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Westward Expansion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What case said Georgia laws are not valid in Cherokee land? | Worcester vs. Georgia |
| How many capitals did Georgia have? | Five |
| What land policy is where the head of the household gets 200 acres? | Headright System |
| What were the five capitals? | Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Millidgeville, Atlanta |
| Where was the area that land speculators gave away? | Alabama and Mississippi |
| What was the original name for Atlanta? | Terminus |
| What was the limit for the 1st land policy? | 1,000 acres |
| Who wrote UGA's charter? | Abraham Baldwin |
| What act removed Cherokees from east of the Mississippi River to move west? | Indian Removal Act |
| Who ruled in favor of the Cherokees? | John Marshall |
| Who ignored the ruling and ordered the Cherokees removed? | President Andrew Jackson |
| Who argued for the Cherokees before the Supreme Court? | John Ross |
| Where was gold discovered in Cherokee territory? | Dahlonega |
| How much land did the Georgia General Assembly set aside for the establishment of UGA? | 40,000 acres |
| What was the fourth capital? | Millidgeville |
| Which capital was named after King Louis XVI? | Louisville |
| What is Atlanta's nickname? | Gate City |
| What were the three land policies? | Headright System, Yazoo Land Fraud, Land Lottery |
| What was the limit of land you could have with the Headright System? | 1,000 acres |
| What was the nickname Georgia earned with the cotton gin? | King Cotton |
| Who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs? | William McIntosh |
| Who did the Indians side with during the Revolutionary War? | British |
| What happened as a result of the Treaty of Indian Springs? | A war party murdered William McIntosh |
| Where did the Creeks relocate after the Treaty of Indian Springs? | In the wilderness across the Mississippi River |
| What did the Treaty of Indian Springs do? | Ceded the Creeks remaining land in GA |
| What did the federal government agree to do in 1802? | Remove Creek and Cherokee Indians still in Georgia |
| Who were the Creeks led by? | William McIntosh |
| Which land policy is where land speculators got the land? | Yazoo Land Fraud |
| Which land policy is where everyone gets equal amounts of land? | Land Lottery |
| What increased the need for slavery? | Cotton Gin |
| Why are railroads important? | We needed a way to transport all of the cotton that we planted for a profit. |
| What was a land lottery? | A single white male gets one chance to win land, while a man with a family or a widow with kids, gets two chances. |
| Why did a man with a family or a widow with kids get two chances? | They had kids to help them take care of the land |
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Samantha Moreland
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