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Georgia Studies U5 - Georgia Grows & Westward Expansion
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- 1. Multiple Choice
The University of Georgia was the first _____.
free college in the United States.
state sponsored university in the United States.
university with a sports team in the United States.
college for women and men in the United States.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who believed that educated citizens were necessary for free government and that the government should make education available for everyone (not just the wealthy) as well as wrote the charter for UGA and was the first president of the University?
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett
Eli Whitney
Abraham Baldwin
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was invented in Georgia during the 1790's that quickly changed the state's agricultural landscape and led Georgia to develop an economy based on farming?
the lightbulb
the cotton gin
the steam engine
the spinning jenny
- 4. Multiple Choice
Even though the cotton gin helped farmers to produce cotton more efficiently, it unfortunately led to an increase in _____.
farmers
slavery
crime
land sales
- 5. Multiple Choice
The cotton gin was used to _____.
pick cotton
plant cotton
turn cotton fiber into thread
separate the seeds from the cotton fiber
- 6. Multiple Choice
Atlanta was the first land-locked city in Georgia to grow and prosper as a major manufacturing and population center. What form of transportation was developing in Georgia in the early 1800s, which was very important to Georgia’s economic development?
railroads
toll roads
stagecoaches
steam ships
- 7. Multiple Choice
Atlanta was at one time called Terminus because _____.
a majority of the railroads went through the city
the railroad line ended there at one time
no major railroads went through the city
all the slave auctions were there
- 8. Multiple Choice
The capital of Georgia was moved many times in response to what factor?
The changing transportation patterns in the state.
The changing geographic center of the state.
The changing population center of the state.
The changing political influences of the state.
- 9. Multiple Choice
List the capitals of Georgia in order from FIRST to CURRENT.
Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta
Savannah, Louisville, Augusta, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Savannah, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta, Atlanta
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why was the capital of Georgia moved from Louisville to Milledgeville?
Milledgeville built a new, state-of-the-art building for government offices.
Western expansion and a malaria outbreak.
Milledgeville was closer to Savannah.
The governor was from Milledgeville and wanted to be closer to his family.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the land lotteries and headright system in Georgia?
They established a method of counting the population.
They provided an organized system for collecting taxes.
They created voting and election districts.
They distributed Indian lands to new settlers.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT a provision of the land lotteries?
Only men could participate.
A person had to pay a fee to participate.
A person had to be over 21 to participate.
War veterans were given extra chances.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who did not have a chance at winning land in the land lottery?
widows
blacks
white men
veterans
- 14. Multiple Choice
What scandal took place when Georgia's governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below market prices?
Georgia's Land Lottery
Headright System of Louisville
Trail of Tears Fraud
Yazoo Land Fraud
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?
The state lost any claim to the land after the federal government paid 1.25 million to settle the Yazoo Land Fraud.
The state could not claim the land because the Governor illegally sold it to other countries.
The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.
The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population.
- 16. Multiple Choice
All the records from the Yazoo Land Fraud were burned in public in Georgia's capital city of _____.
Savannah
Louisville
Atlanta
Augusta
- 17. Multiple Choice
After the U.S. goverment settled the Yazoo Land fraud dispute, the western boundary of Georgia moved from the Mississippi River to _____.
St. Mary's River
Chattahoochee River
Yazoo River
Savannah River
- 18. Multiple Choice
What treaty gave up the LAST Creek lands in Georgia to the state government?
Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of Trail of Tears
Treaty of Creek Springs
Indian Removal Act of 1830
- 19. Multiple Choice
What happened to Chief McIntosh when he gave up the last Creek lands in Georgia?
He became a representative in Congress
His tribed kicked him out
He was murdered by his tribe
He became of governor of Georgia
- 20. Multiple Choice
What Cherokee man developed a written language called a syllabary, so they could have a written language?
Sequoyah
McIntosh
John Ross
Echota
- 21. Multiple Choice
Where was the capital of the Cherokee Nation?
New Echota, Georgia
Sequoyah, Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia
Louisville, Georgia
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was discovered on Cherokee land in the late 1820s that ultimately led to their removal? What present day city was it near?
Gold in Dahlonega
Gold in New Echota
Malaria in Dahlonega
Cotton in New Echota
- 23. Multiple Choice
What law was passed by Congress and signed by President Andrew Jackson that allowed Georgia to remove the Creek and Cherokee Indians from the state?
Treaty of Indian Springs
Treaty of Trail of Tears
Treaty of Creek Springs
Indian Removal Act of 1830
- 24. Multiple Choice
What U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that the Cherokee Nation was an independent nation and not subject to Georgia laws?
Worchester vs. Georgia
Jackson vs. Georgia
McIntosh vs. Georgia
Gist vs. Georgia
- 25. Multiple Choice
Who was the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Indian nations were independent nations and not subject to state laws?
John Marshall
George Gist
Andrew Jackson
John Ross
- 26. Multiple Choice
Who was the U.S. General who led the army against Creek Indians in the Creek War, supported the removal of the Indians, and refused to enforce the decision in the Worchester case and had the Indians removed anyway?
Andrew Jackson
John Marshall
John Ross
George Gist
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which U.S. President was responsible for death and sadness caused by the Trail of Tears?
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John Quincy Adams
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