Unit 6 Westward Expansion

2. Georgia institution founded in 1785, the first state-chartered university in the United States.
3. Large category: improvements like steamboats, textile machines, and better tools that made expansion easier.
7. Federal court that ruled on sovereignty and treaties in Cherokee-related cases.
9. Chief Justice who ruled in cases affecting Native American rights and federal vs. state law.
11. Networks that connected towns and sped travel and shipping in the 1800s.
14. 1832 U.S. Supreme Court case that defended Cherokee sovereignty; Georgia did not enforce it.
15. State location of an 1829 gold discovery that sparked a rush and increased pressure on Native lands.
18. Native American nation in Georgia removed in the 1830s.
20. Prominent Creek chief forcibly removed from his land; later executed by Creek opponents.

1. The general movement of settlers and settlers’ influence from the Atlantic coast toward the Mississippi and beyond.
4. A method Georgia used in the early 1800s to distribute land by chance rather than by headrights.
5. major 1790s scandal where low-cost state land was sold in secret, leading to public outcry.
6. The Native American nation known for adapting some European ways and legal resistance in Georgia.
8. Cherokee principal chief who negotiated with the federal government and fought removal.
10. 1828–1838 event of forced Cherokee removal from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma.
12. System that granted heads of families land grants as an incentive for settlement in colonial times.
13. A machine that quickly removed seeds from cotton fibers, increasing cotton production.
16. President who pursued Indian removal policies and opposed Worcester in practice.
17. Destination territory where many Native Americans were relocated
19. Locations of state government offices over time; important when capitals moved across the state.