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Welcome 8 th Graders!. Georgia’s Growth and Westward Expansion. What was so special about Savannah and Augusta in the late 1700’s?. They both served as the capital of the state of Georgia. The former Capital of Louisville has what negative event associated with it?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Welcome 8th Graders!
GEORGIA’S GROWTH AND WESTWARD EXPANSION
WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL ABOUT SAVANNAH AND AUGUSTA
IN THE LATE 1700’S?
They both served as the capital of the state of Georgia
THE FORMER CAPITAL OF LOUISVILLE HAS WHAT NEGATIVE
EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH IT?
The records from the Yazoo land fraud were burned here.
HOW DID THE STATE OF GA FIRST DISTRIBUTE
INDIAN LANDS TO NEW SETTLERS?
The headright system of Georgia
THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS
TRUE OR FALSE
SOME CHEROKEE TRAVELED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS RIVERS.
TRUE
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 Fraud
WHAT WERE THE TWO LARGEST CHURCH
DENOMINATIONS IN GEORGIA DURING THE
MID-1800’S
Baptist and Methodist
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
Alabama
WHAT WAS THE SYSTEM THAT LATER REPLACED THE HEADRIGHT SYSTEM IN GEORGIA?
Land Lottery
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 River
WHAT WAS THE WESTERN AND ATLANTIC
Georgia’s main railroad companyDuring the mid-1800’s
WHAT WERE TERMINUS AND MARTHASVILLE?
The original names of Atlanta
WHAT REMOVED THE SEEDS FROM THE COTTON FIBER MUCH EASIER THAN BY
HAND, THEREFORE INCREASING PROFITS?
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
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 McIntosh
WHAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL INVENTION TO GEORGIA’S
ECONOMY IN THE EARLY 1800’S?
The cotton gin
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
Marshall
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
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
Georgia
WHAT WAS GEORGE GIST’S MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHEROKEE CULTURE?
He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a
written language.
WHAT CHEROKEE CHIEF TOOK A PETITION TO THE U.S. CONGRESS
PROTESTING THE CHEROKEE REMOVAL FROM THEIR LAND?
John Ross
THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS
TRUE OR FALSEMANY CHEROKEE TRAVELED ON A
ROUTE THAT TOOK THEN THROUGH TENNESSEE.
TRUE
WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX
It was the first Native American newspaper
WHAT MADE THE NEED FOR SLAVE LABOR EVEN GREATER IN GEORGIA THAN MANY
OTHER SOUTHERN STATES?
Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
WHAT WAS LOCATED IN
NEW ECHOTA, GEORGIA
The permanent Cherokee Capital
WHAT WAS A NEGATIVE RESULT OF THE
DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN DAHLONEGA?
It led to the final Indian removal from Georgia
WHAT WAS THE TRAIL OF TEARS?
The name given to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from
Georgia
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 lands
IN 1830, WHO HAD TO TAKE AN OATH OF
ALLEGIANCE TO THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA?
Any white citizens who lived on Cherokee lands
WHAT WAS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE
LOUISIANA PURCHASE?
The Rocky Mountains
THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS
TRUE OR FALSETHE CHEROKEE WERE
RELOCATED TO CALIFORNIA.
False
FROM WHAT COUNTRY DID THE U.S. BUY THE
LOUISIANA PURCHASE?
France
WHAT U.S. SUPREME COURT CASE DETERMINED THAT GEORGIA LAWS DID NOT APPLY IN THE CHEROKEE
NATION?
Worcester v. Georgia
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.
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. Georgia
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 law
WHO WAS JOHN ROSS?
The Cherokee Chief that took a petition to the U.S. Congress
protesting the Cherokee removal from their land.
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?
THIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE INDIAN REMOVAL IS TRUE
OR FALSETHE CHEROKEE WERE TAKEN ALONG
SEVERAL TRAILS TO A NEW LOCATION.
TRUE
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
WHO DEVELOPED A SYLLABARY SO THE CHEROKEE COULD HAVE A
WRITTEN LANGUAGE.
Sequoyah
WHAT WERE CIRCUIT RIDERS?
Ministers who traveled from town to town preaching on different days in different
communities
WHAT TWO GEORGIA CITIES SERVED AS THE STATE’S
CAPITAL IN THE LATE 1700’S?
Savannah and Augusta
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE HEADRIGHT SYSTEM IN
GEORGIA?
It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.
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 Fraud
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.
IN THE MID-1800’S, WHAT WAS GEORGIA’S MAIN RAILROAD COMPANY.
Western and Atlantic Railroad
WHAT WERE THE ORIGINAL NAMES OF ATLANTA?
Terminus and Marthasville
WHAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL INVENTION TO GEORGIA’S
ECONOMY IN THE EARLY 1800’S?
The cotton gin
WHAT WAS THE MOST LASTING, NEGATIVE RESULT OF THE
YAZOO LAND FRAUD IN GEORGIA?
Georgia lost lands claimed West of the Chattahoochee
River.
WHICH STATEMENT BEST DESCRIBES A “LAND GRANT
UNIVERSITY” LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA?
The land for the university was donated by the federal
government.
WHAT WAS GEORGE GIST’S (SEQUOYAH) MAJOR
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHEROKEE CULTURE? He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a
written language.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER?
The Cherokee Phoenix
WHERE WAS THE PERMANENT CHEROKEE CAPITAL LOCATED?
New Echota, Georgia
WHAT DISCOVERY LED TO THE FINAL INDIAN REMOVAL FROM
GEORGIA?
The discovery of gold in Dahlonega
WHAT NAME WAS GIVEN TO THE FORCED REMOVAL OF THE
CHEROKEE INDIANS FROM GEORGIA?
The Trail Of Tears
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 1830
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.
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.
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.
IN WHAT STATE WAS THE INDIAN TERRITORY WHERE ALL
OF THE TRAILS WHICH THE INDIANS WERE TAKEN ON END?
Oklahoma
WHAT WERE MINISTERS CALLED WHO TRAVELED FROM TOWN
TO TOWN PREACHING ON DIFFERENT DAYS IN DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES?
Circuit Riders