Expansion And Removal In Georgia Part Two Question Preview (ID: 39317)
Expansion And Indian Removal In Georgia.
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Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the capital of Georgia moved from Savannah to what city?
a) Augusta
b) Louisville
c) Atlanta
d) Milledgeville
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) Louisville
b) Augusta
c) Atlanta
d) Milledgeville
Which of the following BEST explains why the state capital was moved three times from 1785-1807?
a) The shifting center of population in the state.
b) Warfare with the Creeks
c) Land speculation
d) Threat of invasion from Spanish Florida.
Which of the following was a result of the widespread introduction and use of the cotton gin?
a) increase in the number of slaves in the state
b) decrease in the number of slaves in the state
c) cotton became less profitable
d) slavery was ended
What was the first university chartered, funded, and founded by a state legislature to be open to the public?
a) University of Georgia
b) University of Virginia
c) University of Mississippi
d) University of North Carolina
What city grew up at the terminus of the Atlantic and Western Rail line from Chattanooga, Tennessee?
a) Atlanta
b) Savannah
c) Galphinton
d) Louisville
What was the most valuable commodity shipped along Georgia's railroads in the 1800s?
a) cotton
b) wheat
c) oil
d) gold
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) Ronald Reagan
c) Jimmy Carter
d) John Ross
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.
He led his Cherokee people on the Trail of Tears after fighting the removal in the courts for years.
a) John Ross
b) John Marshall
c) Andrew Jackson
d) Chief McIntosh
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