Georgia and Westward Expansion

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Across
  1. 3. Georgia lost rights to land in present day Mississippi and Alabama after the _______ Land Fraud
  2. 4. Cherokee chief petitioned Congress to protect Cherokee land
  3. 6. This new technology improved movement of trade items and affected development of cities
  4. 9. Indian ______ Act led to Native Americans losing their land and moving westward
  5. 12. This point marked the end of rail lines coming into what would later become Atlanta
  6. 14. ______ gin. Eli Whitney invention
  7. 15. Increase in cotton production after cotton gin led to increased need for ______ labor
  8. 16. Georgia's 3rd capital
  9. 18. ______ vs Georgia court case ruled in favor of Cherokee but was ignored by Pres. Jackson
  10. 21. University of ________ was the first state created school of higher education
  11. 22. Georgia's first system of land distribution
Down
  1. 1. Creek chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs and was executed by members of the Red Sticks
  2. 2. Chief Justice of Supreme Court who ruled in favor of Georgia
  3. 5. U.S. president known for Indian removal
  4. 7. Georgia's capital has moved ___ times based on population shifts
  5. 8. Abraham _________ founded the University of Georgia
  6. 10. Georgia 2nd capital
  7. 11. Milledgeville was the __ capital of Georgia
  8. 12. Movement of Native tribes off their land westward to reservations was called the Trail of ______
  9. 13. Georgia's first capital
  10. 14. Tribe located in Georgia, Alabama, and Northern Florida forced to cede land and move west to reservations
  11. 17. Georgia's second system of land distribution
  12. 19. North Georgia tribe forced to cede land to government and move west to reservations
  13. 20. Georgia officials were _________ by land companies to sell large plots of land for cheap prices