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100
This native american created the Cherokee syllabary.
Who is Sequoyah (George Gist)?
100
The nations 1st land grant university.
What is the University of Georgia?
100
The inventor of the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
100
This method of land distribution allowed widowed women, veterans, and orphans to receive land.
What is the Land lottery?
100

The document that founded Georgia's colony

The Charter of 1732

200
This Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee territory was not subject to GA state law.
Who is John Marshall?
200

The location of Georgia's first settlement

What is Yamacraw Bluff?

200
This mode of transportation rapidly expanded in Georgia during the 1830's.
What is the railroads?
200
The illegal distribution of lands by GA in Mississippi and Alabama that resulted in the U.S. government having to pay for the land and reclaim (take it back) from GA.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
200

Region of United States that Georgia is located in

South Eastern 

300

The Creek chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, that gave away Creek lands. He was later scalped and killed by his people for his betrayal.

Who is William McIntosh?

300
The present-day state of which the Trail of Tears eventually ended.
What is Oklahoma?
300
This invention led to an increase in the production of cotton.
What is the cotton gin?
300
The system of distribution of lands east of the Oconee River to the head of the family.
What is the Headright System?
300

The hemisphere that Georgia is located in

North Western Hemisphere

400
The Cherokee chief who took a petition to congress with 15,000 signatures to keep Cherokee land, but eventually lost.
Who is John Ross?
400
The city where gold was discovered that lead to the removal of Native Americans from GA.
What is Dahlonega?
400
This invention greatly influenced the growth of slavery in GA.
What is the cotton gin?
400

The 5 capitals of Georgia in order from first to current

What is Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Macon, Atlanta?  (SALMA)

400
The act that congress passed that lead to the Trail of Tears.
What is the U.S. Indian Removal Act?
500
The U.S. President known as the most aggressive enemy of the Native Americans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
500
Georgia was forced to give up lands in what is now Mississippi and Alabama because it was distributed illegally.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
500
This technology helped GA cotton farmers move their products more easily.
What is the railroads?
500

The original name of Atlanta

What is Marthasville (or Terminus)?

500
The U.S. Supreme Court Judge John Marshall's decision that Cherokee territory was not subject to Georgia state law.
What is Worcester vs. Georgia?