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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Path from Georgia to Oklahoma taken by Indians where nearly ¼ of their population died. | the Trail of Tears |
| Indians were displaced from their homes and their land was redistributed by this land system after the war. | the Georgia Land Lotteries |
| While he was president 45,000 Indians relocated to the West and about 4,000 Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears and refused to enforce the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia | Andrew Jackson |
| How did developments in Dahlonega, Georgia, during the 1830s contribute to the removal of the Cherokee from their homelands in Georgia? | the discovery of gold in the region led many people to move to the state and attempt to settle Cherokee land |
| McIntosh believed it was his people’s best chance at avoiding bloodshed with Georgia settlers so he signed this agreement that gave away Creek land | Treaty of Indian Springs |
| The deal involved bribing lawmakers from the Georgia General Assembly for land that could have been granted to settlers | Yazoo Land Act (Fraud) |
| Offered 200 acres of land to heads of households in Georgia | the Headright System |
| This system distributed land by matching plots of land with numbered tickets held by settlers where the tickets were placed in and drawn out of DRUMS | Land Lottery |
| The Georgia government sold off land to land companies that could have been granted to individual sparking outrage | Yazoo Land Act (Fraud) |
| This ultimately increased the demand for slaves on the plantations of the pre-Civil War South | Cotton Gin |
| Why did the state of Georgia begin chartering railroads in the early 1830s? | What is Georgia's agricultural industry was growing rapidly and needed a more efficient way of shipping agricultural goods |
| This did not pick the crop but rather separated the seed from the lint fiber (Cotton) | Cotton Gin |
| Many of Georgia’s cities were created because of this; including the local towns Thomson and Camak as well as Atlanta | Railroad |
| Abraham Baldwin thought that educated people were more likely to improve Georgia and was necessary for a free government, so he created this. | UGA |
| Though the capital would move again in 1807, the movement of the capital of Georgia from Augusta to Louisville was representative of which development? | The gradual shift of the state's population center from coastal areas to the northwestern region |
| Why is the founding of the University of Georgia considered a significant development in the history of American education? | It was the first state chartered/land grant university in the United States? |
| Leader of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835. | John Marshall |
| This ruling struck down laws created by GA that illegally took Cherokee lands stating the Cherokee nation was a sovereign nation, thus not subject to US laws. | Worcester v. Georgia |
| What was the intent of Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act? | To take American Indian land east of the Mississippi River and relocate the inhabitants west of the Mississippi |
| Andrew Jackson’s decision to not enforce Worcester v. Georgia led to this. | Lead to the removal of the Cherokee via the Trail of Tears |
| What was the purpose of land distribution such as the Headright System and the Land Lotteries? | government efforts to attract settlers to Georgia and encourage economic growth |
| Why were the Cherokee forcefully removed from their lands during the Trail of Tears? | The settlers wanted their land and resources, so they took them. |
| What was Atlanta’s other name due to being a railway hub? | Terminus |
| This crop became vitally important to the US economy leading up to the Civil War | Cotton |
| How did technological developments, such as the cotton gin and railroads, impact Georgia's growth? | They increased agricultural productivity and faster transportation |
| The invention of the cotton gin had what impact on the south? | Increased cotton production. |
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