Liam McKenna's Unit 4 Georgia Studies Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Cherokee chief who argued (and still lost) GA Gov. Gilmer's Worcester vs Georgia case statement, and petitioned the government against GA WvsGA case ruling but was denied by congress
  2. 6. The Cherokee were forced to walk this after a small group of Cherokee signed the Treaty of New Echota, and after Andrew Jackson initiated the Indian Removal Act of 1830
  3. 7. Supreme Court Justice who ruled in favor of Worcester in the case of Worcester vs. Georgia
  4. 8. This White Cherokee wrote a syllabary for the Cherokee that became their written language
  5. 10. This land grant institution was established in 1785, but wasn't actually built until 1801
  6. 11. The treaty signed by William McIntosh, which sold all remaining Creek land for $2000
  7. 12. This was the third capital of Georgia, the capital during the Yazoo Land Fraud that was near Galphinton, GA
  8. 13. US President who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and fought the red sticks in the creek war
  9. 17. British Colonel who lead the struggle for Creek respect from US and signed the Treaty of NewYork
  10. 23. This "heads I win, tails you lose" treaty gave up all remaining Cherokee land and forced Cherokee to walk the Trail of Tears- sign it or not, you are giving us your land
  11. 25. Indian Nation that tried to "fit in" by adopting the US lifestyle- Written language, newspaper, public schools, gov't style, etc., and were walked the Trail of Tears
  12. 26. Revolutionary invention from Eli Whitney that separated seeds from cotton monumentally faster, increasing cotton production rate 50x and made cotton a commercial product
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  1. 1. This case argued the fact that Cherokee land citizens were not objected to follow Georgia Laws, and was won by Worcester after John Marshall ruled in favor of Worcester
  2. 3. Land Distribution system that granted 200 acres per free white man, plus 50 acres per family member/slave, ended up running out of land
  3. 4. This Scottish and Creek official betrayed the Creek Nation by selling Creek land that wasn't his to sell for $2000 to the US, by signing the Treaty of Indian Springs
  4. 5. This was created for the Cherokee by George Gist and served as their written language
  5. 9. Act that took all Creek and Cherokee out of Georgia, signed by President Andrew Jackson
  6. 14. The event that pushed Cherokee out of North Georgia- The discovery of gold in Dahlonega
  7. 15. This was the first real scandal in US history, when a few men bribed Indian land owners to buy Indian Land illegally for less than 2 cents per acre-the scandal was corrupt and the Yazoo Territory illegally sold was created into the land known as Alabama and Mississippi
  8. 16. One of two largest church denominations in Georgia that did not use circuit riders
  9. 18. This revolutionary transportation system helped Georgia become a market economy because of its ability to transfer commertial farming products (and people) to different states and cities in a very short amount of time
  10. 19. Methodist Church ministers who brought the gospel to the frontier lands of the US and traveled alone throughout the country to preach the word of God
  11. 20. One of the two largest church denominations in GA, spread to slaves and the working class through Circuit Riders
  12. 21. Indian Nation which held a revolutionary war that divided itself in two and lost all lands in Georgia from the Treaty of NewYork and the Treaty of Indian Springs
  13. 22. GA land distribution system that replaced the Headright System, and sold Creek and Cherokee land intentionally through a lottery system
  14. 24. This treaty was signed by Alexander McGillivray, and made Creek cede all lands in Georgia east of Oconee River