Unit 3, Part 2: Westward Expansion

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  1. 1. wrote the charter for UGA, stating that an educated populace was necessary for a free democracy
  2. 6. this invention allowed Georgia to become an agricultural powerhouse
  3. 8. Under this land policy, Georgia gave thousands of acres to soldiers of the revolution and heads of households
  4. 10. court case won by the Cherokee that stated the Cherokee were an independent nation and not subject to Georgia state law
  5. 12. Many of Georgia's cities and towns were created to due the _______________
  6. 13. approximately __________ died from disease, malnutrition, and exposure to the elements
  7. 14. president during native removal; passed Indian Removal Act and refused to enforce Supreme Court rulings
  8. 16. The Treaty of New York (1790) ceded Muscogee Creek lands to Georiga east of the _____________ river
  9. 17. allowed Georgians to win large plots of land for pennies on the dollar
  10. 19. Cherokee chief leader who fought for Cherokee's rights to remain on their traditional lands; lead his tribe through the Trail of Tears
  11. 22. Muscogee Creek chief who sold all remaining traditional Muscogee land to the US without the tribe's consent
  12. 25. treaty signed by William McIntosh that resulted in Muscogee Creeks losing their remaining lands in Georgia (1825)
  13. 26. legislation that allowed 4 land companies to buy land cheaply from Georgia and sell to families seeking to move west
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  1. 2. Andrew Jackson signed a law in 1830; allowed the president to set aside lands west of the Mississippi River for native settlement in exchange for their lands in the eastern states
  2. 3. US Supreme Court Justice who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia
  3. 4. US __________ shfited to 50% cotton due to the invention of the cotton gin
  4. 5. first state-created school of higher education
  5. 7. after the __________________________, Georgians gained a lot of landed originally occupied by natives who sided with the British
  6. 9. Forced removal of Cherokee and other tribes from the southeastern region to Oklahoma and other western territories
  7. 11. After the Yazoo Land Fraud was made public, Georgia ceded the land to the ____ and also acquired a promise from the government to remove natives from state lands and remove ____________ completely from Georgia
  8. 15. a treaty some Cherokee made with the US agreeing (without consent of the chief) to give up all remaining lands in Georiga
  9. 18. negative impact of the invention of the cotton gin
  10. 20. Atlanta, originally called _________, was the country's first major railroad town that was not built by a major _________
  11. 21. Georgia's ___________ moved westward as its __________ moved westward
  12. 23. Since the _______________ sided with the British during the Revolution, American settlers wanted them removed from their traditional lands
  13. 24. This conflict between two Muscogee factions resulted in the Muscogee Creek losing 22 million acres of land