SS8H4 Westward Expansion A-c Question Preview (ID: 54156)


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Which is not true about Georgia's land lotteries?
a) a white male over 21 or a widow could enter the drawing for land
b) gave 200 acres of land to heads of household
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

Who invented the cotton gin?
a) Austin Dabney
b) Eli Whinteny
c) Thomas Edison
d) Elijah Clarke

What two groups benefited from the Headright system?
a) war veterans and cotton farmers
b) heads of household and war veterans
c) war veterans and American Indians
d)

Choose the correct acronym to describe Georgia's capitals (in order)
a) S.E.L.M.A.
b) L.A.M.A.S.
c) S.A.L.M.A.
d)

Why did Georgia move its capital five times?
a) to keep the capital west of the population as it moved west
b) to keep the capital in the center of the population as it moved west
c) to follow the flow of people westward
d)

Which is NOT a former capital of Georgia?
a) Atlanta
b) Savannah
c) Albany
d) Augusta

How did the railroads benefit businessmen and farmers in Georgia?
a) it created a faster way to transport people out west
b) it created a faster way to transport cotton to Augusta
c) it created a faster was to transport slaves north
d)

Before the Yazoo Land Act, Georgia boundaries included..
a) the areas that would become Mississippi and Alabama
b) land that would later become Tennessee
c) the areas that would become Florida and South Carolina
d)

Which is not one of Georgia's land policies?
a) Yazoo Land Act
b) Headright System
c) Land Lottery
d) Head of Household System

How did the cotton gin effect slavery?
a) it increased the need for slaves
b) it decreased the need for slaves
c) it lessened the workload for slaves
d)

Which has NOT been a capitol city of GA?
a) Louisville
b) Monroe
c) Atlanta
d) Millidgeville

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

In this land policy, each white male over 21 received 200 acres of land
a) Headright System
b) Land Lottery
c) Yazoo Land Act
d) Yazoo Land Fraud

What is the correct chronological order of Georgia's state capitals?
a) Atlanta, Louisville, Augusta, Milledgeville, Savannah
b) Atlanta, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta, Savannah
c) Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
d) Savannah, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta, Atlanta

The sell of western land to 4 land companies after the governor members of the General Assembly had been bribed was called
a) Headright System
b) Yazoo Land Fraud
c) Treaty of Indian Springs
d) Trail of Tears

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