head right system and land lottery

head right system and land lottery

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Multiple Choice

How much land would the family get?

Family Description

1 White Male 1 Wife 10 children

• 750

• 800

• No land

• 850

Multiple Choice

How much land would the family get?

Family Description

1 White Female 6 Children

• 1000

• 800

• 700

• No land

Poll

Was the headright system fair

• YES

• NO

Open Ended

Who was allowed to participate in the land lottery that was not allowed in the headright system?

Multiple Choice

Who's lands were given away in both methods of land distribution?

• Native Americans

• British

• French

• Spanish

Multiple Choice

A single mother with 5 kids would benefit from which method of land distribution?

• Headright

• Land lottery

Multiple Choice

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

• headright systems

• land lotteries

• circuit riders

• Yazoo deals

Multiple Choice

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

• 1,000

• 500

• 200

• 2000

Multiple Choice

Which land policy is being described below:

°Granted between 200-1000 acres of land

°Plus additional 50 acres for each additional family member

°Head of the Household

°Land grants given to Revolutionary War Veterans/farmers & ranchers

°Encourage growth & expansion in Georgia

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• the Land Lottery

• the Headright System

• the Yazoo Land Sale