football
Politicians could go to college
Education for everyone, not just the wealthy
More libraries
25
Why was McIntosh executed?
Attacked Lyman Hall
Killed Andrew Jackson
He married two wives
Sold Creek land without permission
26
How did Chief Justice John Marshall and the court rule on the case?
Said Cherokee had to move
Cherokee independent and not under GA law
White missionaries were illegal
They did not hear the case
27
What transportation source made Atlanta important?
Balloon races
Railroad
River
Foot path
28
How did the cotton gin impact Georgia and the South?
More industrialization
More tractors
More land in the Blue Ridge
More slavery (numbers increased)
29
How did Pres. Jackson react to the Court's decison?
Threw a big party
He refused to enforce it & told the Cherokee they must move
Supported the decision and enforced it
He changed the Constitution
30
How did GA leaders stop corruption after the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Set up the Land Lottery (random)
Mined gold on Seminole land
Made Lyman Hall a dictator
Hired Andrew Jackson as a state lawyere\
31
Main reason settlers wanted the
Creek
land in the Piedmont
growing cotton
to build skateboard parks for the Cherokee
for gold
for fun and kicks
32
What course case did the Cherokee defend themselves against GA?
Me v. Them
Worcester v. Georgia
Plessy v. Ferguson
Cherokee v. Creek
