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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
University of North Georgia
B
Georgia Southern University
C
Georgia College and State Universty
D
University of Georgia
2) In a land grant university, who gives the land?
A
The General Assembly
B
Native Americans
C
The Federal Government
D
Governor Lyman Hall
3) The chronological order of the capitals of Georgia was
A
Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta
B
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
C
Sunbury, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
D
Sunbury, Augusta, Lexington, Milledgeville, Atlanta
4) Why was the capital of Georgia moved to Louisville?
A
The governor of the state of Georgia was from Louisville.
B
Louisville was built to rival Philadelphia, our nation's capital.
C
Georgia wanted to honor King Louis XVI of France.
D
The capital moved as the population moved.
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
Manifest Destiny
C
Yazoo Land Fraud
D
The Headright System
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
Yazoo Land Fraud
B
The Headright System
C
Manifest Destiny
D
Land Lottery
7) The Yazoo Land Fraud occurred because land companies
A
took land from the Native Americans by force
B
claimed land that had been acquired illegally.
C
made illegal treaties with the Native Americans
D
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
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
railroads
C
canals
D
automobiles
9) The inventor who revolutionized the cotton industry was
A
Eli Whitney
B
Cyrus McCormick
C
Abraham Baldwin
D
Samuel Worchester
10) By 1860, along with the Baptists, this denomination was the largest in Georgia.
A
Methodists
B
African American Methodists
C
Baptists
D
Jews
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