Westward Expansion

4. Treaty that required the Cherokee to give up all their lands east of the Mississippi River
6. the become more like another society or culture
7. the general direction that Georgia's capital cities moved in during westward expansion
8. Creek Chief who supported assimilation and sold the remaining Creek lands.
13. price of land distributed during the headright system
15. Treaty in which a Creek chief exchanged the Creek lands east of the OcMulgee River for the promise of the U.S. government's protection
17. Georgia capital city where the Yazoo Land Act was burned
18. missionary who was arrested many times for living among the Cherokee
19. one of Atlanta's names before it was changed; means "end of the line"
20. When the U.S. government bought the Yazoo lands, they promised to remove Indians still in Georgia in this agreement.

1. Chief justice who delivered the majority opinion that ruled in favor of the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia
2. Civil war among the Creek over whether they should keep their traditions or assimilate to American culture
3. a written document by a government that establishes something, such as a colony, city, or college
5. founder of the University of Georgia; he wrote the charter
9. to give up (power or territory)
10. ordered all Native Americans east of the Mississippi River to leave their homes and move west
11. a set of written characters representing syllables and serving the purpose of an alphabet.
12. 16,000 Cherokee men, women, and children were forced from their homes and marched across the Southeast to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma
14. The ruling of Worcester v. Georgia confirmed that the Cherokee tribe was a _____ nation with its own set of laws
16. to intrude on a person's territory, rights, etc.