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Under the _______ white men could receive up to 1,000 acres of land based on the size of their families and how many slaves they owned.

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Headright System

Front

The controversial law in which Georgia sold land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi to four land companies.

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Yazoo Land Act

Front

In the ___________ white males could pay for a ticket and have the opportunity to win land.

Back

Land Lottery

Front

Which methods did Georgia use to distribute land in the late 1700s and early 1800s? Options: collective bargaining and issuing bonds, speculation and sharecropping, the headright system and the land lottery, the land−use plan and the embargo system

Back

the headright system and the land lottery

Front

Events in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy land from the state were known as __________________.

Back

land lotteries

Front

How many acres of land could the head of the family receive under the headright system?

Back

1000

Front

With which topic was the Yazoo fraud concerned? Options: Indian lands in north Georgia, sale of land in western Georgia territory, ratification of the Constitution in Georgia, creation of a national park on state property

Back

sale of land in western Georgia territory

Front

The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies ______.

Back

bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply

Front

The process first used to distribute lands in Georgia, in which a head of household received land for himself and his family was called the:

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headright system

Front

What was the purpose of the Georgia’s land policies?

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To give away newly gained lands and promote westward expansion