WorksheetsUnit 4 Study Guide
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?
Fletcher v. Peck
Plessy v. Ferguson
Tinker v. Des Moines
Worcester v. Georgia
The MAIN reason Abraham Baldwin formed the University of Georgia was because he
knew that this would please Governor Lyman Hall.
thought educated people were more likely to improve Georgia.
thought it would help him win a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
knew that many people in Georgia had to travel far to go to college.
In the early 1800s, the government of Georgia MOST LIKELY changed from the headright system to land lotteries because of the
cost and work of running the headright system.
corruption associated with the headright system.
outrage over distribution of Native American lands.
need for faster and more efficient land distribution
The sale of western Georgia lands, known as the “Yazoo lands,” was controversial MAINLY because
members of the Georgia legislature approved the deal.
the deal involved bribing important people in Georgia.
people did not want to take land from Native Americans.
settlers believed that no part of Georgia should be sold.
The Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia was a small victory for the Cherokee Nation in Georgia because it
struck down laws created by the Georgia legislature to seize Cherokee lands.
declared that the U.S. government would honor the Cherokee Nation’s constitution.
established the Indian Territory east of the Mississippi in present-day Oklahoma.
ruled that the U.S. government’s Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional.
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.
The area was settled by a large number of people who moved to Georgia from Kentucky.
Louisville
Lumpkin
Terminus
Yamacraw
This map shows the cities that have been capitals of Georgia. What trend can be seen when studying the map?
The capitals have all been located in cities with the largest trading centers
The location of capitals have been located next to major bodies water.
The capitals were moved to be further from invading armies.
The location of capitals have shifted westward over time.
Following the agreement that was reached in the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, Chief William McIntosh lost his life. Why did this happen?
He was betrayed by rival American Indian who wanted the land he had received.
Creek leaders executed McIntosh because he made the agreement without their consent.
McIntosh died of Yellow Fever as a result of being forced to march on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma.
The U.S. Government captured and executed him for violating the treaty just weeks after it was signed.
The Treaty of Indian Springs- sometimes referred to as the Second Treaty of Indian Springs- was signed in 1825. Led by Chief William McIntosh, the treaty ceded Creek lands in western Georgia to the United States government in exchange for lands west of the Mississippi River.
Which of these BEST describes the motive of McIntosh when making this deal with the United States?
He knew the land they were moving to was home to gold and silver deposits.
He believed it was his people's best chance at avoiding bloodshed with Georgia settlers.
He wanted to avoid the kind of war that began after the death of General Custer at Little Big Horn.
He planned to use the money from the treaty to arm his warriors to strike against U.S. soldiers on the front
What crop had the GREATEST impact on slavery in Georgia?
cotton
gain
peacan
wheat
Who best describes these statements?
Eli Whitney
Eliza Pinckney
Timothy Dwight
Michael Faraday
These statements are describing events that resulted from the presidency of
John Marshall.
Andrew Jackson.
James Buchanan.
Winfield Scott.
Which system offered Georgia settlers 200 acres of free land, with an additional 50 acres per family member or slave?
the Land Lottery
the Headright system
the Cherokee cession
the County Unit system
Passed in 1803, the Land Lottery sought to distribute land grants that the state had recently acquired from the Cherokee and the _____ Indians.
British Empire
Creek
Seminole
Cherokee
Who is being described here?
John Ross
John Crowell
William McIntosh
Alexander McGillivray
Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Georgia General Assembly supported the belief that "an educated citizenry is essential to a free government" in the years following the American Revolution?
The General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of public land for the University of Georgia in Athens in 1785.
Wesleyan Female College, one of the first women's colleges in the country, was established in Macon in 1839.
The state opened a penitentiary in 1817, and in 1842 an asylum for the insane was established at Milledgeville.
Most antebellum era Georgians believed that education was best left to individuals, rather than the government, to pro
Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Yazoo Land Fraud was one of the most influential factors in the establishment of Georgia's borders?
As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, Georgia's capital was moved from Louisville to Milledgeville.
The controversy surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud took years to resolve and eventually involved the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Dahlonega gold rush of 1829 drew thousands of white settlers into north Georgia and resulted in the loss of Cherokee territory.
As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, the western boundary of Georgia was moved from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River.
The "Headright" system and the Land Lottery of 1805 were similar in that each
was a major cause of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the War of 1812.
contained provisions to preserve Creek and Cherokee ownership of the land.
was a method used by the state government to distribute public land to settlers.
required males between the ages of 16 and 60 to work on local roads at least 12 days a year.
The Treaty of Indian Springs (1825) and the Treaty of New Echota (1835) were similar in that each
was a direct cause of the Daholonega Gold Rush.
was an attempt to ease conflict between slave-holders and non-slave-holders.
resulted in the loss of American Indian land holdings in the Southeastern U.S.
demonstrated the power of the Supreme Court in matters dealing with Indian removal.
The cotton gin, new farmlands in the west, and the demand for cotton in northern and European textile factories led to
an increase in demand for slaves in the years leading up to the Civil War.
a decrease in demand for slaves in the years leading up to the Civil War.
the development of an industrialized southern economy.
the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Which event played the GREATEST role in creating these conditions in the South during the Antebellum era?
the Northwest Ordinance of 1789
the Dred Scott decision of 1857
the secession of South Carolina in 1860
the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney in 1793
Who would have been MOST LIKELY to view the passage of this legislation as a negative situation?
southern slaveholders
northern industrialists
John Ross and the Cherokee Indians
white settlers in northern Georgia and southern Tennessee
Which of these describes the purpose of the "Headright System" used in many areas early in Georgia's history?
to take power away from Parliament
to encourage people to settle in Georgia
to decrease the use of slavery in the colonies
to provide a buffer zone between Georgia and Florida
Which law did President Jackson sign in order to support farmers who wanted to expand in the Southeast region of the United States?
Force Bill
Indian Removal Act
Specie Circular Act
Veto the National Bank
Match the Term:
An economy in which large raw material crops (e.g. cotton and tobacco) are grown and exported usually to Western Europe. The work is very labor intensive and many times involved slaves.
Plantation Economy
Slavery
Field Slave
Cotton Gin
Match the Term:
This is the term used to describe a system of forced labor in which a person is considered to be the property of another person.
Plantation Economy
Slavery
Field Slave
Cotton Gin
Match the Term:
This term refers to slaves who performed physical work out of doors, usually involving farming and working on a plantation.
Plantation Economy
Slavery
Field Slave
Cotton Gin
Match the term:
Mechanical device helped to separate the seed from the cotton fiber, allowing large-scale farming to take place.
Plantation Economy
Slavery
Field Slave
Cotton Gin
Match the Term:
This American inventor created the cotton gin and interchangeable parts.
Slavery
Plow
Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin
Match the Term:
This tool has been used for thousands of years to help prepare soil for the planting of seeds.
Slavery
Plow
Eli Whitney
Field Hand
Read each statement. Then, decide if it CORRECTLY describes an aspect of the removal of Native Americans from the southeastern United States in the early 1800s.
Cherokee lived in great numbers in and around the Appalachian Mountains.
President Andrew Jackson was against the removal of the Creek from the South.
President Andrew Jackson disagreed with Chief Justice John Marshall regarding the removal of Native Americans from the South.
The case of Worcester v. Georgia successfully stopped the removal of Native Americans from the South.
The "Trail of Tears" began in the early 1830
Choose the cities that have served as capitals of Georgia.
Macon
Albany
Savannah
Louisville
Augusta
The Yazoo Land Act was passed by the Georgia legislature to encourage settlement in lands west of where most people lived. It resulted, though, in a massive scandal.
Choose the items that CORRECTLY describe the scandal known as the Yazoo Land Fraud.
The Yazoo Land Act was passed during the Civil War.
The Act organized the sale of lands in areas that would become Alabama and Mississippi.
Georgians were angered by the sale because most of the land was purchased by foreign investors.
The U.S. government eventually purchased the land affected by the Yazoo Act.
As part of the settlement that ended the scandal, Creek Indians were to be removed from Georgia.
