SS8H5 WESTWARD EXPANSION

Where in Georgia is gold discovered?

• Savannah
• Milledgeville
• Dahlonega

Legal designation for an area of land managed by a federally recognized Native American tribe under the US Bureau of Indian Affairs rather than the state governments of the United States in which they are physically located.

• Town
• Country
• Trail of Tears
• reservation

What scandal took place when Georgia's governor  and several legislators were bribed to sell valuable Georgia land at below market prices?

• The Yazoo Pickin' Fair
• The Georgia Land Express
• The Yazoo Land Fraud
• The Yazoo River Deal

What were the original names of Atlanta?

• Terminus and Marthasville
• Lumpkinville and Fayetteville
• Atlanta and Marthasville

The Cherokee people were the first Native American Indian tribe to create its own written language and newspaper. What was the name of the Cherokee newspaper?

• The Atlanta Journal Constitution
• The Cherokee Times
• Cherokee Sun News
• The Cherokee Phoenix

How did Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin influence the growth of slavery in the South?

• It made it easier for slaves to pick cotton.
• It replenished the soil as the cotton was harvested.
• It increased the profits from growing cotton.

What was the first state supported university ever chartered in the United States.?

• The University of Georgia
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Georgia State University

A missionary to the Cherokee, translator of the Bible, printer, and defender of the Cherokee's sovereignty. He was imprisoned by the United States government for his refusal to leave and stop assisting the Cherokee people.

• George Washington
• Samuel Worcester
• William McIntosh
• George Gist

Why was Louisville chosen as Georgia's capital in 1786?

• It was the largest city.
• It was centrally located and easy for all people to get to.
• It played an important role in the Revolution.

The Methodist and Baptist churches split over what issue?

• Slavery
• The relevance of the Bible
• Female preachers