Welcome 8 th Graders!

1. Welcome 8th Graders!

2. Georgia’s Growth and Westward Expansion

3. What was so special about Savannah and Augustain the late 1700’s? They both served as the capital of the state of Georgia

4. The former Capital of Louisville has what negative event associated with it? The records from the Yazoo land fraud were burned here.

5. How did the state of GA first distribute Indian lands to new settlers? The headrightsystem of Georgia

6. This statement about the Indian removal is TRUE or FALSESome Cherokee traveled along the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers. TRUE

7. What was the name of the scandal when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below-market prices? Yazoo Land Fraud

8. What were the two largest church denominations in Georgia during the mid-1800’s Baptist and Methodist

9. What was Georgia required to do to have the federal government pay millions to settle the Yazoo Land Fraud claims. Georgia gave up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama

10. What was the system that later replaced the headright system in Georgia? Land Lottery

11. Who was Alexander McGillivray The Creek Chief that met with George Washington and signed the Treaty of New York giving up all remaining Creek land east of the Oconee River

12. What was the Western and Atlantic Georgia’s main railroad company During the mid-1800’s

13. What were Terminus and Marthasville? The original names of Atlanta

14. What removed the seeds from the cotton fiber much easier than by hand, therefore increasing profits? Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

15. Who was the Indian chief that signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded or gave up the remaining Creek lands in Georgia, and resulted in him being murdered by his own people? William McIntosh

16. What was the most significant mechanical invention to Georgia’s economy in the early 1800’s? The cotton gin

17. Who was the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee territory was not subject to Georgia’s state law? John Marshall

18. Georgia’s lost lands West of the Chattahoochee River is directly contributed to what? The Yazoo land fraud, the most lasting negative event in Georgia’s political history

19. If the land for auniversity was donated by the federal government it is said to be what? a “land grant university” like The University of Georgia

20. What was George Gist’s major contribution to the Cherokee culture? He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.

21. What Cherokee Chief took a petition to the U.S. Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land? John Ross

22. This statement about the Indian removal is true or falseMany Cherokee traveled on a route that took then through Tennessee. TRUE

23. What was so important about the Cherokee Phoenix It was the first Native American newspaper

24. What made the need for slave labor even greater in Georgia than many other southern states? Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin

25. What was located in New Echota, Georgia The permanent Cherokee Capital

26. What was a negative result of the discovery of gold in Dahlonega? It led to the final Indian removal from Georgia

27. What was the Trail Of Tears? The name given to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia

28. What was The Indian Removal Act of 1830? Congressional legislation allowed Georgia to push the Creek and the Cherokee out of the state and to seize their lands

29. In 1830, who had to take an oath of allegiance to the governor of Georgia? Any white citizens who lived on Cherokee lands

30. What was the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase? The Rocky Mountains

31. This statement about the Indian removal is true or falseThe Cherokee were relocated to California. False

32. From what country did the U.S. buy The Louisiana Purchase? France

33. What U.S. Supreme Court case determined that Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation? Worcester v. Georgia

34. Who was William McIntosh? The Indian chief that signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded or gave up the remaining Creek lands in Georgia, and resulted in him being murdered by his own people.

35. A white missionary who was arrested for trying to help the Cherokee people keep their land led to what? The U.S. Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia

36. Who was John Marshall? The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee territory was not subject to Georgia’s state law

37. Who was John Ross? The Cherokee Chief that took a petition to the U.S. Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land.

38. The present day state of Oklahomais known for what? This state is where the Indian Territory was located and where the Trail of Tears came to an end?

39. This statement about the Indian removal is true or falseThe Cherokee were taken along several trails to a new location. TRUE

40. Who was the Creek Chief that met with George Washington and signed the Treaty of New York giving up all remaining Creek land east of the Oconee River Alexander McGillivray

41. Who developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language. Sequoyah

42. What were Circuit Riders? Ministers who traveled from town to town preaching on different days in different communities

43. What two Georgia cities served as the state’s capital in the late 1700’s? Savannah and Augusta

44. What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia? It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.

45. What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below-market prices? Yazoo Land Fraud

46. Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama? Georgia was required to cede the land as a result of the federal government paying millions to settle the Yazoo Land Fraud claims.

47. In the mid-1800’s, what was Georgia’s main railroad company. Western and Atlantic Railroad

48. What were the original names of Atlanta? Terminus and Marthasville

49. What was the most significant mechanical invention to Georgia’s economy in the early 1800’s? The cotton gin

50. What was the most lasting, negative result of the Yazoo land fraud in Georgia? Georgia lost lands claimed West of the Chattahoochee River.