WorksheetsH4 Assessment Study Guide
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following quotes would MOST closely be associated with Chief Justice Marshall?
a)
"The Cherokee are a free and independent nation within this land and Georgia law has no power over them."
b)
"The Cherokee are a nation of people in the way of progress and need to be removed."
c)
"The law of Georgia is clear and the Cherokee must obey that state law."
d)
"The laws of Georgia limiting Cherokee rights are legal and constitutional."
2.
He led his Cherokee people on the Trail of Tears after fighting the removal in the courts for years.
a)
John Ross
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
William McIntosh
d)
Sequoyah
3.
Which listing places the following events proper chronological order?
a)
1. Trail of Tears 2. Dahlonega Gold Rush 3. Worcester v. Georgia
b)
1. Dahlonega Gold Rush 2. Worcester v. Georgia 3. Trail of Tears
c)
1. Trail of Tears 2. Worcester v. Georgia 3. Dahlonega Gold Rush
d)
1. Worcester v. Georgia 2. Dahlonega Gold Rush 3. Trail of Tears
4.
What U.S. president issued the Indian Removal Act and later ignored the Supreme Court in his pursuit of pushing the Cherokee out of Georgia?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
George Washington
d)
John Ratliff
5.
What BEST explains why William McIntosh was executed by his fellow Creeks?
a)
McIntosh sold the remaining Creek lands in Georgia to the state government.
b)
McIntosh led the Creek into a disastrous war with the United States to hold onto territory in Georgia.
c)
McIntosh stole money from the tribe and tried to escape to Canada.
d)
McIntosh signed a deal giving Creek land to the Cherokee.
6.
Which of the following would BEST characterize Andrew Jackson's reaction to the Worcester v. Georgia ruling?
a)
Jackson ignored the ruling and proceeded with his plan of Indian removal.
b)
Jackson applauded the decision as support for his plan of Indian removal.
c)
Jackson had Justice Marshall removed from the Supreme Court.
d)
Jackson followed the decision of the court and left the Cherokee alone.
7.
Under this system of land distribution in Georgia, a male head of a household received 200 acres of land and 50 acres for each additional family member. What was this system?
a)
Headright System
b)
Yazoo Land System
c)
Yazoo Land Fraud
d)
Land Lottery
8.
William McIntosh was a leader of what group?
a)
Creek Indians
b)
Cherokee Indians
c)
Georgia General Assembly
d)
National Congress
9.
What was the name of the largest political scandal in antebellum Georgia history. It involved the sale of public lands to private land companies.
a)
Yazoo Land Fraud
b)
Watergate Scandal
c)
Whitewater Scandal
d)
Trail of Tears
10.
Most of the land of the Cherokee was raffled off in a statewide system in which "fortunate drawers" won the rights to Indian lands. What was this system?
a)
Headright System
b)
Land Lottery
c)
Yazoo Land Fraud
d)
Dahlonega Gold Rush
11.
Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the capital of Georgia moved from Savannah to what city?
a)
Augusta
b)
Atlanta
c)
Milledgeville
d)
Lousiville
12.
The legislature chose a site near Galphinton for its new, planned city to be named in honor of the French King. (Remember, France had been our ally against the British.) What was the name of this planned, capital city?
a)
Augusta
b)
Atlanta
c)
Louisville
d)
Milledgeville
13.
Which of the following BEST explains why the state capital was moved three times from 1785-1807?
a)
Warfare with the Creeks
b)
The shifting center of population in the state.
c)
Land speculation
d)
Threat of invasion from Spanish Florida.
14.
Which of the following was a result of the widespread introduction and use of the cotton gin? Choose FOUR
a)
increase in the number of slaves in the state
b)
increased desire for more Creek and Cherokee land
c)
rising profits from the production of cotton
d)
massive growth and expansion of Georgia's population and economy
e)
decrease in the number of slaves in the state
15.
What was the first university chartered, funded, and founded by a state legislature to be open to the public?
a)
University of Virginia
b)
University of Georgia
c)
University of Florida
d)
University of North Carolina
16.
What city grew up at the "terminus" of the Atlantic and Western Rail line from Chattanooga, Tennessee?
a)
Atlanta
b)
Milledgeville
c)
Waycross
d)
Louisville
17.
What was the most valuable commodity shipped along Georgia's railroads in the 1800s?
a)
Peanuts
b)
Cotton
c)
Gold
d)
Silver
e)
Timber
18.
I represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention and helped make the Great Compromise. Who am I?
a)
Abraham Baldwin
b)
Button Gwinnett
c)
Lyman Hall
d)
Elijah Clarke
19.
Chartered in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly
· Founded by Abraham Baldwin; he also served as the university's first president.
· Is the oldest public university in the nation.
· Is the largest of the state's institutions of higher learning.
The previous bullets are describing what institution?
a)
the University of Georgia
b)
the General Assembly
c)
the University of North Carolina
20.
How did the University of Georgia founder view the importance of college education? Choose two (2) of his reasons for the establishment of UGA.
a)
He believed only the wealthy elite should attend college and they should pay accordingly.
b)
He believed college education was needed in order to have a free government. "A free people require a free system of education."
c)
He believed women and people of color should have the same opportunity to attend college.
d)
He believed a more educated population would improve the state's economy.
21.
When the United States first gained independence from Britain, the state of Georgia adopted the headright system to distribute land. If a father brought his wife, two children and two slaves to settle in Georgia, how much land did he acquire?
a)
200 acres
b)
450 acres
c)
400 acres
d)
1000 acres
22.
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?
a)
As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, Georgia's capital was moved from Louisville to Milledgeville.
b)
The controversy surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud took years to resolve and eventually involved the U.S. Supreme Court.
c)
As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, the western boundary of Georgia was moved from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River.
d)
The Dahlonega gold rush of 1829 drew thousands of white settlers into north Georgia and resulted in the loss of Cherokee territory.
23.
"John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it!"
- President Andrew Jackson, 1832
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
McCullough v. Maryland
d)
Marbury v. Madison
24.
What is acronym to remember the moving Georgia capitals?
a)
KISS
b)
OLEMISS
c)
SALMS
d)
SALMA
25.
What was the first method that Georgia used to distribute land?
a)
Headright system
b)
Land Lottery
c)
Price adjustment
d)
Yazoo Land Fraud
26.
What system replaced the headright system as a way to distribute land?
a)
Settlers Land Give Away
b)
Land Lottery
c)
Homesteading
27.
Which methods did Georgia use to distribute land in the late 1700s and early 1800s?
a)
collective bargaining and issuing bonds
b)
speculation and sharecropping
c)
the headright system and the land lottery
d)
the land-use plan and the embargo system
28.
Cletus is awarded land under the headright system. He and his wife have three children and five slaves. How much land is he eligible to receive?
a)
650 acres
b)
600 acres
c)
200 acres
d)
1000 acres
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