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_______ was a Creek chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs. He was murdered by his own people. 

• Sequoyah
• John Marshall
• William McIntosh

______ was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.  He helped in the fight against Indian removal.

• John Ross
• John Marshall
• William McIntosh

The ________________ sped the removal of the Cherokee from north Ga.  This was America's first gold rush. 

• California Gold Rush
• Dahlonega Gold Rush
• Dacula GA Gold Rush

This American President wanted to remove the Indians out of GA. He did not abide by the ruling in the Worcester v. GA court case.

• President Eisenhower
• President Herbert Hoover
• President Andrew Jackson

American Indian tribe that lived in Southern Georgia.

• Creek Indians

• Headright System

• Land Lottery

Site of America's first gold rush in 1828.

• Dahlonega Gold Rush

• Trail of Tears

• Worcester v. Georgia

Final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838.

• Trail of Tears

• Worcester v. Georgia

• French and Indian War

Landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the United States.

• Worcester v. Georgia

• French and Indian War

• Proclamation of 1763

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.