This was the first public institute of higher learning in the United States. It opened in 1785.
What is the University of Georgia.
100
The headright system granted _______ and heads of household rights to land.
What are soldiers of the Revolution.
100
This man invented the Cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitney
100
This path between the southern and western US gained this name because of the many deaths and sorrows while removing the Indians.
What is the Trail of Tears.
100
This Creek Chief gained fame for signing the Treaty of York; a peace and land treaty between the Creeks and Georgians.
Who is Alexander McGillivray.
200
After the Second Great Awakening, these two churches spread rapidly throughout Georgia.
What are the Methodist and Baptist Churches.
200
This land policy allowed citizens to buy tickets for a chance to win land.
What are land lotteries
200
This form of transportation became critical in the south before the Civil War.
What are railroads (trains)
200
This supreme court case was supposed to guarantee safety for the Cherokee Indians by granting them their own nation.
What is Worchester vs. Georgia
200
This Creek chief served after Alexander McGillivray but was executed for allegedly taking bribe money and selling Creek territory.
Who is Chief William McIntosh
300
This was the captiol of Georgia from 1796- 1806
What is Lousiville
300
this event was when four companies bribed the governor and legislators to buy millions of acres of land in Georgia for $500,000. The public found out and the legislators were voted out of office.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud
300
This city became a major railroad hub for the south before and during the Civil War.
What is Atlanta
300
These two tribes made up most of the Native Americans in Georgia.
Who are the Cherokee and Creeks.
300
Sequoyah was well known for creating a written and spoken language for the Cherokee using this tool.
What is the Syllabary
400
This person was the founder and first president of UGA
Who is Abraham Baldwin?
400
The General Assembly paid this amount to help Georgia settle Yazoo Land claims.
What is 1.2million
400
This was the former name of Atlanta which is Latin for "End of the line".
What is Terminus
400
This president is disliked to this day among Native Americans for his cruel actions towards them leading to the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson
400
This Cherokee chief kept the tribe united and saved many lives during the Trail of Tears.
Who is John Ross.
500
Constant malaria outbreaks, poor transportation down the Ogeechee River, and westward expansion did this to Georgia's first capital of Louisville.
What is the failure of Louisville as a capital
500
These people were forced to give up their land claims as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud
Who are the Native Americans (Indians).
500
The invention of the Cotton Gin made Georgia and the southern economy dependent on these two things.
What is slavery and cotton
500
This Supreme Court Justice was celebrated among the Cherokee for granting them land in the Worcester vs. Georgia case.
Who is Chief Justice John Marshall
500
Using the Syllabary, the Cherokee eventually published this newspaper as their first written publication.