Westward expansion
The first state-sponsored public University in the United States; founded in 1785.
What is the University of Georgia?
Which Supreme Court Justice opposed President Andrew Jackson on Indian Removal?
Who was John Marshall
Georgia's first capital.
What is Savannah?
The CHEROKEE CHIEF that fought to keep his people on their land but eventually had to lead them out of Georgia on the Trail of Tears
Who was John Ross?
An 1821 treaty signed between a small amount of Creek Indians and the United States that forced the Creek Nation to cede all of its lands east of the Ogeechee River in Georgia.
What is the Treaty of Indian Springs?
One of the major technological advances in the 19th century (1800's between the American Revolution and the Civil War), in which Georgia was a leader. Many of Georgia’s towns and cities were established due to it.
What are railroads?
Founder of UGA, and signer to the US Constitution
The second Georgia capital used during the American Revolution
What is Augusta?
The final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838; over 4,000 people died on the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
What is one negative consequence of the cotton gin?
A HUGE increase in slave labor.
An early name for the city of Atlanta.
What is Terminus?
He created an early cotton gin that separated the cotton seeds from the cotton lint.
Who was Eli Whitney?
This was the fourth capital and served for 61 years prior to the Civil War.
What is Milledgeville?
He was the CREEK CHIEF that signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs and gave up the Creek land, then was murdered by his Creek tribe for betraying them.
Who is William McIntosh
The Capital of Georgia moved westward as the ________ moved westward
What is the population ( or people)?
How was land distributed in Georgia during westward expansion?
What the headright system, land lottery system
, and the Yazoo land Act
The seventh President of the United States who ignored the ruling of Worcester v. Georgia, signed the INDIAN REMOVAL ACT and ordered the Native Americans out of Georgia.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
In 1868, Georgia's state capital moved here and it has been the capital since. Previous names for this location were ( Marthasville, and Terminus)
What is Atlanta?
A landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States.
What Worcester v. Georgia?
The site of America’s first gold rush in 1828; the discovery of gold in the area was a factor in the Cherokee removal.
What is the Dahlonega Gold Rush?
An event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land( The part of Georgia that is present-day Alabama and Mississippi), for pennies on the dollar.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
The two Georgia signers of the U.S. Constitution.
William Few and Abraham Baldwin
This was the third capital named in honor of King Louis XVI of France for his help during the Revolutionary War.
What is Louisville?
A treaty signed by William McIntosh that gave the remainder of Creek land to Georgia; McIntosh was killed for this act.
What is the Second Treaty of Indian Springs?
How did the transition of transportation from canals to railroads during the 1800's affect Georgia?
Transportation of goods and people became more efficient and helped grow Georgia's ecnomy.