Unit 6: Westward Expansion-Part 2

Unit 6: Westward Expansion-Part 2 - Quiz

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 in importance as more textile mills opened
D) It decreased the need for slaves because the state had less rice plantations

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) conflicts between Georgian's and Native Americans
D) Sherman's "march to the sea"

3. Who was William McIntosh?

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

4. Why did Chief William McIntosh die?

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

5. What did John Ross demand?

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

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) Chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla ice cream.
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 Holiday act
C) The Indian removal act
D) The Indian relocation act

8. The Dahlonega Gold Rush provided

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

9. What did Worcester v. Georgia declare?

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

10. What was the Trail of Tears?

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

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