Georgia's Indian Removal Practice Test
- 1.Which of these was never a Georgia Capital?
- A.
Savannah
- B.
Louisville
- C.
Atlanta
- D.
Athens
- 2.How many acres of land could the head of a family receive under the headright system?
- A.
1,000 acres
- B.
2,000 acres
- C.
2,500 acres
- D.
5,000 acres
- 3.What system replaced the headright system as a way of allocating land?
- A.
Tomahawk rights
- B.
Land lottery
- C.
Surveying
- D.
Land rush
- 4.Which was NOT a provision of the land lotteries?
- A.
Only men could participate.
- B.
A person had to pay a fee to participate.
- C.
A person could not return the land they won
- D.
Orphans, Widows, & War veterans were given extra chances.
- 5.What scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to private developers at below-market prices?
- A.
Georgia’s land lottery
- B.
Mississippi land fraud
- C.
Trail of Tears fraud
- D.
Yazoo land fraud
- 6.What was the most damaging result of Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793
- A.
It led to a massive infestation of the boll weevil
- B.
Slavery to become profitable again,ensuring the survival of this practice
- C.
It put peanut famers out-of-business
- D.
It led to much alcoholism in the new state of Georgia
- 7.The cotton gin was use to
- A.
Pick cotton.
- B.
Plant cotton.
- C.
Turn cotton fiber into thread.
- D.
Separate the seeds from the cotton fiber.
- 8.Atlanta at one time was called Terminus because
- A.
A majority of the railroads went through the city.
- B.
The railroad line ended there at one time.
- C.
No major railroad went through the city.
- D.
All the railroads ended here.
- 9.Which railroad became the primary railroad in Georgia in the 1830s?
- A.
Baltimore and Ohio
- B.
Chesapeake and Ohio
- C.
Norfolk and Western
- D.
Western and Atlantic
- 10.Which mode of transportation made Atlanta go from being non-existent in the 1800's to a major city in the South by 1850?
- A.
Canals
- B.
Highways
- C.
Railroads
- D.
Riverboats
- 11.What was George Gist’s (Sequoyah’s) major contribution to the Cherokee culture?
- A.
He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.
- B.
He signed a treaty moving the Cherokee to the Indian Territory.
- C.
He gained fame as a hunter and trapper and traded the fur for weapons.
- D.
He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.
- 12.What discovery led to the Cherokee losing their land in Georgia?
- A.
Silver on Creek lands
- B.
Gold in Dahlonega
- C.
Oil in Columbus
- D.
Zinc in Madison
- 13.Who was the chief of the Cherokee who repeatedly went to D.C. to protest Cherokee removal & was the Chief who led them on their removal?
- A.
William McIntosh
- B.
Chief Menawa
- C.
John Ross
- D.
Sequoyah
- 14.When Andrew Jackson said “John Marshall has rendered his decision, now let him enforce it,” he meant that the
- A.
President would not enforce the Supreme Court decision.
- B.
Congress and the president agreed with and supported the decision.
- C.
Supreme Court was the supreme law of the land and could do whatever it wanted.
- D.
Supreme Court could not enforce the decision without the support of the president.
- 15.The removal of the Cherokee from Georgia is nicknamed the?
- A.
Long Journey Home.
- B.
Overland Trail.
- C.
Trail to Nowhere.
- D.
Trail of Tears.
- 16.Georgia'c Capital continued to move 5 times. What was the biggest reason for this?
- A.
To be fair to each city
- B.
The Governor of Ga was picky about what they wanted
- C.
It moved to follow the population of the state
- D.
Savannah was burned during the Creek War and it was forced to move.
- 17.Who am I? (36a)I am a Methodist minister who worked in Georgia’s rural areas by travelling from town to town to minister to settlers and organize churches.
- A.
A Circuit Rider
- B.
A Holy Roller
- C.
A Naval Store
- D.
A Country Preacher
- 18.What am I? (36d) I was a supreme court decision that was won by the Cherokee but did not help them because President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce it?
- A.
The Treaty of Indian Springs
- B.
Worcester vs. Georgia
- C.
The Treaty of New York
- D.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
- 19.Who am I? (36d) I was a Creek chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, effectively ceding (giving up) all of the remaining lands in Georgia. I was murdered for this act by my own people.
- A.
William Few
- B.
William McIntosh
- C.
Elias Boudinot
- D.
Alexander McGillivray
- 20.Who am I? (36d) I was a Creek chief who signed the Treaty of New York in 1790, ceding (giving up) Creek lands east of the Oconee River?
- A.
Elias Boudinot
- B.
Alexander McGillivray
- C.
William Few
- D.
William McIntosh
- 21.Identify the 2 that were Land Distribution Systems in Ga
- A.
Headright System
- B.
Land Lottery
- C.
Footright System
- D.
Outright Sales
- 22.Why did Georgia lose claim to 2/3 of the state in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?
- A.
Money and land was lost due to the Mississippi Land Fraud.
- B.
The federal government claimed it after the Yazoo Land Fraud for 1.25 million dollars
- C.
The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly sold it to the Creek
- D.
The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population.
- 23.What incident was most directly responsible for the Creek War?
- A.
Discovery of Gold
- B.
Invention of the Cotton Gin
- C.
Red Stick attack on Fort Mim's
- D.
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- 24.Which best describes a “land grant university?”
- A.
The land for the college was donated by the federal government.
- B.
The college was a public university open to all.
- C.
The land was granted by Oglethorpe after he met Tomochichi
- D.
The college was established as an agricultural college to improving farming.
- 25.1. scandal in 1790's 2. Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed3. 35 and 50 million acres of public land was sold to four land companies at below-market prices (about 1 1/2 pennies an acre).4. Caused National Embarresment for Ga
- A.
Yazoo land fraud
- B.
Mississippi land fraud
- C.
Georgia land lottery
- D.
Trail of Tears
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