SS8H4 Westward Expansion (Georgia)

Savannah

Augusta

Louisville

Milledgeville

Atlanta

(S.A.L.M.A)

What does this list include?

• Capitals in order

• Name of cities to spell out Salma

• Capitals by number of population, from high to low

• Most famous cities in Georgia

Who is this?

Leader of the Creek Indians

Signed treaties with Georgia leaders that gave away Creek land

Killed by his own Tribe members

• James Oglethorpe

• Tomachichi

• Mary Musgrove

• William McIntosh

Why did the state capitals move Westward?

• Population shifted

• Following the Indian tribes

• Just wanted to move to new area

• Had better land

Why was the University of Georgia (UGA) established?

• To help educate the rich African Americans

• To Help educate The rich white americans

• To give everyone a chance to go to college

  and

  was the first government funded school

• John Ross order a new school to open so everyone would get an education

Which land distribution had People buying tickets, in a drawing, in hopes to be the winner of the land given away?

• Yazoo land fraud

• Land Lottery

• Headright system

• Indian removal Act

Which land distribution is described?

*Distributed by Georgia leaders

*Encouraged people to move to Georgia

*White males, Head of households got 200 acres, plus 50 acres for every family member and slave

*Up to 1,000 acres

• Headright System

• Indian removal Act

• Yazoo Land fraud

• Land Lottery

Which land distribution is being described?

Chattahoochee River became Georgia's Western boundary, land companies bribed the Georgia general assembly to sell land at a low cost.

Resulting in Georgia losing land

• Land Lottery

• Yazoo Land fraud

• Headright System

• Indian Removal Act

What was the outcome of the Dahlonega gold rush?

• Cherokee was forced off their land

• Georgia got rich from finding ne areas of gold

• Nothing happened as there was no gold to be found

• Cherokee agreed to lease the land so everyone could make a profit.

Which President signed the Indian Removal Act?

• John Ross

• William McIntosh

• Andrew Jackson

• James Oglethorpe

Cherokee were forced off their land in Georgia and out the Southeast

Moved to reservation in Oklahoma

Many Cherokee died during this time

• Yazoo land fraud

• Headright system

• Trail of Tears

• Land Lottery