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How did railroads affect Georgia?
a) It moved people and supplies much faster.
b) It made Georgia an incredibly poor state.
c) Trade was reduced across the state.
d) Populations in cities began shrinking.

Which location had more railroads than any other southern state?
a) Georgia
b) North Carolina
c) Alabama
d) Tennessee

Due to the invention of the cotton gin:
a) slavery dramatically increased in Georgia
b) Georgia began to focus on industry
c) southern states slowly began to eliminate slavery
d) Georgia became the richest state in the U.S.

How did the cotton gin affect cotton production?
a) Cotton and its seeds could be separated 50 times faster.
b) Cotton and its seeds could be separated 10 times faster.
c) Cotton and its seeds could be separated 5 times faster.
d) Cotton and its seeds could be separated twice as fast.

After the Yazoo Land Fraud, how much did the U.S. government pay to Georgians?
a) $4,000,000
b) $40,000,000
c) $400,000,000
d) $4,000,000,000

Who invented the cotton gin?
a) Eli Whitney
b) James Wright
c) George Washington Carver
d) James Jackson

As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud:
a) the Creek Indians were removed from Georgia
b) none of the land was ever settled
c) the Georgia General Assembly lost all power
d) the slave trade ended

How did the Yazoo Land Fraud conclude?
a) The U.S. government stopped it.
b) A war with the British ended the deal.
c) The Georgia General Assembly overruled the sale.
d) ####

How did most Georgians react to the Yazoo Land Fraud?
a) They were unhappy with the deal.
b) They were supportive of the state government.
c) They were upset at the treatment of the American Indians.
d) ####

Most of the land sold in the Yazoo Land Fraud was located in:
a) present-day Alabama and Mississippi
b) present-day Florida
c) present-day Tennessee
d) present-day North Carolina and South Carolina

Who gained land during the Yazoo Land Fraud?
a) 4 land companies
b) the British government
c) Loyalists from Georgia
d) the American Indians

Most land distributed through the headright system and land lotteries came from:
a) the American Indians
b) the British
c) the French
d) Spanish settlers

Land lotteries were popular ways for Georgians to:
a) gain more land
b) lose their land
c) explore regions in Florida
d) share lands with the American Indians

Due to the headright system, the head of a household could gain:
a) 200 acres of land
b) 50 acres of land
c) 100 acres of land
d) 500 acres of land

After the American Revolution, land was distributed to Georgians using:
a) the headright system
b) the Articles of Confederation
c) contracts made with American Indians
d) clauses in the Constitution

Terminus, the end of many railroad lines, eventually would be named:
a) Atlanta
b) Savannah
c) Athens
d) Macon

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