Unit 6 Review

Question 1

Which BEST explains why the route to the Indian Territory became known as the "Trail of Tears"?

Accepted Answer

Many Cherokee Indians died along the journey.

Question 2

Which system offered Georgia settlers 200 acres of free land. Additional 50 acres of land for per person in the house.

Accepted Answer

The Headright System

Question 3

Which BEST explains Georgia's relocation of its capital from Augusta to Louisville in 1796?

Accepted Answer

to be more centrally located within the state population

Question 4

The discovery of gold on Cherokee land & racial prejudice toward American Indians provoked the

Accepted Answer

Trail of Tears

Question 5

The treaty of Indian Springs (1825) and the treaty New Echota (1835) were similar in that each

Accepted Answer

resulted in the loss of American Indian land holdings

Question 6

Which president was speaking about Indian removal in his inaugural address?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 7

What was the massive fraud where land was sold to insiders at absurdly low prices?

Accepted Answer

the Yazoo Land Fraud

Question 8

Which transportation was mostly used for shipping & travel in America during 1860-1900

Accepted Answer

The railroad

Question 9

The Charter of the University of Georgia was important to education MAINLY because it

Accepted Answer

provided education to not just the wealthy.

Question 10

What school was Chartered in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly

Accepted Answer

The University of Georgia

Question 11

Which president was responsible for signing the Indian removal act of 1830?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 12

Which president was responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 13

The sale of western Georgia lands, known as the “Yazoo lands,” was controversial MAINLY because

Accepted Answer

the deal involved bribing important people in Georgia.

Question 14

The railroad caused the development of what Georgia city?

Accepted Answer

Atlanta

Question 15

The Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands.

Accepted Answer

Worcester v. Georgia

Question 16

One of the effects the introduction and widespread usage of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was that

Accepted Answer

the demand for slaves grew because demand for cotton grew.

Question 17

How did inventions like the telegraph, steamboat, and railroads affect life in early America?

Accepted Answer

Led to increase business , transportation and economic growth

Question 18

The cotton gin and the demand for cotton in the north and Europe textile factories led to

Accepted Answer

an increase in the demand for slaves

Question 19

Which is TRUE about the construction of the first railroads in Georgia?

Accepted Answer

They helped develop cities.

Question 20

The route various American Indian groups were forced to walk when made to move to reservations

Accepted Answer

Trail of Tears

Question 21

the Land Lottery sought to distribute land grants that the state got from the ____ and the ___.

Accepted Answer

Creek and Cherokee

Question 22

The MAIN reason Abraham Baldwin formed the University of Georgia was because he

Accepted Answer

thought educated people were more likely to improve Georgia

Question 23

Which Native American Tribe was MOST affected by the Trail of Tears?

Accepted Answer

Cherokee

Question 24

Why did the Cherokee MOST LIKELY refer to the Dahlonega Gold Rush as the "Great Intrusion"?

Accepted Answer

They believed that the miners had invaded their territory to steal gold.

Question 25

John Marshall was a leader of which part of government?

Accepted Answer

The Supreme Court

Question 26

Which system distributed land by matching plots with numbered tickets held by settlers?

Accepted Answer

the Land Lottery

Unit 6 Review

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Unit 6 Review

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