People
Creek chief that signed the Treaty of Indian Springs; executed by his own tribe
Who is William McIntosh?
gave up to 1000 acres of land to adult white males;
What is the headright system?
gold was discovered here which led to the removal of the Cherokee
What is Dahlonega?
UGA was the first of this type of college in the U.S.
What is public?
True or False?
The Cherokee had a government similar to the U.S. government
True
Cherokee chief that took a petition to Washington to try to keep Cherokee lands in Georgia
Who is John Ross?
3/4 of GA's land was distributed using this system;
What is the land lottery?
the forced removal of the Cherokee was called ___
What is the Trail of Tears?
He wrote the charter for UGA and was it's first president
Who is Abraham Baldwin?
These 2 inventions tranformed GA's agricultural industry in the early 1800s
What are the cotton gin and railroad?
U.S. President that refused to enforce the U.S. Supreme ruling that would have helped the Cherokee. He also signed the Indian Removal Act
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Most of the conflicts between whites and Indians were over _____.
What is land?
land known as the Indian Territory in the 1800s is this present day state
What is Oklahoma?
He appointed Abraham Baldwin to write the charter for UGA
Who is Lyman Hall?
These 2 states were created because of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
What are Alabama and Mississippi?
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice that ruled in favor of the Cherokee
Who is John Marshall?
GA's capitals moved to follow GA's expanding ________.
What is population?
The Cherokee people should have been able to keep their land because of this court ruling
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
What is a goat?
the cotton gin helped to solve this problem
What is removes the seeds from cotton?
white missionary arrested for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the state of Georgia while living with the Cherokee
Who is Samuel Worcester?
GA was forced to sell land to the US Government because of bribes taken by legislators in the GA General Assembly
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
This was the capital of the Cherokee Nation
What is New Echota?
This groups was allowed to attend UGA for the first time in 1961
What is African - Americans?
Why did the Cherokee try to adopt a "white" lifestyle?
to try to keep their land