Land Policies and Native American Removal
How the United States Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia and its impact on the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia.
What is it attempted to block the removal by establishing the Cherokee as a sovereign nation?
The cotton gin _________ the production of cotton in Georgia. (Increased or Decreased)
What is Increased.
What are Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta?
This tax placed a charge on paper goods like newspapers and legal documents, angering many colonists in Georgia.
What is the Stamp Act?
The three people who signed the Declaration of Independence on behalf of Georgia.
Who are Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton?
This policy promised stolen land to land companies.
What was the Yazoo Land Fraud?
The person who invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
The reason why UGA was created.
What is to provide all citizens with an education, not just the wealthy?
These two groups in Georgia took different sides in the war; one supported independence, while the other stayed loyal to the king.
Who are the Patriots and Loyalists?
This Creek leader signed a treaty giving up Creek land without the tribe’s permission.
Who is William McIntosh?
The role that John Marshall played in the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia.
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who ruled against the removal of the Cherokee Indians in Worcester v. Georgia?
This technological invention in the 1830s helped speed up the transportation of people and goods throughout Georgia.
What are the railroads?
The main reason that Georgia's capitals moved so often.
This battle in Georgia was a Patriot victory and helped boost confidence during the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Kettle Creek?
This Cherokee chief fought to keep Cherokee land and led his people during removal.
Who is John Ross?
The Yazoo land fraud proceded despite public opposition because of this reason.
What is some legislators were paid to make sure the deals were completed?
This major city was developed because of its prime location for transporting goods by rail, leading to it being initially called "Terminus".
What is Atlanta?
The person who wrote the Charter for UGA and signed the US Constitution on behalf of Georgia.
Who is Abraham Baldwin?
This law said colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains, which upset many Georgians who wanted more land.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This U.S. president ignored the Supreme Court and forced the Cherokee to leave Georgia.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Out of the six answers listed below, these three are PRO INDIAN REMOVAL.
Westward Expansion, Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, Dahlonega Gold Rush, John Ross
What is Westward Expansion, Andrew Jackson, and The Dahlonega Gold Rush?
The cotton gin impacted the population and economy of Georgia in this way.
What is the increase in cotton production lead to an increase in demand for enslaved workers?
This university was created to educate future leaders and was the first state-chartered university in the U.S.
What is the University of Georgia?
This early U.S. government plan was too weak because it could not collect taxes or form a strong national army.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This event brought thousands of miners to Cherokee land when gold was discovered.
What is the Dahlonega Gold Rush?