SB Quiz

Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?

• Fletcher vs. Peck

• Worchester vs. Georgia

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

The MAIN reason Abraham Baldwin formed the University of Georgia was because he

• knew that this would please Governor Lyman Hall.

• thought educated people were more likely to improve Georgia

• thought it would help him win a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.

• knew that many people in Georgia had to travel far to go to college.

The Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia was a small victory for the Cherokee Nation in Georgia because it

• struck down laws created by the Georgia legislature to seize Cherokee lands.

• ruled that the U.S. government’s Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional

Which president was responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• George Washington

• Donald Trump

• Joe Biden

• Andrew Jackson

William McIntosh was key in the remocal of which group of Indians?

• Creek

• Cherokee

What was William McIntosh's motive when signing the Treaty of Indian Springs?

• He knew the land they were moving to was home to gold and silver deposits.

• He believed it was his people's best chance at avoiding bloodshed with Georgia settlers.

_________ has made his decision now let him enforece it.

-Andrew Jackson

• John Adams

• John Marshall

Which city has NOT been a capital of Georgia?

• Augusta

• Louisville

• Macon

• Milledgeville

Why did a large number of Creek Indians believe that William McIntosh betrayed them?

• He signed a treaty giving away all of the land in Georgia belonging to the Creeks without the agreement of all Creek Nation

• He grew food and sold it for $2.00