Capitals
What is the current capital of Georgia?
Atlanta
What were the three methods of distributing the land in Georgia?
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
How were the effects of Railroads and the Cotton Gin Similar?
Both increased land loss for Native Americans and resulted in more slavery
Why did the Creek Nation Kill William Mcintosh?
He sold land without permission.
Why did the Capitals of Georgia keep moving West?
Population was moving west and more land.
What were the two biggest issues with the Yazoo Land Act?
Politicians were bribed and land sold for little money
What was the purpose and usefulness of the cotton gin?
get seeds out alot faster
Where did the land from Land Lotteries and Headright System come from?
American Indians
Which US president issued the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
What two capitals were below the Fall Line?
Savannah and Louisville
In the Headright system each Head of House Hold recieved ______ Acres of land, plus 50 acres for every other person in his household up to 1000 acres. It ended because it was a __________ process with many claims for land.
200
slow
What was the major reason for more slaves in Georgia?
Cotton Gin
How did the invention of the cotton gin negatively affect the American Indians?
There was a need for land for farming.
Who was the Supreme Court Justice that supported the Cherokees in Worcester vs Georgia case?
John Marshall
This capital location used to be called Terminous, because of the amount of railroads coming in and out of it.
Atlanta
What land did Georgia lose in the Yazoo Land Fraud?
All land West of the Chattahoochee River
Who did the land belong to that was being given away with the land lotteries?
American Indians (Cherokee and Creek)
What was the first CHARTERED public university in the United States?
UGA
Roughly __________ people died on the ___________________________ as the Cherokees were forced to move from Georgia to Oklahoma.
4000
Trail of Tears
List the 5 capitals of Georgia in order
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Millidgeville, Atlanta
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The invention of the cotton gin ________ the deseeding process, but also led to the ________ of slavery.
Sped up
Spread, increase
Who founded UGA and was the 1st president of the University?
Abraham Baldwin
What did Worcester vs Georgia say that the Cherokee did or did not have to follow?
They did not have to follow Georgia laws.