Unit 4: Westward Expansion and Indian Removal

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Across
  1. 3. Divided up land west of the Oconee River using a lottery system with lots from 40-490 acres
  2. 4. city built to be capital of Georgia; named after a French King
  3. 5. Treaty that sold all remaining Cherokee lands east of the Mississippi River
  4. 6. Church founded by John Wesley; popular amongst working class Georgians
  5. 7. Treaty that ceded all remaining Creek land in Georgia for $200,000
  6. 11. Supreme Court case over whether the Cherokee were part of Georgia, ruled that Cherokee remained a separate nation
  7. 14. Treaty that ceded all Creek lands east of the Oconee River in return for defense as a nation with Alexander McGillivray as Chief
  8. 16. Act that forced all remaining Indian tribes to give up their lands and leave Georgia
  9. 19. Creek Chief that resisted efforts to force Creek west, eventually signed Treaty of New York
  10. 21. Divided up land east of the Oconee River amongst soldiers and white men over 21
  11. 23. Developed a written language for the Cherokee called a Syllabary
  12. 24. Methodist and Baptist ministers who rode around and preached in the frontier lands
  13. 25. President and war hero that caused the Indians to be removed from Georgia
Down
  1. 1. Indian nation located in Northeast Georgia, loyal to England
  2. 2. Trail followed by 15-16,000 Indians leading out of Georgia; 3-4,000 died on that trip
  3. 5. The first public, land-grant university in the U.S.
  4. 8. a scandal where the Georgia legislature sold land at cheap prices to businesses, who turned around and sold that land to customers for profit
  5. 9. Leader of Cherokee during their removal; petitioned government and went to Supreme Court over restrictions of Cherokee lands
  6. 10. First major gold rush in U.S. history, forced many Cherokee to give up their lands
  7. 12. Made movement of supplies across land much easier; many towns popped up along these
  8. 13. Supreme Court Judge that ruled in favor of Samuel Worcester during Worcester v Georgia
  9. 15. Creek Chief that signed Treaty of Indian Springs and was killed for doing so
  10. 17. Machine that drastically increased the producion of cotton on plantations
  11. 18. One of the most popular churches in Georgia; popular amongst working class Georgians
  12. 20. Confederation of Indian Tribes in Southeast Georgia; very populous and owned lots of land
  13. 22. System of writing that uses syllables as characters; used by Sequoyah