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which land policy was between 1783-1803 and gave free land to white heads of families or veterans.
a) land lotteries
b) yazoo act
c) headright system
d) none of the above
section of land distributed to over 100,000 GA'n families through a land policy.
a) headright system
b) yazoo act
c) land lotteries
d) none of the above
speculation companies bough huge tracts of land for cheap and wanted to sell for profit; legislators bribe to support the act; citizens protested fraudulent sales
a) Headright system
b) Yazoo Land Fraud 1795
c) Land lottery
d) none of the above
land granted to Georgians (white male heads of households) through which policy?
a) headright system
b) yazoo act
c) land lottery
d) none of the above
4th capital of Georgia, chosen as population shifted westward, location of capital during the Civil War
a) Augusta
b) Louisville
c) Milledgeville
d) Savannah
Which city's railroad accessibility made it a convenient location to serve as capital to Georgia's growing population?
a) Atlanta
b) Louisville
c) Milledgeville
d) Savannah
Which of the following cities has not been a state capital of Georgia
a) Atlanta
b) Augusta
c) Athens
d) Savannah
UGA was the 1st state chartered school of higher education in the U.S.
a) True
b) False
c) no answer
d) no answer
Which GA institution was created to guarantee that people--not just the wealthy and privileged--have the right to higher education?
a) The University of Georgia
b) Abraham Baldwin College
c) Georgia State University
d) North Georgia College
Which statement is true regarding Abraham Baldwin?
a) founding father of the U.S.
b) wrote the charter for the University of GA
c) was one of Georgia's signers of the U.S. Constitution
d) all of the above
Which land policy resulted in the sale of the land that is mostly now Alabama and Mississippi, to the U.S. government
a) land lotteries
b) yazoo land fraud
c) headright system
d) none of the above
Which one of these persons qualified to participate in GA's land lottery system?
a) white widows
b) black males
c) black orphans
d) American Indian widows
What impact did the cotton gin have on GA's economic growth?
a) led to an increase in towns along GA's river
b) led to an increase in trade with the Creek and Cherokee Indians
c) led to an increase in cotton production which increased need for slave labor
d) none of the above
What is the primary reason that railroads became necessary in GA in the mid 1800s
a) to transport slaves between large plantations
b) to quickly and efficiently transport cotton
c) to avoid using roads because traffic was terrible
d) to transport Confederate soldiers during the war
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