CFU SS8H4

Which of the choices listed was the earliest capital of Georgia?

• Augusta

• Millidgeville

• Savannah

• Terminus

What Georgia institution was created to guarantee that "all people--not just the wealthy and privileged--- have a right to education?"

• University of Florida

• University of Georgia

• US supreme court

The railroad caused the MOST development of what Georgia City?

• Atlanta

• Augusta

• Savannah

• Acworth

Which of these methods of transportation was the most common method of shipping and travel in America between 1860 and 1900?

• Bus

• Railroad

• Horse back riding

• Bicycles

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793. What change did this lead to for owners of cotton plantations in the South?

• they needed more slaves

• they did not need as much land

• they did not need as many slaves

• they were able to grow other crops

This Creek Chief was killed by rival Creeks for selling what was left of Creek land in Georgia when he signed the Treaty of Indian Springs.

• John Marshall

• John Ross

• William McIntosh

• Alexander McGillivray

-Georgia sold 40,000,000 acres of land fro $500,000 to the Georgia Company, the Georgia-Mississippi Company, the Upper Mississippi Company, and the Tennessee Company

-Many Georgia politicians were stockholders in the companies buying the land

-the land was then re-sold for full profit, with massive payoffs the Georgia politicians involved in the original sale

These statements are all referring to:

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Land Lottery

• Pine Barrens Speculation Scandal

The demand for arable land in Georgia, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice felt toward America Indians are linked because all these factors provoked (lead to, give rise to) :

• Monkey trials

• March to the Sea

• Yazoo land Fraud

• Trail of Tears

Why did members of the Cherokee Nation MOST LIKELY refer to the Dahlonega Gold Rush as "the Great Intrusion?"

• The Indians did not want to share their gold.

• The Indians wanted the miners to share the gold.

• The Indians believed the miners had invaded their land.

• The Indians wanted the miners to find more gold.

Who was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation at the time of the Trail of Tears?

• John Ross

• William McIntosh

• Seqouyah

• Andrew Jackson