Gmas Review(Westward Expansion In Georgia)

Front 1

____ is the first government sponsored university.

Back 1

University of Georgia

Front 2

List the FIVE capitals of Georgia in order:

Back 2

S- Savannah

A- Augusta

L- Louisville

M- Milledgeville

A- Atlanta

Front 3

Explain the following land distribution systems:

Land Lottery

Headright System

Yazoo Land Fraud

Back 3

LL- free white men(and some women)were given a random plot of land, which was FAIR

HS- head of family gets 200 acres, plus 50 for each family member(up to 1,000)

YLF- land speculators bribed legislators to sell land, then they sold it to the people at a markup

Front 4

The Treaty of Indian Springs, signed by ______________, gave the last of the Creek lands in Georgia to the government.

Back 4

William McIntosh

Front 5

What mode of transportation was essential to to westward expansion because it made traveling and transporting goods easier?

Back 5

Railroads

Front 6

Eli Whitney created the _________ to easily clean the seeds from cotton fibers.

Back 6

Cotton Gin

Front 7

_________, a Cherokee Chief, fought for the treaties signed between the U.S. government and the Cherokee to be honored.

Back 7

John Ross

Front 8

____ ________, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester v. Georgia case.

Back 8

John Marshall

Front 9

Despite the rule in Worcester v. Georgia, President ____________ ordered for thr Cherokee to be kicked out anyway.

Back 9

Andrew Jackson

Front 10

Because of the ________________, the Cherokee were kicked out of Georgia, leading to the _____________.

Back 10

Indian Removal Act

Trail of Tears