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