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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which university was the first publicly supported university in the United States?
Georgia Tech
University of Georgia
Harvard
University of Florida
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which city was chosen as Georgia's capital in 1786 as the population shifted westward?
Atlanta
Louisville
Macon
Albany
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why did GA's people and capitals keep moving westward?
The population moved westward because of dust bowls
The population moved westward due to drought
The population moved westward due to technological developments such as the railroad
The population moved westward because of the fishing industry
- 4. Multiple Choice
This system distributed Native American lands to new settlers
Headright
Tomohawk
Cherokee
Surveying
- 5. Multiple Choice
What did the Land Lottery replace as a way of allocating land?
Tomahawk Rights
Headright
Surveying
Land Rush
- 6. Multiple Choice
This system of distributing land promised land to wealthy individuals
Headright
Land Lottery
Yazoo Land Act
Land Rush
- 7. Multiple Choice
Four Land companies bribed legislators so they could buy the land cheaply... What is this called?
Headright System
Yazoo Land Fraud
Land Lotteries
Dahlonega Gold Rush
- 8. Multiple Choice
What invention influenced the growth of slavery in the South?
Cotton Gin
Automobile
Telegraph
Fertilizer
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which mode of transportation was important to GA before, during, and after the Civil War?
River Canals
Railroads
Highways
River Boats
- 10. Multiple Choice
This Creek chief was murdered by his own people for signing a treaty giving up the last of the Creek lands
Sequoyah
William McIntosh
John Ross
Alexander McGillvery
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which event made GA declared Cherokee laws null and void?
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Dahlonega Gold Rush
The Founding of UGA
Trail of Tears
- 12. Multiple Choice
This was created by the US government to remove all Native Americans from the eastern United States.
Treaty of Indian Springs
Indian Removal Act
Horse Shoe Bend Treaty
Second Treaty of Indian Springs
- 13. Multiple Choice
This Supreme Court Case declared that the Cherokee Nation was a sovereign nation and was a small victory for the Cherokee Nation in Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. US
Marbury v. Madison
- 14. Multiple Choice
How did GA settle the Yazoo Land Fraud?
GA ceded all of its land west of the Chattahoochee River to the Cherokee
GA ceded its land west of the Chattahoochee River to the federal government
Ga paid the US Government $2 million
GA forced all of its people to move east
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of these people or events would not support the removal of the Cherokee?
Andrew Jackson
Westward Expansion
Dahlonega Gold Rush
John Marshall
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of these people or events would support the removal of the American Indians from GA?
John Marshall
Worcester v. GA
John Ross
Andrew Jackson
- 17. Multiple Choice
The development of the railroads most likely meant that
people no longer needed horses and wagons to transport goods
fewer people were needed to grow cotton
better and cheaper transportation was available for people and goods
the cost of transporting goods was too expensive
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which event forced the Cherokees off the land and many died on their journey to Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
Horseshoe Bend
Treaty of Indian Springs
Second Treaty of Indian Springs
- 19. Multiple Choice
This person was Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court and ruled that Cherokee Territory was not subject to state law?
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
John Marshall
John Ross
- 20. Multiple Choice
The cotton gin, new farmlands, and the demand for cotton led to...
an increase in demand for slaves
a decrease in demand for slaves
the south industrializing its economy
many compromises between the north and south
- 21. Multiple Choice
Who was the Cherokee chief that asked Congress and the US Government to stop the removal of the Cherokee from their land?
John Ross
John Marshall
Andrew Jackson
William McIntosh
- 22. Multiple Choice
What five cities served as the capitals of GA?
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Macon, Atlanta
Savannah, Atlanta, LaGrange, Milledgeville, Augusta
Savannah, Augusta, Lakeland, Macon, Atlanta
- 23. Multiple Choice
Who was the Creek Leader who signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs?
William McIntosh
John Ross
Alexander McGillvery
Sequoyah
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