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The Trail of Tears forced the Cherokee Nation to leave their homeland in Georgia and march to reservations in
a) Ohio
b) South Carolina
c) Oklahoma
d) Tennessee

The Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worchester v. Georgia, and the Trail of Tears all relate to
a) Issues involving slavery.
b) The plight of Native Americans.
c) Disputes over Georgia’s boundaries following the revolution.
d) Scandalous land deals in Georgia

What did President Andrew Jackson mean when he said, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it”?
a) He would not act to ensure Georgia respected the Supreme Court’s decision.
b) He would not support the South’s decision to secede.
c) He would not support Marshall’s attempts to take Native American lands.
d) He would not support the Trail of Tears

What event eventually led to the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia?
a) Murder of a Cherokee leader
b) Burning of the city of Atlanta
c) Discovery of gold in Dahlonega
d) Invention of the cotton gin

In 1832, John Marshall was the
a) Chief of the Cherokee.
b) Governor of Georgia.
c) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
d) President of the U.S.

Sequoyah’s greatest contribution to the Cherokee was
a) Providing his people with their own written language.
b) Leading Native American forces against the federal government.
c) Signing a peace treaty with Georgia officials.
d) Challenging laws that violated Native American rights.

Who was murdered by Creek Indians for ceding all of the remaining Creek land in Georgia?
a) John Ross
b) William McIntosh
c) Sequoyah
d) Alexander McGillivray

The cotton gin had which of the following effects on Georgia?
a) It made it harder for large plantation owners to make money.
b) It made harvesting cotton easier so that slaves were no longer needed.
c) It made harvesting cotton more efficient and increased the state’s dependence on the crop.
d) It caused many mills to close and go out of business.

What form of transportation led to the growth of Atlanta?
a) Steamboats
b) Wagons
c) Automobiles
d) Railroads

What impact did cotton have on Georgia’s economy during the 1800s?
a) It led to the state’s increased dependence on trade as Georgia imported tons and tons of cotton from other states.
b) It decreased in importance as more textile mills opened.
c) It decreased the need for slaves because the state had less rice plantations.
d) It became the most important crop to the state’s economy and ensured Georgia’s dependence on slavery.

Legislators were bribed to sell land at a very low cost in the
a) Land Purchase Plan
b) Yazoo Land Fraud
c) Yazoo Land Lottery
d) Georgia Land Scandal

What was one way Georgia’s politicians thought to secure western Georgia?
a) The headright system gave plots of land to heads of families.
b) Native Americans were forced from Georgia’s borders.
c) Land lotteries made it easier for families to buy land.
d) The Yazoo land sale opened up millions of acres to settlement.

What land distribution system gave settlers 200 acres of land plus 50 acres for each family member?
a) Headright System
b) Land lottery
c) Yazoo Land Act
d) Land Fairness System

Events in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy land from the state were
a) Yazoo deals.
b) Headright systems.
c) Circuit riders.
d) Land lotteries.

What would be the best heading for this list? •Savannah •Augusta •Louisville •Milledgeville •Atlanta
a) Cities That Have Served as Georgia’s Capital
b) Cities That Were Founded by Oglethorpe
c) Cities That Have Served as Key Ports
d) Cities That Were Burned During Sherman’s March to the Sea

“Circuit Riders” were associated with which of the following?
a) The University of Georgia
b) Yazoo Land fraud
c) Baptists
d) Methodists

The Baptists and Methodists became the two most influential religious groups in Georgia due to which of the following reasons?
a) They were the first churches to think of using colleges to train preachers.
b) They were willing to use new methods to reach people along the frontier.
c) They were the only denominations proclaiming to believe in the Bible.
d) They were the only denominations with formally trained ministers.

What was the first state-supported university ever chartered in the United States?
a) The University of Georgia
b) Georgia Tech
c) The University of North Carolina
d) Emory University

The establishment of the University of Georgia is evidence of
a) Britain’s desire to encourage education once Georgia became a royal colony.
b) How important Atlanta was becoming in the early 1800s as a center for education.
c) The state’s commitment to public education after the revolution.
d) Georgia’s willingness to imitate what other states had already done with public universities.

Which of the following shows the correct order of events in the removal of Native Americans in Georgia?
a) Treaty of New York, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Trail of Tears, Worchester v. Georgia
b) Treaty of New York, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Trail of Tears, Worchester v. Georgia
c) Treaty of New York, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worchester v. Georgia, Trail of Tears
d) Worchester v. Georgia,Dahlonega Gold Rush, Treaty of New York, Trail of Tears

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