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 decreased in importance as more textile mills opened
C) It decreased the need for slaves because the state had less rice plantations
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) the establishment of the railroads in the 1800s
B) Sherman's "march to the sea"
C) the Yazoo Land Fraud
D) conflicts between Georgian's and Native Americans

3. Who was William McIntosh?

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

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 did not look before falling into a Creek.
D) He was very old, as Chiefs are.

5. What did John Ross demand?

A) The U.S to honor treaties and protect all Native Americans.
B) The U.S. to give back all lands taken.
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) All American Cherokee Natives could remain in Georgia.
B) Chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla ice cream.
C) That Georgia law did not apply to the American Cherokee Natives.
D) All American Cherokee Natives could not remain in Georgia.

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) gold to white settlers.
C) gold and land to white settlers.
D) land to white settlers.

9. What did Worcester v. Georgia declare?

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

10. What was the Trail of Tears?

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

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