Morril Act of 1862 - provided federal money to colleges identified as “land grant universities” in the U.S. , S.A.L.M.A - captials of Georgia; Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta , Terminus - early name for Atlanta, where two main railroads terminated, was never an official name , University of Georgia - the first state sponsored public university in the U.S., founded in 1785, Creek Native Americans - American Indian tribe that lived in southern Georgia; was removed from the state through treaties in 1820s, Headright System  - land allocation approach that gave the head of the family (male) up to 200 acres of free land in Georgia , Land Lottery  - land allocation that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land for pennies on the dollar , Yazoo Land Fraud  - an event where four land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell them 35 million acres of land for penniers on the dollar (500,000) ; resulted in land loss for Georgia and moving of our western border, Railroad - one of the major technological advances in the 19th century , Cotton Gin - invented by Eli Whitney, a machine to separate cotton seeds from the cotton lint; inadvertently caused an increase in slavery in the South , William McIntosh - Creek chief who illegally signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs; was murdered by his fellow tribesman for his betrayal , Treaties of Indian Springs  - An treaty signed by leaders of the Creek Indians and the United States that forced the Creek Nation to cede all of its lands in Georgia , Cherokee Native Americans - Native American tribe that lived in northwestern Georgia; forcefully removed from Georgia in 1830s, Dahlonega Gold Rush - Site of America’s first gold rush in 1828; discovery of gold in the area was a factor in the Cherokee removal , John Marshall - Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee in the Worcester vs. Georgia case; President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Supreme Court's ruling, John Ross - Principal Chief of the Cherokee Native Americans who tried to use legal means to fight against removal , Trail of Tears  - final removal of Cherokee from Georgia in 1838; over 4000 people died as they marched from Georgia to Oklahoma , Worcester v. Georgia  - 1832- landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to U.S. laws. Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the decision and the Cherokee were removed.  ,

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