TOP 10 N- Unit 5 Review (Westward Expansion)

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

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Tinker v. Des Moines

Which term means land that is good for farming?

• expand

• cede

• treaty

• arable

Which term means gaining or obtaining something?

• acquisition/acquire

• illustration

• motivation

• arable

Which term means to fail or break down?

• aquire

• collapse

• comendeer

• arable

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"?

• The Cherokee were no longer an independent nation.

• Many battles took place during the journey.

• The Cherokee were forced to live on reservations.

• Many Cherokee died along the journey.

Who was the University of Georgia's first president and a signer of the U.S. Constitution?

• Abraham Baldwin

• William Few

• Lyman Hall

• George Washington

Which system offered Georgia settlers 200 acres of free land, with an additional 50 acres per family member or enslaved person?

• Cherokee Cession

• Land Lotteries

• Yazoo Act

• Headright

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that Georgia's population expanded in a westward direction following the American Revolution?

• By 1840, whites made up 51% of Georgia's population, and slaves accounted for 41% of the total.

• The few navigable waterways in Georgia generally ran north to south; to get products to riverside docks and move east to west, overland transportation was needed.

• In 1733, the capital of Georgia was Savannah; by 1807 the state's capital was Milledgeville.

• In 1790, the United States held its first census to compile an accurate count of the nation's population.

Which term means able to be sailed on by ships or boats?

• navigable

• obstacle

• commendeer

• expansion

Which term means before the war (Civil War)?

• navigable

• antebellum

• commendeer

• expansion