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

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) the establishment of the railroads in the 1800s
D) Sherman's "march to the sea"

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 fought bravely in a battle with another Native American tribe.
D) He did not look before falling into a Creek.

5. What did John Ross demand?

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

6. What did the judge John Marshall decide?

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

7. What did Andrew Jackson sign?

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

8. The Dahlonega Gold Rush provided

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

9. What did Worcester v. Georgia declare?

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

10. What was the Trail of Tears?

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

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