Western Expansion and Indian Removal Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. church popular in frontier- one of the largest denominations in Georgia
  2. 5. a machine for separating cotton seeds invented by Eli Whitney
  3. 7. ministers who rode from town to town preaching for the Methodist church
  4. 9. thousands of people rushed into cherokee land in search of wealth- made cherokees beggars in their own land
  5. 10. treaty that gave up all remaining indian land in Georgia- indians who didn't signed were considered to agree
  6. 11. church founded by John Wesley that used circuit riders
  7. 14. act that allowed President Jackson to give indians land west of the Mississippi river in exchange for their land
  8. 15. a leader of the cherokee- petitioned federal government for help against Georgia ruling
  9. 16. signed the treaty of Indian Springs- executed for crimes
  10. 17. a nation of indians that had a civil war between white sticks and red sticks- treaties of New York and Indian Springs
  11. 18. political scandal resulting in lost money and land for Georgia
  12. 20. the first land grant college in Georgia established in 1785
  13. 22. a method for transportation that was affordable and dependable- Atlanta main city
  14. 23. wrote the cherokee written language, syllabary
  15. 24. a method for land distribution that uses chance and is unique to Georiga
Down
  1. 1. location where Yazoo Act was burned- Georgia's third capital
  2. 3. signed treaty of New York- British colonel during revolutionary war
  3. 4. a nation of indians that had a written language and an advanced society- treaty of New Echota
  4. 6. treaty that gave up the rest of creek land- signed by McIntosh
  5. 8. president during the cherokee removal- signed the indian removal act
  6. 10. the name for the walk that the cherokee made when forced out of Georgia- thousands died
  7. 12. a method for land distribution using land located east of the Oconee river and resulting in conflict when Georgia ran out of land
  8. 13. cherokee appealed to supreme court because they were supposed to be independent- Cheif Marshall agreed with the cherokee- President Jackson ignored
  9. 19. supreme court justice who ruled in favor of Samuel Worchester
  10. 21. treaty that gave up all creek lands east of the Oconee river- signed by McGillivray