SS8H4: Westward Expansion

Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?

• Fletcher vs. Peck

• Peck vs. Veno

• Worcester vs. Georgia

• Alabama Vs. Georgia

The cotton gin was an important invention because

• it made cotton easier to pick

• it inadvertently led to the spread of slavery

• it made the demand for cotton less

• it mad Northern farmers depend on cotton from the South

Between 1805 and 1833, Georgia sold almost 75% of the state to about 100,000 families and individuals for a few pennies. What was this system of land distribution called?

• Land Lottery System

• Headright system

• Double Jeopardy

• Yazoo Land Fraud

The demand for arable land in Georgia, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice felt toward American Indians are linked in that these factors provoked the

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• March to the Sea

• The 7 Deadly Sins

• The Trail of Tears

The MAIN reason Abraham Baldwin formed the University of Georgia was because he

• He thought that educated people would be more likely to improve Georgia

• He wasn't an University of Alabama Fan

• He thought people had to travel too far to attend college

• He wanted only rich people to attend college

Because of land lotteries in Georgia, the Creek Indians

• were displaced from their homes and lands

• were forced to move east

• were forced into signing treaties with the government

• became wealthy from the land lotteries

In the early 1800s, the government of Georgia MOST LIKELY changed from the headright system to land lotteries because of the

• the government growing poorer due to not having enough land

• cost and work of running this system

• corruption associated with the headright system

• outrage over displacement of Natives

The railroad caused the development of what Georgia city?

• Salma

• Gainesville

• Augusta

• Atlanta

Which is TRUE about the construction of the first railroads in Georgia?

• decrease trade

• ended slavery

• helped to develop cities

• increased agriculture

In 1838, the U.S. Army forced thousands of Cherokee people to march to the Indian Territory (in present-day Oklahoma) as part of the removal process. Which statement BEST explains why the route to the Indian Territory became known as the "Trail of Tears"?

• Many Cherokees died along the journey.

• The Cherokees were no longer an independent nation

• Many battles were fought along the trail