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Welcome 8
th Graders!Slide2
Georgia’s Growth and Westward ExpansionSlide3
What was so special about Savannah and Augustain the late 1700’s?
They both served as the capital of the state of GeorgiaSlide4
The former Capital of Louisville has what negative event associated with it?
The records from the Yazoo land fraud were burned here.Slide5
How did the state of GA first distribute Indian lands to new
settlers?The headright system of GeorgiaSlide6
This statement about the Indian removal is TRUE or FALSE Some Cherokee traveled along the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers.
TRUESlide7
What was the name of the scandal when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below-market prices?
Yazoo Land FraudSlide8
What were the two largest church denominations in Georgia during the mid-1800’s
Baptist and MethodistSlide9
What was Georgia required
to do to have the federal government pay millions to settle the Yazoo Land Fraud claims. Georgia gave up land claims in what is now Mississippi and AlabamaSlide10
What was the system that later replaced the headright system in Georgia?
Land LotterySlide11
Who was Alexander McGillivray
The Creek Chief that met with George Washington and signed the Treaty of New York giving up all remaining Creek land east of the Oconee RiverSlide12
What was the Western and Atlantic
Georgia’s main railroad companyDuring the mid-1800’sSlide13
What were Terminus and Marthasville?
The original names of AtlantaSlide14
What removed the seeds from the cotton fiber much easier than by hand, therefore increasing profits?
Eli Whitney’s Cotton GinSlide15
Who was the Indian chief that signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded or gave up the remaining Creek lands in Georgia, and resulted in him being murdered by his own people?
William McIntoshSlide16
What was the most significant mechanical invention to Georgia’s economy in the early 1800’s? The cotton ginSlide17
Who was the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee territory was not subject to Georgia’s state law?
John MarshallSlide18
Georgia’s lost lands West of the Chattahoochee
River is directly contributed to what?The Yazoo land fraud, the most lasting negative event in Georgia’s political history Slide19
If the land for a university was donated by the federal
government it is said to be what? a “land grant university” like The University of GeorgiaSlide20
What was George Gist’s major contribution to the Cherokee culture? He developed a syllabary
so the Cherokee could have a written language.Slide21
What Cherokee Chief took a petition to the U.S. Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?
John Ross Slide22
This statement about the Indian removal is true or falseMany Cherokee traveled on a route that took then through Tennessee.
TRUESlide23
What was so important about the Cherokee Phoenix
It was the first Native American newspaperSlide24
What made the need for slave labor even greater in Georgia than many other southern states?
Eli Whitney’s Cotton GinSlide25
What was located in New Echota
, GeorgiaThe permanent Cherokee Capital Slide26
What was a negative result of the discovery of gold in Dahlonega?
It led to the final Indian removal from GeorgiaSlide27
What was the Trail Of Tears?
The name given to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from GeorgiaSlide28
What was The Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Congressional legislation allowed Georgia to push the Creek and the Cherokee out of the state and to seize their landsSlide29
In 1830, who had to take an oath of allegiance to the governor of Georgia?
Any white citizens who lived on Cherokee landsSlide30
What was the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase?The Rocky MountainsSlide31
This statement about the Indian removal is true or falseThe Cherokee were relocated to California.
FalseSlide32
From what country did the U.S. buy The Louisiana Purchase? FranceSlide33
What U.S. Supreme Court case determined that Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation?
Worcester v. GeorgiaSlide34
Who was William McIntosh?
The Indian chief that signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded or gave up the remaining Creek lands in Georgia, and resulted in him being murdered by his own people.Slide35
A white missionary who was arrested for trying to help the Cherokee people keep their land led to what?
The U.S. Supreme Court case Worcester v. GeorgiaSlide36
Who was John Marshall?
The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee territory was not subject to Georgia’s state lawSlide37
Who was John Ross? The Cherokee
Chief that took a petition to the U.S. Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land. Slide38
The present day state of Oklahomais known for what?
This state is where the Indian Territory was located and where the Trail of Tears came to an end?Slide39
This statement about the Indian removal is true or falseThe Cherokee were taken along several trails to a new location.
TRUESlide40
Who was the Creek Chief that met with George Washington and signed the Treaty of New York giving up all remaining Creek land east of the Oconee River
Alexander McGillivray Slide41
Who developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.
SequoyahSlide42
What were Circuit Riders?
Ministers who traveled from town to town preaching on different days in different communitiesSlide43
What two Georgia cities served as the state’s capital in the late 1700’s?
Savannah and AugustaSlide44
What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?
It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.Slide45
What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below-market prices?Yazoo Land FraudSlide46
Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?Georgia was required to cede the land as a result of the federal government paying millions to settle the Yazoo Land Fraud claims. Slide47
In the mid-1800’s, what was Georgia’s main railroad company.Western and Atlantic RailroadSlide48
What were the original names of Atlanta?Terminus and MarthasvilleSlide49
What was the most significant mechanical invention to Georgia’s economy in the early 1800’s? The cotton ginSlide50
What was the most lasting, negative result of the Yazoo land fraud in Georgia?Georgia lost lands claimed West of the Chattahoochee River.Slide51
Which statement best describes a “land grant university” like the University of Georgia?The land for the university was donated by the federal government.Slide52
What was George Gist’s (Sequoyah) major contribution to the Cherokee culture? He developed a syllabary
so the Cherokee could have a written language.Slide53
What was the first Native American newspaper?The Cherokee PhoenixSlide54
Where was the permanent Cherokee capital located?New
Echota, GeorgiaSlide55
What discovery led to the final Indian removal from Georgia?The discovery of gold in DahlonegaSlide56
What name was given to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia?The Trail Of TearsSlide57
What Congressional legislation allowed Georgia to push the Creek and the Cherokee out of the state and to sieze their lands?
The Indian Removal Act of 1830Slide58
In 1830 what requirement did the Georgia legislature set on whites who lived on Cherokee lands?They had to take an oath of allegiance to the governor of the state. Slide59
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in Worcester v. Georgia?
Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation and the missionaries should be freed. Slide60
What was the U.S. Supreme Court case about where Worcester v. Georgia?A white missionary who was arrested for trying to help the Cherokee people keep their land.Slide61
In what state was the Indian Territory where all of the trails which the Indians were taken on end?OklahomaSlide62
What were ministers called who traveled from town to town preaching on different days in different communities?Circuit Riders