Westward Expansion in Georgia

Land Policies

100

This land policy allowed orphans and widows to participate where they would purchase a chance at a random drawing for a piece of land. 

Land Lotteries 

200

This land policy was primarily for the heads of families where they would receive 200 acres of land and additional land for each family member and each slave. They could receive anywhere from 200-1000 acres. 

Headright System 

300

This act was passed by the General Assembly, selling mass amounts of land to 4 land companies for pennies on the dollar. It was later revealed that members of Georgia's legislature was bribed. 

Yazoo Land Act/Fraud

400

Muscogee Creek land was distributed through what land policy? 

Land Lotteries 

500

These two states were formed after the Yazoo Land Fraud where the U.S. Government had to intervene to settle disputes in Georgia. Georgia sold the land to the U.S. government with the promise that the federal government would help remove natives. 

Alabama & Mississippi

Georgia's Capitals

100

This capital was the first capital and would later become influential in Georgia's history as a deep-water sea port 

Savannah

200

This became the capital during the American Revolution as the original capital was occupied by the British. 

Augusta 

300

These three capitals can be found on, or near, the Fall line. 

Augusta, Louisville, & Milledgeville

400

This capital is known for protesters burning copies of the Yazoo Land Act on it's capital steps. 

Louisville

500

This used to be the name of Atlanta due it being the center of the railroads. 

Terminus 

New Discoveries

100

This discovery in the Blue Ridge Mountains in what would become Dahlonega, GA leads to the forced removal of the Cherokee. 

Gold

200

This invention led to cleaning the seeds out of cotton faster, shifting Georgia's primary cash crop to cotton. 

Cotton Gin 

300

This invention connected cities to Georgia to Savannah, making the transporting of goods faster than before. 

Railroads

400

This man is the inventor of the cotton gin. 

Eli Whitney

500

Due to railroads and the cotton gin, this area of society increased exponentially. 

Slavery

Removal of Muscogee Creek

100

Muscogee Creek land primarily was found in these two regions of Georgia. 

Piedmont & Coastal Plain 

200

This term refers to adopting or adapting to another culture by absorbing elements of the culture such as religion and dress. 

Assimilation

300

Muscogee Creeks and Cherokees are descended from what historic tribe? 

Mississippians

400

This is the name of the chief who signed away the rest of Muscogee Creek land. He was later killed by his own tribe for the betrayal. 

William McIntosh

500

This document was signed by the Muscogee chief, ceding all Muscogee Creek land to Georgia. 

Treaty of Indian Springs

Removal of Cherokee

100

This event is titled as such because of the mass amount of death that occurred as natives were forcibly removed from the southeastern states to Oklahoma. 

Trail of Tears

200

This court case ruled in favor of the Cherokees and declared them a sovereign (independent nation). 

Worcester v. Georgia

300

This person ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court and allowed the Cherokee to be forcibly removed. He refused to enforce the law. 

President Andrew Jackson

400

This person was chief of the Cherokees and fought for his people through the courts. He even went with his people on the Trail of Tears. 

Chief John Ross

500

This person was the Chief Justice who ruled in favor of the Cherokees, declaring them a sovereign (independent) nation and did not have to follow U.S. laws. 

Chief Justice John Marshall