CRCT Review: Causes of the
American Revolution, Post-Revolution
Georgia, Native American Removal
1. Which state best describes the
controversy surrounding the Yazoo
Land Fraud of 1795?
A. The governor of Georgia
deeded land to Native
Americans
B. State legislators were bribed
to sell land to land
speculators
C. The federal government took
over land that belonged to the
state
D. Land speculators sold
swampland to unsuspecting
buyers
2. Why was William McIntosh, a
Creek Chief, murdered by his own
people?
A. he signed a treaty giving up
the last Creek lands in
Georgia to the federal
government
B. he was the cousin of
President Andrew Jackson
C. he lost a fight with the
Georgia militia
D. he became friendly with the
Cherokee
3. Hart County, Georgia, was named
for Nancy Hart. What role did Nancy
Hart play in Georgia history?
A. She started the first public
school in Georgia
B. She was the first female
senator from Georgia
C. She was a legendary heroine
of the Revolutionary War
D. She was the wife of the first
elected governor of Georgia
4. Who was the Creek leader in the
Oconee War between the Creek and
the Georgia pioneers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Andrew Jackson
Alexander McGillivray
William McIntosh
Sequoyah
5. In 1795, several Georgia legislators
became involved with illegal land
speculation. What did their
involvement come to be called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Land Plot Scandal
Yazoo Land Fraud
Oklahoma Land Rush
Oconee Land Scandal
6. How did the Yazoo Land Fraud
lead to the removal of the Creek
Indians from Georgia?
A. The Creeks did not want to
live in the same area as the
settlers
B. The Creeks decided to move
farther west because the land
was better
C. The government agreed to
remove Creeks from Georgia
to places further west
D. The government agreed to
pay the Creeks a large sum of
money if they moved
7. Which methods did Georgia use to
distribute land in the late 1700s and
early 1800s?
A. collective bargaining and
issuing bonds
B. speculation and
sharecropping
C. the headright system and land
lotteries
D. the land-use plan and tenant
farming
8. What was the purpose of the
Declaration of Independence?
A. to serve as a preamble to the
Constitution
B. to demand that the colonists
be given the same rights as
British citizens
C. to dissolve the political
connection between the
colonies and Great Britain
D. to inform King George III
that the colonies had ratified
the Articles of Confederation
Use the list to answer #9
 Elijah Clarke
 Button Gwinnett
 Lyman Hall
 George Walton
9. With which era in American history
are the people listed associated?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Revolutionary War era
Antebellum era
Civil War era
Reconstruction era
10. Which of the following statements
most accurately describes Georgia at
the beginning of the Revolutionary
War?
A. The royal governor was very
unpopular
B. Georgia relied heavily upon
trade with England
C. A strong tradition of selfgovernment had developed
D. Most Georgians strongly
favored independence from
England
11. What was the main reason for
removing the Cherokee from their
homes in northwestern Georgia?
A. The Cherokee had a adopted
a constitution and formed
their own nation
B. Gold was discovered on
Cherokee land
C. Congress had sold the
Cherokee land to the
railroads
D. The government promised
large tracks of land to the
Native Americans in
Oklahoma
12. Which man represented Georgia
at the Constitutional Convention of
1787?
A.
B.
C.
D.
James Madison
William Few
James Oglethorpe
Alexander Stephens
13. What is the name of the long,
difficult journey made by the
Cherokees when they were forced to
leave their lands in Georgia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oregon Trail
Trail of Tears
Wilderness Road
Indian Removal Act
14. Why did the Cherokee tribes move
from Georgia to Oklahoma?
A. they though life in the West
would be easier
B. they had used all of the
natural resources in their area
C. they were forced to leave by
the U.S. government
D. they head rivers and land
were more plentiful farther
west
15. The leader of the rebel militia
group that defeated 800 British troops
at the Battle of Kettle Creek was
A.
B.
C.
D.
Lyman Hall
Elijah Clarke
Austin Dabney
John Treutlen
16. What is one way in which the
University of Georgia is unique among
American universities?
A. it was the first university
established in America
B. it was the first private
university constructed in
America
C. it was the first American
university founded as a coed
institution
D. it was the first American
university created by a state
government
17. Which Georgian negotiated and
signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in
1825 that signed away all Creek lands
in Georgia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
William Few
Andrew Jackson
William McIntosh
Alexander McGillivray
18. Which statement BEST describes a
“land grant university” such as the
University of Georgia?
A. The college was established
as an agricultural college to
improve farming
B. The college was a public
university with free tuition to
state residents
C. The land for the college was
donated by the federal
government
D. The land could not be used
for any purpose other than a
college
19. The Methodist and Baptist
churches split over permitting
A.
B.
C.
D.
divorce
slavery
communion for children
women ministers
20. Who was the chief of the Cherokee
who took a petition to Congress
protesting the Cherokee removal from
their land?
A.
B.
C.
D.
William McIntosh
Alexander McGillivray
John Marshall
John Ross
21. Which statement about Georgia
regarding the French and Indian War
is correct?
A. Georgia gained new territory
as a result of the war
B. Georgia colonists suffered
great losses of life and
property
C. Georgia was a buffer zone in
the fighting between the
French and the Indians
D. Georgia was the only colony
to support the French against
the British in the War
22. Which president signed the Indian
Removal Act of 1830?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Andrew Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Franklin Roosevelt
George Washington
23. By 1860, the two largest church
denominations in Georgia were
A.
B.
C.
D.
Baptist and Jewish
Episcopal and Catholic
Episcopal and Methodist
Methodist and Baptist
24. What was Sequoyah’s major
contribution to Cherokee culture?
A. He signed the treaty giving
Cherokee lands to the U.S.
B. He signed the treaty moving
the Cherokee to Indian
Territory
C. He gained fame as a hunter
and trapper and traded fur for
weapons
D. He developed a syllabary so
the Cherokee could have a
written language
25. The Proclamation of 1763 moved
Georgia’s southern border to the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Altamaha River
Flint River
St. Marys River
Suwannee River
26. Who was the chief justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that
Cherokee territory was NOT subject
to state law in Worcester v. Georgia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Andrew Jackson
John Ross
William McIntosh
John Marshall
27. Austin Dabney received a plot of
land in Madison County
A. from the Hart family
B. right after the Siege of
Savannah
C. because he had recently
moved to Georgia
D. as payment for his service in
the Revolutionary War
28. Who was the Creek leader in the
Oconee war between the Creek and
Georgia settlers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
John Ross
Alexander McGillivray
William McIntosh
Sequoyah
29. What was the most significant
result of the Siege of Savannah during
the Revolutionary War?
A. The British were pushed out
of Georgia
B. The city of Savannah
remained in British hands
C. It was the deadliest battle of
the Revolutionary War
D. It was the last major conflict
of the Revolutionary War
30. Why was Louisville chosen as
Georgia’s capital in 1786?
A. Louisville was the state’s
largest city
B. Louisville was more centrally
located
C. Louisville was the most
important center for trade
D. Louisville played an
important role in the
American Revolution
31. After the U.S. Constitution was
written and signed, it had to be
ratified by the states. How did
Georgia respond to the ratification?
A. It was slow to approve the
new Constitution
B. It refused to ratify until the
Bill of Rights was added
C. It never approved it and later
had to apply for admission
D. It approved quickly as the
fourth state to enter the union
32. What law forbade colonists to
move west of the Appalachian
Mountains?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Great Compromise
Proclamation of 1763
33. Those who were ready to cut ties
with Great Britain prior to the
American Revolution were known as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Loyalists
Tories
Patriots
King’s Friends
34. Which was passed in reaction to
the Boston Tea Party?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
15th Amendment
35. Which Supreme Court case ruled
that Cherokee territory was not
subject to state law?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Worcester v. Georgia
Dred Scott
36. Which statement BEST describes
how the French and Indian War led to
American’s Revolutionary War?
A. Great Britain gained control
of Canada and tried to use
Canada’s tax structure on the
thirteen colonies
B. France lost the Louisiana
Territory, and the southern
colonies argued with Great
Britain over claims to the
land
C. To get revenge, France
incited rebellion in the
colonies and enticed Spain to
move into the territories of
the British colonies
D. To get money to repay war
debts, Great Britain taxed the
colonies on the premise that
the war had been necessary to
protect them from the French
37. What was the importance of the
Battle of Kettle Creek?
A. It was the last battle fought in
Georgia during the
Revolutionary War
B. The British were driven into
Florida and were unable to
regroup
C. The colonists took needed
weapons and horses from the
British
D. The Indians joined the
colonists to defeat the British
38. Who was the mulatto soldier who
was seriously wounded at the Battle of
Kettle Creek?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Elijah Clarke
Austin Dabney
Button Gwinnett
William Few