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 decreased the need for slaves because the state had less rice plantations
C) It led to the state's increased dependence on trade as Georgia imported most of their supply of cotton from other states and overseas
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) conflicts between Georgian's and Native Americans
B) the Yazoo Land Fraud
C) Sherman's "march to the sea"
D) the establishment of the railroads in the 1800s

3. Who was William McIntosh?

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

4. Why did Chief William McIntosh die?

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

5. What did John Ross demand?

A) The U.S. to give back all lands taken.
B) The U.S. to leave the New World.
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 remain in Georgia.
B) All American Cherokee Natives could not 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 Holiday act
B) The Indian protection act
C) The Indian relocation act
D) The Indian removal act

8. The Dahlonega Gold Rush provided

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

9. What did Worcester v. Georgia declare?

A) Cherokee Nation was sovereign (free nation)
B) Cherokee Nation had to start the Trail of Tears
C) Cherokee Nation had to leave Georgia
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) The forced removal of American Indians
C) A trail in which many clothes were torn
D) A trail in which one could track the movements of the American Indians

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