SS8H4

What was the reason for chartering the University of Georgia?

• Make education available to all people, not just the wealthy
• educate GA's slave population
• educate GA's militia
• establish a women's only school

What was the purpose of the Georgia’s land policies?

• It established a method of counting the population
• To give away newly gained lands and promote westward expansion
• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
• It administered voting and election districts

Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?

• The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population
•  The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.
• The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.
• They did not need the land because people desired to stay closer to the eastern coast for trade.

The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies 

• bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
• took land from the American Indians by force.
• made illegal treaties with the Americans Indians.
• llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.

How were railroads beneficial to Georgia’s businessmen and farmers? 

• increased tourism through sightseeing 
• offered faster and easier transportation of goods
• offered a non-polluting transportation option
• made horses unnecessary for travel

Which technological development led to an increased demand for slaves in the United States during the early- to mid-1800s? 

• steel plow
• cotton gin
• railroads
• the spinning jenny

William McIntosh, a Creek chief, was murdered by his own people because he 

• fell to defeat in a fight with the Georgia militia.
• was the cousin of Georgia’s Governor George Troup.
• signed a peace treaty with the Cherokee Indians without permission.
• signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government.

Because of McIntosh’s leadership, the Creek Indians

• were displaced from their homes and their lands.
• moved west to escape the rule of the government.
• enjoyed great wealth after moving to gold-rich areas.
• were able to buy back their lands from the government.

What was discovered in 1829 in Cherokee territory that led to the removal of the Cherokee and the creation of Dahlonega? 

• diamonds
• the syllabary
• rivers
• gold

What was John Marshall’s final ruling in the Worcester V. Georgia case? 

• Cherokees were to be sold into slavery and their land would be divided out among Georgia political leaders.
• Cherokees were Georgia citizens and should follow state laws for taxes and voting.
• Cherokees were a sovereign nation and should have federal protection from state laws.
• Cherokees were a sovereign nation but should to be relocated to Oklahoma.