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SS8H4 Westward Expansion A-c
Test Description: SS8H4a-c
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Before the Yazoo Land Act, Georgia boundaries included..
A
the areas that would become Florida and South Carolina
B
land that would later become Tennessee
C
the areas that would become Mississippi and Alabama
2) Which is not one of Georgia's land policies?
A
Yazoo Land Act
B
Head of Household System
C
Land Lottery
D
Headright System
3) How did the cotton gin effect slavery?
A
it increased the need for slaves
B
it lessened the workload for slaves
C
it decreased the need for slaves
4) How did the railroads benefit businessmen and farmers in Georgia?
A
it created a faster way to transport cotton to Augusta
B
it created a faster was to transport slaves north
C
it created a faster way to transport people out west
5) What two groups benefited from the Headright system?
A
war veterans and American Indians
B
heads of household and war veterans
C
war veterans and cotton farmers
6) Choose the correct acronym to describe Georgia's capitals (in order)
A
S.A.L.M.A.
B
S.E.L.M.A.
C
L.A.M.A.S.
7) Why did Georgia move its capital five times?
A
to follow the flow of people westward
B
to keep the capital in the center of the population as it moved west
C
to keep the capital west of the population as it moved west
8) Which is NOT a former capital of Georgia?
A
Albany
B
Savannah
C
Augusta
D
Atlanta
9) Who invented the cotton gin?
A
Eli Whinteny
B
Austin Dabney
C
Thomas Edison
D
Elijah Clarke
10) Which is not true about Georgia's land lotteries?
A
gave 200 acres of land to heads of household
B
a white male over 21 or a widow could enter the drawing for land
C
a system that sold 3/4 of Georgia's land to 100,000 families
D
to enter the lottery, a person had to buy a ticket
11) Which has NOT been a capitol city of GA?
A
Atlanta
B
Louisville
C
Millidgeville
D
Monroe
12) The purpose of the cotton gin was
A
To plant cotton more efficiently
B
To make it easier to grow cotton
C
To make it easier to weave cloth
D
To separate the seeds from the cotton
13) In this land policy, each white male over 21 received 200 acres of land
A
Yazoo Land Fraud
B
Land Lottery
C
Yazoo Land Act
D
Headright System
14) What is the correct chronological order of Georgia's state capitals?
A
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
B
Savannah, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta, Atlanta
C
Atlanta, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta, Savannah
D
Atlanta, Louisville, Augusta, Milledgeville, Savannah
15) The sell of western land to 4 land companies after the governor members of the General Assembly had been bribed was called
A
Yazoo Land Fraud
B
Treaty of Indian Springs
C
Trail of Tears
D
Headright System
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