This became the capital city of Georgia as the Cherokee were removed, and the growing RR industry and population made it the final destination for Georgia's capital city.
Louisville
Augusta
Atlanta
Savannah
Who wrote the charter to establish the University of Georgia?
George Walton
Lyman Hall
William Few
Abraham Baldwin
What land policy is being described: Four land companies bribed leaders in the Georgia General Assembly to sell over 30 million acres of land for roughly one cent per acre - the land sale was later nullified.
Yazoo Land Fraud
Land Lotteries
Headright system
Louisiana Purchase
Which best describes the headright system?
Free land that was given to white men and slaves who fought during the Civil War
Land that was given to white males and heads of households who fought in the Revolutionary War
An approach to land ownership offering average Georgians the opportunity to take a chance at owning land - this was open to widows, orphans, and veterans
Yazoo Land Fraud
Land Lotteries
Headright system
Yazoo Act
Made removing seeds in the cotton boll a much quicker process. This made cotton a desirable and profitable crop to be grown in Georgia. It also led to an increase in slave ownership.
Eli Whitney
Canals
Railroads
Cotton gin
There was a need for a more reliable form of transportation, this invention made the transportation of goods much faster and reliable. Georgia had more miles of track than any other of the southern states.
Canals
Waterway transportation
Railroads
Cotton Gin
What impact did the cotton gin have on Georgia's growth?
With the invention of the cotton gin came the increase in trade with the Cherokee Indians
After the cotton gin was invented, production of cotton increased drastically as well as the need for slave labor
The cotton gin made it so much easier to produce cotton that cotton production increased and the need for slavery decreased
The cotton gin increased the number of citites that were built by plantations
Why did Georgia's capitals move multiple times?
In effort to keep up with the moving population and desire to create a central city for the capital, it moved several times
The Georgian citizens did not like the area of Savannah and desired to move East
The capitals moved with the increase of waterway transportation
Who was William McIntosh?
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the case of Worcester v. Georgia and ruled in favor of the Cherokee Indians
A cherokee who created a writing system called Cherokee syllabary
A US President who ignored the Supreme Courth ruling in Worcester v. Georgia and favored in Indian removal
A Creek Chief who signed a treaty giving away all Creek land and was murdered after ceding the land to Georgia.
The US President who ignored the Supreme Courth ruling in Worcester v. Georgia and favored in Indian removal
Andrew Jackson
William McIntosh
John Marshall
John Ross
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the case of Worcester v. Georgia and ruled in favor of the Cherokee Indians
Andrew Jackson
William McIntosh
John Marshall
John Ross
The Cherokee Chief who fought for the Cherokee lands and represented the Cherokee in the Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia:
Andrew Jackson
William McIntosh
John Marshall
John Ross
He was the Cherokee chief who created a writing system called Cherokee syllabary
Sequoyah
Chief William McIntosh
Chief John Ross
Justice John Marshall
In 1829 what was discovered in northern Georgia AND what was called the Great Intrustion?
Rubies were discovered and the rush to retrieve them was called the Great Intrusion
Silver was discovered the rush of people to get rich in silver was called the Great Intrusion
The removal of the Cherokee in Northern Georgia was called the Great Intrusion
Gold was discovered in Northern Georgia and the rush to discover the gold and take over the Cherokee land was called the Great Intrusion