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Georgia Studies Review II
Test Description: GPS - Georgia Studies 8
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1) Established in 1785, Franklin College, a land grant university, was also known as
A
Georgia Southern University
B
Georgia College and State Universty
C
University of North Georgia
D
University of Georgia
2) In a land grant university, who gives the land?
A
Native Americans
B
Governor Lyman Hall
C
The Federal Government
D
The General Assembly
3) The chronological order of the capitals of Georgia was
A
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
B
Sunbury, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
C
Sunbury, Augusta, Lexington, Milledgeville, Atlanta
D
Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta
4) Why was the capital of Georgia moved to Louisville?
A
Georgia wanted to honor King Louis XVI of France.
B
The governor of the state of Georgia was from Louisville.
C
The capital moved as the population moved.
D
Louisville was built to rival Philadelphia, our nation's capital.
5) Under this system, each white male counted as a head of a family and had the right to receive up to 1,000 acres.
A
Georgia Land Rush
B
The Headright System
C
Yazoo Land Fraud
D
Manifest Destiny
6) For a small fee, any white males 21 years or age or older could buy a chance and spin a wheel and win land. This was known as
A
Land Lottery
B
The Headright System
C
Yazoo Land Fraud
D
Manifest Destiny
7) The Yazoo Land Fraud occurred because land companies
A
took land from the Native Americans by force
B
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
C
made illegal treaties with the Native Americans
D
claimed land that had been acquired illegally.
8) Which mode of transportation was developing in Georgia just before the Civil War which was very important to Georgia's war effort and post-war economic development?
A
steamboats
B
automobiles
C
railroads
D
canals
9) The inventor who revolutionized the cotton industry was
A
Eli Whitney
B
Cyrus McCormick
C
Samuel Worchester
D
Abraham Baldwin
10) By 1860, along with the Baptists, this denomination was the largest in Georgia.
A
Baptists
B
African American Methodists
C
Jews
D
Methodists
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