Unit 6: Westward Expansion-Part 2

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

A) It decreased the need for slaves because the state had less rice plantations
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 became the most important crop to the state's economy and ensured that the state remained dependent on slavery
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 establishment of the railroads in the 1800s
B) the Yazoo Land Fraud
C) Sherman's "march to the sea"
D) conflicts between Georgian's and Native Americans

3. Who was William McIntosh?

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

4. Why did Chief William McIntosh die?

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

5. What did John Ross demand?

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

6. What did the judge John Marshall decide?

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

7. What did Andrew Jackson sign?

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

8. The Dahlonega Gold Rush provided

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

9. What did Worcester v. Georgia declare?

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

10. What was the Trail of Tears?

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

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