Across
- 5. Creek Chief who sold Creek lands without consent and was later executed by his own people for his actions
- 6. President who signed the Indian Removal Act ignoring the Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia.
- 8. The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation in 1838, where over 4,000 Cherokee died on the on the journey to present-day Oklahoma.
- 9. System used that gave land to heads of households
- 11. First state-chartered university in the U.S. (1785), created to provide higher education opportunities for all, not just the wealthy
- 12. helped transport goods and people efficiently, boosting Georgia’s economy.
Down
- 1. A major land scandal in Georgia in 1795 where land was sold illegally causing public outrage and leading to the land being ceded to the federal government.
- 2. Supreme Court Justice who ruled in favor of Cherokee sovereignty in Worcester v. Georgia.
- 3. Cherokee Chief who fought for Native rights and legally resisted removal efforts.
- 4. Supreme Court case in which Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Georgia’s laws did not apply to Cherokee lands, but President Jackson refused to enforce the ruling.
- 5. The movement of settlers into western territories
- 7. revolutionized Georgia’s economy by making cotton production more efficient, but it also increased the demand for enslaved labor.
- 10. The discovery of gold in 1828 increased pressure to remove the Cherokee from Georgia.