Unit 6: Westward Expansion-Part 2

1. What impact did cotton have on GA's economy during the 1800s?

A) It became the most important crop to the state's economy and ensured that the state remained dependent on slavery
B) It led to the state's increased dependence on trade as Georgia imported most of their supply of cotton from other states and overseas
C) It decreased the need for slaves because the state had less rice plantations
D) It decreased in importance as more textile mills opened

2. Increased markets, more efficient trade, and the rise of Atlanta can all be attributed to

A) the Yazoo Land Fraud
B) conflicts between Georgian's and Native Americans
C) the establishment of the railroads in the 1800s
D) Sherman's "march to the sea"

3. Who was William McIntosh?

A) Chief of the Cherokee Indians who traded away all their land
B) Chief of the Creek Indians who sold away all their land
C) The BEST of all the Chiefs of the Creek Indians
D) The inventor of the McIntosh computer

4. Why did Chief William McIntosh die?

A) He fought bravely in a battle with another Native American tribe.
B) He sold the Creek land without tribal permission.
C) He was very old, as Chiefs are.
D) He did not look before falling into a Creek.

5. What did John Ross demand?

A) The U.S. to give back all lands taken.
B) The U.S to honor treaties and protect all Native Americans.
C) The U.S. to leave the New World.
D) The U.S. to call them "American Indians"

6. What did the judge John Marshall decide?

A) Chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla ice cream.
B) All American Cherokee Natives could remain in Georgia.
C) All American Cherokee Natives could not remain in Georgia.
D) That Georgia law did not apply to the American Cherokee Natives.

7. What did Andrew Jackson sign?

A) The Indian protection act
B) The Indian removal act
C) The Indian relocation act
D) The Indian Holiday act

8. The Dahlonega Gold Rush provided

A) gold and land to white settlers.
B) gold, God, and glory to white settlers.
C) land to white settlers.
D) gold to white settlers.

9. What did Worcester v. Georgia declare?

A) Cherokee Nation had to leave Georgia
B) Cherokee Nation had to start the Trail of Tears
C) Cherokee Nation was sovereign (free nation)
D) Cherokee Nation was allowed to stay

10. What was the Trail of Tears?

A) Propaganda by the American Indians to fight removal from Georgia
B) A trail in which one could track the movements of the American Indians
C) The forced removal of American Indians
D) A trail in which many clothes were torn

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