UGA/Capitals
The first state funded higher education institution in the United States.
What is the UGA?
What is the Headright System?
Land policy that offered heads of household and Revolutionary War vets up to 1,000 acres of land.
Eli Whitney invented this machine to improve the lives of slaves.
What is the cotton gin?
People
This president signed the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What is the fifth and current capital of Georgia?
Atlanta
What is the Yazoo Land Act?
Land policy or act that was enacted after government officials were bribed.
The purpose of the cotton gin.
What is to quickly separate seeds from cotton?
What is to clean cotton quickly?
Creek Indian Chief that was murdered because he gave away Creek lands without the consent of the tribe.
Who is William McIntosh?
This major event in GA History urged white settlers to remove the Creek Indians faster.
What is the Dahlonega Gold Rush?
Who was the first president for the University of Georgia, he also wrote the school's charter
Abraham Baldwin
What are the land lotteries?
Eligible parties purchased a chance to win a lot of land.
What transportation method benefitted from the demand of cotton
Railroads
Georgia Governor George troup
What event forced all Cherokee Indians out of Georgia? In this event Cherokee Indians had to walk 800 miles
Trail of Tears
What is the reasons the capitals changed (moved)?
To move as the population moved west
What was the purpose of Georgia land policies?
To encourage people to move to Georgia
Two negative impacts of the cotton gin.
What is the increase of slavery and GA's economy became over reliant on cotton?
William McIntosh believe American Indians should follow the life style of who?
American men who owned slaves
Who was the leader of the Cherokee Indians?
John Ross
What was the third capital in the state of Georgia
Milledgeville
The Yazoo act was burned on the steps of what capital building?
Louisville
Railroads were response for the transportation of cotton, and the creation of new _____?
Cities
The Treaty of Indian Springs of 1825 did what?
Gave up all Creek land in Georgia
Who was the judge in the court case Worcester vs. Georgia
John Marshall