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An acronym for the capitals of Georgia: Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta.
S.A.L.M.A
Land allocation approach that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar.
Land Lottery
Created an early cotton gin that separated the cotton seeds from the cotton lint.
Whitney, Eli
Treaty signed by William McIntosh that gave the remainder of Creek land to Georgia; McIntosh was killed for this act.
Second Treaty of Indian Springs
Act signed into law by Andrew Jackson that required the removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole to Indian Territory.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
An early name for the city of Atlanta; in 1837, this was the site where the end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad “terminated,” hence the name Terminus; this name was never an official name.
Terminus
Georgia act signed by Georgia Governor George Mathews that transferred 35 million acres of land in present-day Alabama to four land companies for $500,000; this led to the Yazoo Land Fraud.
Yazoo Act (1795
Creek chief who illegally signed the second Treaty of Indian Springs, was murdered by his tribesmen for this action.
McIntosh, William (1778-1825)
Site of America’s first gold rush in 1828; discovery of gold in the area was a factor in the Cherokee removal.
Dahlonega Gold Rush
A treaty between the U.S. Government and a minority representation of the Cherokee tribe that ceded all Cherokee land in the Southeast to the United States and allowed for their move to Indian Territory (Oklahoma); three of the Cherokee signers of the treaty (Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot) were killed for signing over Cherokee land for personal profit.
Treaty of New Echota (1835)
The first state-sponsored public university in the United States; founded in 1785.
University of Georgia
An event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land for pennies on the dollar.
Yazoo Land Fraud
Seventh president of the United States who was an advocate of Indian Removal.
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
A road that ran through Cherokee territory, connecting eastern and western Georgia.
Federal Road
landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States. However, Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Court’s decision and the Cherokee were later removed from Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
American Indian tribe that lived in southern Georgia; was removed from the state through treaties in the 1820s.
Muscogee (Creek) Indians
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Gwinnett County
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester v. Georgia case; President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Marshall, John (1755-1835)
A national emergency in 1832 when South Carolina attempted to nullify the National Tariff of 1832. As tensions increased, South Carolina threatened secession and Andrew Jackson threatened to send troops.
Nullification Crisis
Final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838; over 4,000 people died on the forced march from Georgia to Oklahoma.
Trail of Tears
Native American tribe that lived in northwestern Georgia; forcefully removed from the state in the early 1830s.
Cherokee Indians
Land allocation approach that provided the head of a family up to 200 acres of free land in the Georgia frontier.
Headright System
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians who tried to use legal means to fight against removal.
Ross, John (1790-1866)
One of the major technological advances in the 19th century. Georgia was one of the leaders in railroad development in the 1830s, and many of Georgia’s towns and cities were established due to the railroad.
Railroad
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