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In 1830, it became U.S. policy to seek the removal of all southeastern Indians across the Mississippi as a result of the __________________.
a) Treaty of Indian Springs
b) Ft. Wilkinson Treaty
c) Indian Removal Act
d) Georgia Supreme Court
The Creek chief who signed a treaty ceding all Creek lands to the U.S., and who was subsequently assassinated by angry Creeks, was
a) Gov. Troup
b) Alexander McGillivray
c) William McIntosh
d) John Marshall
Which U.S. President strongly supported Indian removal from the southeast U.S.?
a) John Adams
b) Andrew Jackson
c) James Madison
d) Donald Trump
In 1860, Atlanta was nicknamed __________ because it was the main link between the east and the mid-west?
a) Railroad City
b) Gate City
c) Empire City
d) The capital
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:
a) headright system
b) land lottery
c) cession
d) land redistribution
People who buy property cheaply, hold it until the price goes up, and then attempt to sell it for profit, are called:
a) stock brokers
b) investors
c) People
d) land speculators
The author of the charter of the first public university in the United States was __________
a) William Few
b) Lyman Hall
c) Abraham Baldwin
d) William McIntosh
In 1845, the city that would become Atlanta was named ________________ in honor of an ex-governor’s daughter.
a) Marthasville
b) Atlanta
c) Gwinnett
d) Rossville
The first public university in United States history was _______.
a) Georgia Tech
b) University of North Georgia
c) University of Georgia
d) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The original name for what would become the city of Atlanta was ________.
a) Gwinnett
b) Terminus
c) Marthasville
d) Rossville
What was the first scandal in American history?
a) Yazoo Land Fraud
b) Land Lottery
c) Gate City
d) Gate City
Who invented the cotton gin?
a) Andrew Jackson
b) Eli Whitney
c) John Ross
d) John Marshall
The site of America’s first gold rush?
a) Atlanta
b) Dahlonega
c) Rossville
d) Savannah
In the headright system, the head of the house got how many acres?
a) 100
b) 200
c) 300
d) 400
The 3rd capital of Georgia was named in honor of whom?
a) King George
b) Atlantic Ocean
c) King Louis XVI
d) King George
Why did the capitals of Georgia move?
a) The British forced them.
b) Bed bugs forced the move.
c) because they want to
d) moved west, toward the population
University of Georgia set an example of what?
a) how to go to college
b) charter writing
c) Today's universities and colleges
d) football school
What was a reason for Georgia's major economic growth?
a) railroad
b) slaves
c) trade
d) Cotton Gin
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