Westward Expansion
An event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land for very cheap and then resold it and made a big profit.
Yazoo Land Fraud
The President that signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was _____________.
Andrew Jackson
The first capital of the state of Georgia was ___________
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
John Ross
The result of William McIntosh signing the treaty was that he was ___________, and that remaining Creek lands were ______________.
Killed; given away
cotton gin; cotton
He signed the Treaty of Indian Springs.
William McIntosh
The third capital of the state of Georgia was _________
Louisville
The final removal of the natives from Georgia in 1838; over 4,000 people died on the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma.
The Trail of Tears
What system of distributing land to settlers required people to buy a ticket for a chance to win land?
Land Lottery System
As people were expanding west and gaining more land, they were making money off of two major crops. It was ______________ & _______________.
Cotton & Tobacco
He created an early cotton gin that separated the cotton seeds from the cotton fiber.
Eli Whitney
This was the fourth capital of the state of Georgia, and was the capital before the Civil War.
Milledgeville
Chief William McIntosh signed the ___________________________.
Treaty of Indian Springs
Name the 5 state capitals of Georgia in order.
Savannah
Augusta
Louisville
Milledgeville
Atlanta
This method of land distribution was the first one and gave land to white males that were the head of their household.
Headright System
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled that Georgia laws did not apply to the Cherokee.
John Marshall
The reason that the capitals of the state of Georgia continued to move was ______________________.
To remain in the center of the population; or to stay with the population.
A landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States.
Worcester vs. Georgia
Name one negative consequence of the invention of the cotton gin
Increase in slave labor
Name 2 things that happened as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud.
Georgia legislators were voted out of office
Georgia had to give up land to the federal government
The first and last name of the missionary that lived with the Cherokee and supported the Cherokee when they were being removed. (hint: his name is included in the court case)
Sam Worcester
The two former names of Atlanta are ____________ and _____________.
Terminus & Marthasville
What was President Andrew Jackson's response to the ruling in Worcester vs. Georgia?
He did not enforce it
What event caused the state of Georgia to create laws putting Cherokee land under their control and to make Cherokee laws null and void?
Dahlonega Gold Rush