Georgia History Ch.9 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What did Sequoyah do? | Created a cherokee alphabet based on syllables which enabled the Cherokee to communicate through a written language |
John Ross | Was the principal chief of the cherokee from 1827 to 1866 |
William McIntosh | The chief of the Lower Creeks-fought with General Andrew Jackson to help defeat the Upper Creeks who had been led by Alexander McGillivray. McIntosh was paid by the government to make a deal to sell creek land. -was killed by his own people. |
Alexander McGillivray | Fought with the Upper creeks. |
Worcester v. Georgia | The supreme court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct nation with its own laws, and tat georgia law was not valid within it-the Cherokee cold govern themselves. |
Trail Of Tears | The forced movement of the Cherokee west in 1838-1839 to what is now Oklahoma. Many Cherokee died along the way. |
John Marshall | Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court-ruled in favor of the Cherokee and told Georgia that the Cherokees had he right to live without interference from Georgia. |
Andrew Jackson | President of the US in 1828 after fighting against the Upper Creek in the creek War-approved the Indian Removal Act-would not enforce the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia. |
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