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Set #7
Expansion and Growth (Set #7)
Question | Answer |
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bribe | money paid to someone to get him or her to do something |
cede | to give something up, especially land |
Cherokee Indians | lived in Northwestern GA and forcefully removed as part of the Trail of Tears |
Muscogee Indians | lived in Southern GA and removed from GA through treaties |
Headright System | land allocations approach that provided the head of family up to 200 acres of free land |
land lottery | land allocation approach that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar |
Trail of Tears | final removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia |
Yazoo Land Act | sale of western land to four companies after members of the General Assembly had been bribed |
University of Georgia | first state sponsored college |
Worcester v. Georgia | Supreme Court case declaring that the Cherokee were sovereign or an independnet state and not subject to U.S. laws |