Westward Expansion

What is one way in which the University of GA is unique among American universities?

• First university established in America
• First private university constructed in America
• First American  university founded as a coed institution
• First American university created by a state government

From colonial era until Reconstruction the capital of GA was moved many times in response to what factor?

• changing political influences in the state
• changing population center of the state
• changing geographic center of the state
• changing transportation patterns in the state

What city served as GA's third state capital from 1796-1807 following Savannah and Augusta?

• Macon
• Atlanta
• Louisville
• Milledgeville

By 1860, the two largest church denominations in GA were

• Baptist and Jewish
• Methodist and Baptist
• Episcopal and Catholic
• Episcopal and Methodist

Which church sent circuit riders to frontier settlements to provide monthly services?

• Baptist
• Catholic
• Episcopal
• Methodist

Which was the main way that GA attempted to increase the population in the western part of the state in the early 1800s?

• state allowed immigration with no restrictions
• state increased the size of the land grants
• cash bonus paid to new settlers
• lottery was established to give away land

What was the purpose of the headright system?

• distributed Indian lands to new settlers
• administered voting and election districts
• established a method of counting the population
• ensure peaceful relations with Native Americans

GA's policy of giving land to citizens through lotteries was meant to

• open the land to yeoman farmers
• encourage the development of large cities
• introduce new crops and farming methods
• ensure peaceful relations with Native Americans

Which statement best describes the controversy surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795?

• Governor of GA deeded land to Native Americans
• State legislators were bribed to sell land to land speculators
• Federal gov't took over land that belonged to the state
• Land speculators sold marshland to unsuspecting buyers

Why did GA give up land claims in present-day Mississippi and Alabama?

• Federal gov't wanted to set land aside for Indian population
• State did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase land from Spain
• Federal gov't agree to settle the Yazoo land fraud and remove the Creek and Cherokee from GA
• State could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies