Georgia Studies Indian Removal

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Name of the court case that said the Cherokees were a sovereign nation and did not have to obey the laws of Georgia

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Worcester v. Georgia

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Where was the site of the first gold rush in the United States?

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Dahlonega

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Who was the Creek Chief that signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs ceding land without the permission of other tribal leaders?

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William Mcintosh

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The Cherokee Indian chief who did not want to cede over land to the United States and encouraged his tribe to stay in Georgia

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John Ross

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The Indians who sided with the British in the War of 1812

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Upper Creeks

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Who discovered gold near Dahlonega?

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Benjamin Parks

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The forced removal of Indians from the Southeast U.S. to Indian Territory is known as the

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Trail of Tears

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The land known as Indian Territory in the 1800’s is located in the modern-day state of __.

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Oklahoma

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The capital of the Cherokee Nation in Georgia in the late 1700s and early 1800s

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New Echota

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Who believed that moving West was best for the Indians and signed a treaty ceding Cherokee land for $5 million without the approval of other Cherokees?

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Major Ridge