Names to Know
Cherokee leader who who believed the pen was mightier than the sword.
Who is John Ross?
vocabulary term that means to "give up land"?
What is cede?
America's capital during the War of 1812?
What is Washington, DC?
belief that the U.S. should spread from coast to coast
What is Manifest Destiny?
signed the Treaty of Indian Springs ceding the last Creek land in Ga
Who is William McIntosh?
What law did the U.S. Congress pass in 1830 that ordered the Native Americans west?
What is the Indian Removal Act?
2 former names for Atlanta
What are Terminus and Marthasville?
What form of transportation was created at the turn of the 19th century?
What is trains or railroads?
white missionary who sued the state of Georgia to live among the Cherokee
Who is Samuel Worcester?
the Trail of Tears began in Ga and ended in Indian territory west of the Mississippi - name the present state
What is OK?
Georgia's western border was set at the _______ River as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
What is Chattahoochee?
What U. S. Supreme Court justice supported the Cherokee's sovereignty?
Who is John Marshall?
as a US general, he fought the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and as president, he ordered the Indians west
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What discovery sealed the Cherokee's fate?
What is gold?
permanent Cherokee capital
What is New Echota?
What two states were created from Ga's western land ceded after the Yazoo land scandal?
What are AL and MS?
signed the U. S. Constitution, helped negotiate the Great Compromise, wrote the charter for UGA
Who is Abraham Baldwin?
Once GA took control of Cherokee land, the government distributed it to white settlers through what method?
What is land lotteries?
name Ga's 5 capitals in order
What is Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville and Atlanta
Who said "Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."?
Who is Andrew Jackson?