Pre-Civil War Crossword

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  1. 1. After the Yazoo Land Fraud, Georgia implemented a lottery system to determine who could buy land.
  2. 6. Between 200-1,000 acres of land was granted to the heads of families through this system
  3. 8. Made up 44% of Georgia's population and worked picking cotton on plantations
  4. 9. The principal chief of the Cherokee who established a written constitution
  5. 11. Founded on principal everyone should get a good education. 1st public University in US
  6. 12. This was the main source of money in the South
Down
  1. 2. Between the American Revolution and Civil War, advances in this field contributed to the growth of Georgia's economy
  2. 3. State Capital after Savannah
  3. 4. Invented the Cotton Gin
  4. 5. This land fraud involved bribing state legislators to obtain land for a very cheap price
  5. 7. Site of the Georgia Gold Rush
  6. 10. Created the Cherokee alphabet
  7. 12. Cherokee and these indians were found in Georgia