Growth, Expansion & Native American Removal

Growth, Expansion & Native American Removal Chapter 9 and 10

QUESTION • After the Revolutionary War why did state officials want new settlers to come to Georgia? • To turn the forests into farms. • So Georgia would have a stronger voice in the National (U.S.) Government. • To help Georgia’s economy grow. • All of the above

ANSWER • All of the above

QUESTION • The first state-supported university ever chartered in the United States was: • Emory University • The University of Georgia • The University of North Carolina • Mercer University

ANSWER • The University of Georgia

QUESTION • The Baptists and Methodists became the two most influential religious groups in Georgia due to which of the following reasons? • They were the only denominations proclaiming to believe in the Bible. • Only Baptists and Methodists had formally trained ministers. • They were willing to use new methods to reach people along the frontier. • They were the first churches to think of using college to train preachers.

ANSWER • They were willing to use new methods to reach people along the frontier.

QUESTION Which of the following describes the Headright system? • The head of a family received 200 acres of land plus 50 acres for each of his family members. • Any 21 year old white male was allowed one chance to draw for land. • Each family received 5 acres of land near a city and 50 acres of land in the countryside. • None of the above.

ANSWER • The head of a family received 200 acres of land plus 50 acres for each of his family members.

QUESTION • What was the first system of land distribution in Georgia? In this system, the land along coastal Georgia was distributed. • Headstart System • Land Lottery System • Headright System • Land Race System

ANSWER • Headright System

QUESTION • After the first system of land distribution was abolished, this was the second way that land was distributed in Georgia. The western part of the state was distributed using this system. • Land Lottery System • Headright System • Land Race System • Headstart System

ANSWER • Land Lottery System

QUESTION • The Yazoo land fraud is considered to be the worst political scandal in Georgia history because • Land speculators sold land that was not theirs to sell. • Land speculators sold land for very high prices that they bought very cheaply. • Land speculators bribed members of Georgia’s state legislature, the General Assembly, to sell public land to them for extremely low prices. • Land speculators bribed the governor to sell public land to them for low prices.

ANSWER • Land speculators bribed members of Georgia’s state legislature, the General Assembly, to sell public land to them for extremely low prices.

QUESTION • Which of the following was NOT a factor that encouraged economic growth in Georgia? • Invention of the Cotton Gin • The canal system • Textile Mills • Railroad system

ANSWER • The canal system

QUESTION • Georgia needed railroads because • People had to get around the State more effectively. • Roads were not built yet at all. • There were no adequate north south transportation systems. • Many cotton producing towns were far from navigable rivers.

ANSWER • Many cotton producing towns were far from navigable rivers.

QUESTION • Atlanta was called all of the following EXCEPT: • Terminus • Milledgeville • Marthasville • None of the above – Atlanta was always called Atlanta

ANSWER • Milledgeville

QUESTION • Georgia’s boundaries became basically what they are today after which of the following events occurred? • French and Indian War • Revolutionary War • Yazoo Land Scandal • Native American Removal

ANSWER • Yazoo Land Scandal

QUESTION • Which of the following groups did not qualify for a “draw” in the land lottery? • War Veterans • Widows • Twenty-one year old white females • Twenty one year old white males

ANSWER • Twenty-one year old white females

TRUE OR FALSE • Settlers got to choose the available lot that they wanted under the Headright System.

ANSWER • TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE • In the land lottery, the lots distributed were all equal in size.

ANSWER • FALSE

QUESTION • The Cherokee capital was • New Cherokee. • New Echota. • New Etowah.

ANSWER • New Echota.

QUESTION • The whites wanted the Cherokee removed from their lands mostly because • for their fertile land. • for the gold found on their land. • for the threat to Georgians .

ANSWER • for their fertile land.

QUESTION • Most of the Creeks and Cherokees were moved to • Oklahoma. • California. • Florida.

ANSWER • Oklahoma.

QUESTION • The US Supreme Court decided in the case of Worcester V.S. Georgia: • Georgia had every right to declare the land the State of Georgia’s. • Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation and that the missionaries should be freed. • The missionaries violated Georgia law and should remain in prison until they took Georgia’s oath. • The federal government had no right to interfere in Georgia’s affairs.

ANSWER • Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation and that the missionaries should be freed.

QUESTION • How did President Andrew Jackson and Governor Wilson Lumpkin react to the decision? • They were pleased and enforced the ruling of the Supreme Court. • They were not happy but enforced the ruling. • They ignored it and refused to enforce the ruling.

ANSWER • They ignored it and refused to enforce the ruling.

QUESTION • Who said: “Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” • Wilson Lumpkin • Alexander McGillivray • Andrew Jackson • John Ross

ANSWER • Andrew Jackson

QUESTION • Which tribe wrote a Constitution modeled after the United States Constitution? • Seminoles • Yamacraw • Cherokee • Creeks

ANSWER • Cherokee

QUESTION • What was the name of the Cherokee bilingual newspaper? • New Echota News • Cherokee Times • Cherokee Phoenix • Cherokee Eagle

ANSWER • Cherokee Phoenix

QUESTION • What did Alexander McGillivray and William McIntosh have in common? • They were both Cherokee chiefs who resisted white expansion. • They were both Creek chiefs who played major roles in the tribes relations with the state of Georgia. • They both refused to give up Native American lands. • They both were Georgia legislators who wanted to take Native American territory.

ANSWER • They were both Creek chiefs who played major roles in the tribes relations with the state of Georgia.

QUESTION • What did the State of Georgia do with Native American land once they acquired it? • They reserved it for future generation of Native Americans. • They gave it away in land lotteries. • They turned it into giant plantations to benefit the State.

ANSWER • They gave it away in land lotteries.

TRUE OR FALSE • The Cherokee Syllabary gave spoken sounds for the Cherokee to understand English.

Growth, Expansion & Native American Removal