Westward Expansion and Indian Removal

Which of these universities was the first state chartered public university in the United States?

• The University of Georgia
• Georgia State University
• Kennesaw State University
• The University of West Georgia

The first method of distributing land in Georgia was known as the 

• Headright System
• Lend-Lease Act
• Land Lotteries
• The Proclamation of 1763

The Yazoo Land Fraud involved members from which group taking bribe money in exchange for millions of acres of Georgia's western land.

• The General Assembly
• The Supreme Court of Georgia
• The Yazoo Indians
• The Creeks

Why did the capital of Georgia move so many times in the 1800's?

• To relocate the capital to where most of the states population was living
• Capital cities were selected every 10 years through a lottery system
• Indian attacks destroyed capital cities causing them to be relocated
• To center around the biggest railroad hubs in the state.

The invention of what new technology created an economic boom in Georgia including an increase in the need for slave labor.

• The Cotton Gin
• The Telegram
• The Railroad System
• The Sickle

True or False:  The creation of railroad tracks in Georgia caused a severe decrease in population.

• True
• False

The discovery of what resource caused whites  to force Cherokee off their lands in the northern part of Georgia.

• Gold
• Coal
• Oil
• Diamonds

Which of these Creek chiefs betrayed the tribe by signing a treaty that gave up Creek land.  He was scalped and killed for this betrayal by other members of the Creeks.

• William McIntosh
• Alexander McGillivray
• Sequoyah
• John Ross

This Cherokee leader invented a Cherokee language including an alphabet.

• William McIntosh
• Alexander McGillivray
• Sequoyah
• John Ross

This Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokees having an independent nation and should be free of Georgia's laws.

• John Marshall
• John Ross
• Andrew Jackson
• William McIntosh