1. What Was the Purpose of the Headright System in Georgia?

Name: Unit 4bTest Review

1. What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?

2. What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at really cheap prices?

3. What system replaced the headright system as a way of allocating land?

4. Which inventions or new technologies boosted Georgia’s population after the American Revolution?

5. How did the Cotton Gin work?

6. Which of the following is correct concerning the University of Georgia? a.) The University of Georgia was chartered as a land grant university. b.) The University of Georgia’s original name was Franklin College. c.) The University of Georgia was responsible for supervising all public schools in the state of Georgia. d.) All of the above

7. Why was Georgia’s capital moved to Louisville?

8. Which treaty required the Creek to give up all of their land east of the Oconee River?

9. Why was William McIntosh, a Creek chief, murdered by his own people?

10. What discovery led to the final Indian removal from Georgia?

11. What did George Gist (Sequoyah) create, and how did it impact the Cherokee?

12. Who was the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee lands could not be taken by the government?

13. What did the U.S. Supreme Court Case Worcester vs. Georgia rule?

14. The Trail of Tears ended in the Indian Territory, which is mainly in the present- Day state of:

15. What is the name of the capital of the new Cherokee Nation?

16. Which was not a problem on the Trail of Tears? a.) starvation b.) illness c.) plenty of food d.) death 17. List the five “civilized” Native American Tribes? that inhabited the Southeast?

18. Which U.S. President who enacted the Native American removal

Short Answer Topics

How would Georgia be different if the Yazoo Land Fraud had never taken place?

What invention influenced the chart to the right?

How are the two maps below related?

Figure 1: Cotton Production in 1860 Figure 2: Rail lines in the US in 1860

How did the Indian Removal Act impact the Cherokee & the Creek? How could Andrew Jackson have handled the situation differently?