Headright System, Land Lotteries, Yazoo Land Fraud, Western Territory
Cotton Gin, Railroads, & Atlanta
Creek and Cherokee Removal
Georgia's Famous Native Americans
100
This was the first public institute of higher learning in the United States.
What is the University of Georgia?
100
The ___________________ granted _______ acres of land for the head of household, ______ acres for members of the family and slaves - up to _______ acres.
Headright System, 200 acres, 50 acres, 1000 acres
100
This man invented the Cotton Gin
Who is Eli Whitney
100
This path between the southern and western US gained this name because of the many deaths and sorrows while removing the Indians.
What is the Trail of Tears.
100
The Creek Chief who is equated to George Washington. He served as a British General during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Alexander McGillivray?
200
These two churches spread rapidly throughout Georgia.
What are the Methodist and Baptist Churches.
200
This land policy allowed citizens to buy tickets for a chance to win land.
What are land lotteries
200
This form of transportation became critical in the south before the Civil War.
What are railroads (trains)
200
This supreme court case was supposed to guarantee safety for the Cherokee Indians by granting them their own nation.
What is Worcester vs. Georgia
200
This Creek chief served after Alexander McGillivray but was executed for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs.
Who is Chief William McIntosh?
300
This was the capital of Georgia from 1796 - 1806. The third capital.
What is Louisville?
300
This event was when four companies bribed the governor and legislators to buy 35 million of acres of land in Georgia for $500,000. The public found out and the legislators were voted out of office.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
300
This city became a major railroad hub for the south before and during the Civil War.
What is Atlanta
300
These two tribes made up most of the Native Americans in Georgia.
Who are the Cherokee and Creeks.
300
He is known for creating a written language for the Cherokees. This is called a ______________.
What is the Syllabary
400
This person was the founder and first president of UGA.
Who is Abraham Baldwin?
400
This are is now current day Mississippi and Alabama.
The Yazoo Territory.
400
This was the former name of Atlanta which is Latin for "End of the line".
What is Terminus
400
This president is disliked to this day among Native Americans for his cruel actions towards them leading to the Trail of Tears. He refused to follow the Supreme Court decision.
Who is Andrew Jackson
400
This Cherokee chief kept the tribe united and saved many lives during the Trail of Tears. He also represented the Cherokee in the Worcester vs. Georgia Court Case
Who is John Ross.
500
George Whitefield and John Wesley.
Who were the two people that helped to spread the teachings of the Methodist Church?
500
These people were forced to give up their land claims as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud
Who are the Native Americans (Indians).
500
The invention of the Cotton Gin made Georgia and the southern economy dependent on these two things.
What is slavery and cotton
500
This Supreme Court Justice was celebrated among the Cherokee for granting them land in the Worcester vs. Georgia case.
Who is Chief Justice John Marshall
500
Using the Syllabary, the Cherokee eventually published this newspaper as their first written publication.