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Expansion & Growth
15 words (set 7)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Headright System | land allocation approach that provided the head of the family up to 200 acres of free land |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th President who was an advocate of Indian removal |
| Creek Indians | lived in south GA and and removed from GA through treaties |
| Worcester v. Georgia | Supreme Court case which declared the Cherokee were sovereign or an independent state and not subject to US laws |
| cede | to give something up, especially land |
| UGA | 1st state sponsored college in GA |
| John Ross | Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians who tried to use legal means to fight against removal |
| bribe | money paid to someone to get him/her to do something |
| William McIntosh | Creek chief who illegally signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| Land Lottery | land allocation approach that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar |
| Cherokee Indians | lived in Northwestern GA and forcefully removed as part of the Trail of Tears |
| Trail of Tears | forced removal of Cherokee Indians from GA |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester v. Georgia case |
| Yazoo Land Fraud | the sale of western land to 4 land companies after the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed |
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tbosworth