UGA & Georgia's Capitals
He's the signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia who founded UGA.
Who is Abraham Baldwin?
It was the most successful of all the land policies in Georgia.
What were the land lotteries?
The Cotton Gin worked by removing these from the cotton.
What are seeds?
William McIntosh was a chief with this tribe.
What is the Creek?
John Ross was a chief in this tribe.
What is the Cherokee?
This city used to be called Terminus before it became Georgia's capital.
What is Atlanta?
This land distribution policy gave land to the heads of household who were white males over 21 years old.
What is the Headright System?
This invention was partially responsible for creating the city of Atlanta and making it the capital of the state.
What is the railroads?
McIntosh had strong ties to Georgia's government, particularly though his cousin who was serving in this position.
What is governor?
John Ross took a lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court to protect Cherokee land in this case.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This was Georgia's first capital city.
What is Savannah?
The Yazoo Land Act turned out to be a fraud because legislators were taking these.
What are bribes?
The success of the cotton gin caused an increase in the demand for these.
What are slaves?
McIntosh tried to help displaced Creek tribespeople with food and supplies after this war.
What is the Red Stick War?
The Supreme Court's Chief Justice, John Marshall, announced that they decided that the Cherokee won their case and that they were this.
What is their own sovereign nation?
Atlanta became capital once the Cherokee were forced off their land and this technological invention became important, especially around Atlanta.
What is the railroad?
This land distribution program ended because there were too many people and not enough land to give them.
What is the Headright System?
The first railroad in Georgia was built to transport this more quickly and efficiently.
What is cotton?
McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs without his tribe's permission, giving away all of this.
What is their land?
This president refused to honor the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia and actually signed the Indian Removal Act which forced the Cherokee off their land.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
It's the number of capital cities that Georgia has had.
What is five?
One of the ways the Land Lotteries were an improvement over other programs was that they allowed certain kinds of these people to have land.
Who are women?
The success of the cotton gin was one factor that encouraged people in Georgia to want more land and move in this direction.
What is west?
The Creek declared McIntosh a traitor to his people and sent 200 tribesmen to ensure he received this punishment.
What is death/execution?
The discovery of this on Cherokee land made White settlers want the land even more and contributed to the forced removal of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.
What is gold?