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| What was George Gist’s ( Sequoyah) major contribution to the Cherokee culture? | He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language. |
| This chief justice of the United States Supreme Court wrote in a supreme court decision that the Cherokee were a “domestic dependent nation” of the United States. | John Marshall |
| A flood of prospectors began moving into Cherokee land when this was discovered in Dahlonega in 1829. | gold |
| This general led U.S. troops against the Creek Indians. Eventually, the Creeks were forced to hand over 23 million acres to settlers in defeat. | Andrew Jackson |
| The first Native American newspaper was the | Cherokee Phoenix. |
| The permanent Cherokee capital was located | New Echota, Georgia. |
| This Creek leader helped the Creek Nation create a police force, establish written laws, and create a National Assembly. | William McIntosh |
| Who participated in the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded the last Creek lands in Georgia? | Governor George Troup and Chief McIntosh |
| Andrew Jackson is known for the following actions: | Running for President on the platform of moving Native Americans to Indian Territory in the West. |
| Andrew Jackson is known for the following actions: | Winning victories over the Creek Indians which lead to the Creek Nation handing over 23 million acres to white settlers. |
| Andrew Jackson is known for the following actions: | Choosing to ignore the Supreme Court Ruling that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation, which should be allowed to rule itself. |
| What discovery led to the final Indian removal from Georgia? | The discovery of gold in Dahlonega |
| This Creek Leader worked to centralize power within Creek society and to protect Creek lands more effectively. | Alexander McGilvray |
| What nickname was given to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia? | The Trail of Tears |
| he Supreme Court Ruling in Worcester v. Georgia | The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation that should be allowed to rule itself. |
| true about the Supreme Court Ruling in Worcester v. Georgia | Georgia and President Jackson chose to ignore the ruling and continued to pressure the Cherokee to move west. |
| true about the Supreme Court Ruling in Worcester v. Georgia | That the Cherokee Nation should have federal protection from other states’ laws. |
| This Cherokee leader created a syllabary, a writing system that allowed the Native American tribe to read, write, record laws, and publish newspapers. | George Gist |
| What legislation allowed Georgia to push the Creek and the Cherokee out of the state and to seize their lands? | The Indian Removal Act of 1830 |
| Alexander McGillivray represented the Creek Nation throughout the | Revolutionary war |
| In 1830 what requirement did the Georgia legislature set on whites who lived on Cherokee lands? | They had to take an oath of allegiance to the governor of the state. |
| This Creek leader was bribed by Georgia agents into signing a treaty that gave away all of the Creek land in Georgia. He was executed for this action. | William McIntosh |
| Georgia’s settlers wanted the Cherokee Indians moved to the western territories because they wanted the Indians’ ____________________ and ____________________. | land, gold |
| The forced removal of the Cherokees from Georgia to the western territories, resulting in the deaths of thousands of native Cherokees, was known as the ____________________. | trial of Tears |
| The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Georgia’s courts did not have jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation and lands in the state was ____________________. | John Marshall |
| Editor of the first Indian newspaper, The Cherokee Phoenix | Elias Boudinot |
| Developed a syllabary, the Cherokee’s written language alphabet | Sequoyah |
| Signed the Treaty of New York giving up Creek lands east of the Oconee River | Chief Alexander McGillivray |
| Creek chief assigned the task of executing Chief McIntosh | Chief Menawa |
| Signed the Treaty of Indian Springs giving the last Creek lands to the United States government | Chief William McIntosh |
