Georgia's Westward Expansion

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason settlers moved west into the Backcountry of Georgia?

• To find gold

• To escape taxes

• To receive free land and build farms

• To join American Indians

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes the relationship between settlers and American Indians during this time

• They were often hostile and they fought

• They worked together to create towns and villages

• It increased trade between the Indians and settlers

• Discovery of new rivers

Multiple Choice

Why did Georgia want to create a 'buffer' between the coastal areas and American Indian populations?

• To protect settlers from hurricanes

• To increase trade with American Indians

• To reduce the threat of hostile encounters by American Indians

• To find new sources of water

Multiple Choice

Which river gave its name to the act that allowed four land companies to buy most of Georgia's western land in 1795?

• Mississippi River

• Savannah River

• Yazoo River

• Chattahoochee River

Multiple Choice

In what year did Georgia sign the Yazoo Act into law, and what did this act allow?

• 1789; it allowed the establishment of a state bank.
• 1795; it allowed the sale of land in the Yazoo River area to private companies.
• 1776; it authorized the creation of military forts along the coast.
• 1801; it permitted the construction of railroads in Georgia.

Multiple Choice

What illegal action did the land companies take to secure land under the Yazoo Act of 1795?

• They bribed the General Assembly.

• They paid fair market value for the land.

• They negotiated directly with the federal government.

• They refused to pay any money.

​Yazoo Land Fraud

Multiple Choice

Why did Senator James Jackson negotiated a deal to cede the land west of the Chattahooche River to the United States for $1,250,000.

• To establish a new military base in the region.
• To create a national park for conservation efforts.
• it was a way to resolve the Yazoo Land Fraud by having the federal government assume Georgia's debt for the corruptly sold land and pay Georgia $1.25 million.

• To prevent foreign invasion of the territory.

Multiple Choice

What happened to the land that Georgia ceded to the Federal Government after the Yazoo land deal?

• It became the Territories of Mississippi and Alabama.

• It was returned to Georgia.

• It was sold to Spain.

• It remained unclaimed.

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about Georgia's land lotteries are correct?

• They were held between 1805 and 1833

• They gave land to average Georgians at cheap prices

• They only benefited wealthy landowners

• They distributed 3/4 of Georgia's land to families

Multiple Choice

Why did tobacco stop being the number one crop in Georgia around 1800?

• It was banned by the government

• It became too expensive to grow

• It began to damage the soil from overplanting

• Farmers switched to cotton

Multiple Choice

What was an unintended outcome of the invention of the cotton gin?

• Increased availability of cotton for all farmers.
• Increased demand for slave labor.
• Improved working conditions for slaves.
• Decrease in cotton production costs.

Multiple Choice

The invention of the _________ and expansion of ____________were very influential in the development of Georgia

• steam engine; textile mills
• cotton gin; railroads

• telephone; railroads
• plow; wheat farms

Match

Match the vocabulary word to the definition

• Yazoo Act (1795)

• Land lotteries (georgia)

• Headright System

• Cotton Gin

• Railroads

Land was purchased by four companies

Gave away 3/4 of land to settlers

Granted land to the head of families

A machine that removed seeds quickly

Infrastructure that facilitated transportation and trade

• Land was purchased by four companies

• Gave away 3/4 of land to settlers

• Granted land to the head of families

• A machine that removed seeds quickly

• Infrastructure that facilitated transportation and trade

Multiple Choice

Who could participate in the Land Lottery?

• War Veterans and widows
• heads of households with kids and white males
• All of answers given

Multiple Choice

How was the Yazoo Land Act a fraud/illegal?

• The sale was ruled constitutional

• The land was sold to the wrong people

• Government officials accepted bribes for selling the land so cheap

• Settlers refused to live on the land