Expansion and Indian Removal

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  1. 2. Largest of Georgia's Indian tribes
  2. 3. ____ vs Georgia denied Georgia the right to take Cherokee tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson
  3. 6. The Trail of ___ saw Cherokee Indians removed from North Georgia and sent to reservation further west
  4. 7. Direction Georgia's capitals moved following population shifts
  5. 9. Founder of UGA and its first president
  6. 12. Supreme Court Justice who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in Worcester vs Georgia
  7. 14. Chief William McIntosh was executed by a faction of Creeks known as ____ Sticks
  8. 16. This land fraud scandal resulted from land companies bribing members of Georgia's General Assembly
  9. 17. Creek chief executed for signing the Indian Springs treaties that gave up Creek land
  10. 18. The invention of this mode of travel turned Atlanta into a transportation hub
  11. 20. This invention allowed cotton to be cleaned more easily and led to the growth of large plantations
  12. 21. First state chartered public university in the nation
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  1. 1. The land lotteries in Georgia distributed land gained from the Creek and ____ Indian tribes
  2. 4. Eli Whitney's famous invention allowed for easier cleaning of this crop
  3. 5. A negative consequence of the cotton gin was an increase in ___ labor being used to pick cotton
  4. 8. Acronym used to remember the order of Georgia's five capitals
  5. 10. What discovery in Dahlonega led to Georgia seeking to obtain Cherokee land in North Georgia
  6. 11. President remembered for his part in Indian removal from Georgia
  7. 13. First land distribution system used in Georgia. It gave 200 acre free to any white male head of household
  8. 14. The Indian ____ Act allowed President Jackson to force the removal of Cherokee from their land
  9. 15. This Georgia capital grew as a result of increasing railroad development
  10. 19. Cherokee Chief who petitioned to have Cherokee land be protected