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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The first public university in United States history was _______.
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
University of Wisconsin
Georgia State University
The author of the charter of the first public university in the United States was __________
Abraham Baldwin
Lyman Hall
William Few
John Milledge
Which acronym places Georgia's state capitals in order from first to last
S.E.L.M.A
L.E.S.M.A
S.A.L.M.A
S.L.A.M.A.
All of these cities have been capitals of the state of Georgia but one. Which has NOT been a capital of Georgia?
Augusta
Louisville
Macon
Milledegville
From 1796 to 1807, the capital of Georgia was "Louisville." Why was the city was named "Louisville"?
The city was founded by settlers who immigrated from France.
The area was settled by a large number of people who moved to Georgia from Kentucky.
It was named in honor of the the King of France who supported the Americans in the Revolution.
It was named in honor of the immigrant soldiers who helped defend the town during the American Revolution.
Prior to being named "Atlanta," the city was known as both "Marthasville" and
Louisville
Lumpkin
Terminus
Yamacraw Bluff
What was the purpose of Georgia’s land policies?
It established a method of counting the population
To distribute newly gained lands and promote westward expansion
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
It administered voting and election districts
The process first used to distribute lands in Georgia, in which a head of household received land for himself and his family was called the:
headright system
land lottery
cession
roulette
In the state's new headright system, the head of the house got 200 acres with a cap of _____ acres?
1000
2500
500
1200
Why was the land lottery more successful than the headright system?
More land was distributed to settlers
It sold all open lands to the government
It created peace with American Indians
More settlers moved to the eastern coast.
Which BEST describes why Georgia gave up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?
The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population
The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.
The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.
They did not need the land because people desired to stay closer to the eastern coast for trade.
The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply.
took land from the American Indians by force.
made illegal treaties with the American Indians.
llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.
The cotton gin was an important invention because
it made cotton easier to pick
it made cotton a profitable crop
it made the demand for cotton less
it made Northern farmers depend on cotton from the South
Which BEST shows why railroads were beneficial to Georgia’s businessmen and farmers?
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 and took money giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the government.
Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to interfere on tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?
Fletcher vs. Peck
Peck vs. Veno
Worcester vs. Georgia
Alabama vs. Georgia
What was John Marshall’s final ruling in the Worcester V. Georgia case?
Cherokees were to be sold into slavery and their land would be divided out among Georgia political leaders.
Cherokees were Georgia citizens and should follow state laws for taxes and voting.
Cherokees were a sovereign nation and should have federal protection from state laws.
Cherokees were a sovereign nation but should be relocated to Oklahoma.
__________________ led the Cherokee faction that wanted to resist further concessions to the U.S. government, ultimately suing the U.S. government in court. He led them on the Trail of Tears.
George Guess
Andrew Jackson
John Ross
William McIntosh
John Ross helped the Cherokee people in all of the following ways EXCEPT
As chief justice, he ruled the Cherokee a sovereign people.
As chief, he advocated for the Cherokee in Congress.
He accompanied his people on the Trail of Tears.
In the Oklahoma territory, he remained their chief until his death.
