NAME:_______________________________________________________ Class:______________
SS8H5a The student will EXPLAIN the establishment of the University of GA, Louisville, and the spread of
Baptist and Methodist Churches.
1) Georgia set aside _______________________________ land for the University of GA.
2) _______________________________________ was the man selected to write the charter for the
University of GA, and he was also the University’s first ______________________________.
3) The original 40,000 acre land grant was sold, and the school was built in 1801, in ________________,
on land donated by ______________________________________________________.
4) ____________________________________ was the first public, land grant university in American
history.
5) Georgia has had five capital cities: (S.A.L.M.A.)
a. ____________________________________
b. ____________________________________
c. ____________________________________
d. ____________________________________
e. _____________________________________
6) Prior to the Revolution, most Georgians had been members of the official _____________________.
7) Anglican priests identified with the Loyalists (Tories). Therefore they were forced to leave GA by the
Patriots (Whigs). Anglicans who didn’t support the King left the Church of England and joined the
__________________________________________, led by ____________________________ and
___________________________________________.
8) The Revolutionary War nearly destroyed or damaged many churches in GA. ___________________,
who was ________________________ of GA in 1783, strongly promoted the ___________________ of
churches.
SS8H5b: The student will EVALUATE the impact of land policies pursued by GA; include the headright
system, land lotteries, and the Yazoo Land Fraud.
9) _____________ was the 1 resource that Georgia had to attract population growth.
10) Until 1803, Georgia distributed land according to the ______________________________________.
11) All heads of household were entitled to ___________________________, plus _______________ per
family member (including slaves), up to a limit of __________________________.
12) The result of the headright system was a massive _______________________________ to GA.
13) The _____________________________________________ was where dishonest officials accepted
_____________________ in exchange for _________________________ larger than the
__________________ acre limit.
14) The result of the Yazoo Land Fraud was the first _________________________________________.
15) There were certain __________________________________ that wanted to buy GA’s vast western
territory along the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. _____________ speculation companies bribed the
____________________________________ to sell them huge tracts of land for _________________
_________________, so they could sell it to others for a profit.
16) When citizens found out, they were mad. Copies of the _____________________ were burned on the
steps of the capital in _________________________________. The Yazoo Act was _______________
in 1796.
17) The Yazoo Territory became the states of __________________________ and __________________.
18) __________________________________ was the process of land being won. It varied in size from
_________ acres to _______________ acres.
19) All _________________________________ living in GA for ________________ were given
____________. _________________________ or ________________________ were given
_______________.
20) All of those who won land tracts in the land lottery were called _____________________________.
21) GA had _____________________________ from 1805 to 1832 that attracted settlers but brought the
state into conflict with the __________________________________________________________.
SS8H5c: The student will EXPLAIN how technological developments, including the cotton gin and railroads,
had an impact on GA’s growth.
22) _____________________________________ invented the cotton gin. With the invention of the cotton
gin, cotton became the _____________________________________ in the south, and GA was the
nation’s ______________________________________.
23) With the influx of more cotton crops, this meant a greater need for __________________ to work the
cotton fields.
24) The growth of cotton also meant a need for _____________________________ system from GA’s
interior to the port city of _______________________________. Transportation by ____________,
_________________, and __________________ was slow and expensive.
25) In 1834, workers began building the _____________________________, which extended from Athens
to Augusta. By 1860, there were over ______________ miles in GA.
26) In 1838, the General Assembly passed a law creating the ________________________________ from
Chattahoochee River to the Tennessee River.
27) The purpose of the W & A Railroad was to _____________________ railroads from
____________________________________________________________________ with GA’s interior.
28) The Western and Atlantic Railroad started in the north in ___________________________, near
Chattanooga, and _______________________________ in the south, at a small railroad depot called
____________________________. Within 5 years, 2 other railroads converged at Terminus, causing the
depot to _____________________________________________________________.
29) The town’s name of Terminus was changed to _____________________________ and later to what we
know as present day _____________________________________.
SS8H5d: The student will ANALYZE the events that led to the removal of the Creeks and Cherokees;
including the roles of Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh, Sequoyah, John Ross, Dahlonega Gold
Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and the Trail of Tears.
30) The Creek Indians were also known as the __________________________________.
31) The Creek and the Cherokee were part of a group of 5 Native American nations that were considered
“civilized” because they:
a._______________________________________________________________
b._______________________________________________________________
c._______________________________________________________________
d._______________________________________________________________
32) The _______________________________ were a tribe of the Creek nation that was friendly
towards Georgians due in part to Oglethorpe and Tomochichi’s friendship. With the death of
Tomochichi and Oglethorpe’s return to England, relations between the Creek and Georgians began to
___________________.
33) Leaders of Georgia pressured the Creek to ___________ large amounts of land to GA, forcing the
Creek to move further and further west.
34) _________________________________________ was a Creek leader who resisted efforts to force
the Creek further west. He served as a _____________________________ and raided Patriot (Whig)
____________________________________ in GA and Tennessee.
35) In 1790, McGillivray agreed to CEDE all Creek lands in GA _____________________________. In
exchange for this, President Washington agreed to officially recognize and __________________ the
Creek nation, and to recognize McGillivray as the ________________________________________.
36) In 1802, GA agreed to give up the controversial Yazoo lands if the U.S. would agree to
______________________________________________________________________.
37) In 1825, Chief William McIntosh signed the _______________________________________,
giving up all remaining Creek lands in Georgia.
38) Many Creek were angered by McIntosh’s betrayal, and many Creek denounced him. He was
________________________________________________ on April 30, 1825 by a war party of
_____________________________________.
39) The _________________________ had an independent government and organized states.
40) The Cherokee had a written ___________________________, based on the U.S. Constitution.
41) George Guess (also known as _______________________________) is known for creating the
______________________________________, allowing the Cherokee to ______________ and
__________ in their own ______________________.
42) Gold was discovered in _____________________________ causing the 1st Gold Rush.
43) In 1830, _______________________________________ signed the
______________________________________________, requiring all Indians east of the MS River to
move reservations west of the _______________________________________________.
44) After gold was discovered, Governor Gilmer wanted all Cherokee to swear allegiance to the state of
GA. ___________________________________________ refused to take the oath and encouraged the
Cherokee not to take the oath as well. Worcester and others were arrested and sent to prison for violating
GA state law and encouraging the natives to do so as well. His case was _________________________
to the U.S. ___________________________________________.
45) In the case of Worcester vs. Georgia, Cherokee Chief _________________________ argued that
Governor Gilmer and the GA General Assembly violated the __________________________________
___________________. The U.S. Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice _________________________
agreed with the Cherokee and decided that the _____________________________________________.
46) In 1838, _________________________________________ were forced to march west to the Indian
Territory (modern-day ___________________________). This event was called the
_______________________________________________.