Dahlonega Gold Rush

The Dahlonega Gold Rush sped up the removal of what Native American group from North Georgia?

• Creek

• Cherokee

• Seminole

• Choctaw

_________ __________ was given credit with discovering gold in North Georgia while hunting dear.

White gold miners began to clamor for Cherokee land in hopes of finding gold and settled these lands without

So many Whites wanted land around Dahlonega that Georgia had to use these in 1832.

• Headright system

• Land grants

• Land lotteries

• Proclamations

Beginning in 1838, the Cherokee began to be moved off of their land in north Georgia by the U.S. Army. This began the

• Red Stick War

• The Battle of Horsehoe Bend

• The Civil War

• The Trail of Tears

How long was gold found plentiful in and around Dahlonega?

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 30 years

• 20 years

Gold was so plentiful in and around Dahlonega that the U.S. governments created a

• Mint

• Treasury

• Fort

• bank

The Dahlonega Gold Rush ended with the discover of gold in what U.S. state?

• Arkansas

• California

• Alaska

• Nevada