Westward expansion

Question 1

McIntosh was given extra cash for his personal lands in the treaty that gave up the remaining Creek land in GA. How did the Creeks view this?

Answer 1

They thought McIntosh had received a bribe to sign the treaty because it was against Creek tradition to accept personal payment.

Question 2

What nickname was given to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia?

Answer 2

The Trail of Tears

Question 3

What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?

Answer 3

It distributed Native American lands to new settlers

Question 4

What legislation, signed by President Andrew Jackson, allowed Georgia to push the Native American Indians out of the state and to seize their lands?

Answer 4

The Indian Removal Act of 1830

Question 5

Why was Atlanta once called Terminus?

Answer 5

Because it was the end of the Western and Atlantic railroad line in GA (they terminated here)

Question 6

What did GA mean when it said there could be no sovereign nation within the nation?

Answer 6

the Cherokee nation could not be a nation within the U.S.

Question 7

What was the most significant negative effect of the invention of the Cotton Gin?

Answer 7

Slavery increased dramatically in order to plant and harvest more cotton.

Question 8

Why was the capital moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta

Answer 8

The hotels in Milledgeville in 1868 refused rooms to African American convention delegates and the U.S. military moved the meeting (capital later stayed there).

Question 9

What did GA get in return for giving up all claims to the Yazoo land?

Answer 9

the promise that the U.S. government would remove remaining Native Americans in GA

Question 10

How did railroads effect early life in GA?

Answer 10

Farmers were no longer dependent of the river system. They could build farms away from rivers

Question 11

What was the intent (purpose) of the Indian Removal Act?

Answer 11

To remove the Native Americans from the eastern United States

Question 12

What was the most successful land policy in Georgia?

Answer 12

The Land Lotteries

Question 13

Why did Samuel Worcester sue the state of GA?

Answer 13

He refused to take the oath of allegiance to the governor of Georgia since Cherokee land was not subject to GA law and did not think his punishment was legal.

Question 14

What was the most important mechanical invention for Georgia’s economy in the early 1800s?

Answer 14

cotton gin

Question 15

What were the qualifications needed to obtain land in the Headright System and the Land Lotteries in Georgia?

Answer 15

White male 21 years of age or older

Question 16

From the colonial era until Reconstruction, the capital of Georgia was moved many times for what reason?

Answer 16

the changing population center of the state

Question 17

What was a reason for the University of Georgia that was stated in the charter?

Answer 17

education should be available for all, not just the wealthy

Question 18

What impact did the cotton gin have on Georgia’s growth

Answer 18

The cotton gin made cotton a profitable crop for GA.

Question 19

Why was William McIntosh, a Creek chief, murdered by his own people?

Answer 19

he signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia without the tribe’s consent

Question 20

What impact did the railroad have on GA’s growth?

Answer 20

Railroads led to the development of new towns and cities.

Question 21

Who disagreed with the governor of Georgia and the state of Georgia about their removal policy for the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia?

Answer 21

The Supreme Court

Question 22

What was the name of the treaty that McIntosh signed giving the remaining Creek land to GA?

Answer 22

Treaty of Indian Springs

Question 23

What discovery led to the final Native American Indian removal from Georgia?

Answer 23

What discovery led to the final Native American Indian removal from Georgia?

Question 24

Who was the Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee territory was not subject to state law?

Answer 24

John Marshall