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Georgia Studies-Final (part 2)-2017

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What describes a "land grant university" such as the University of Georgia?

The college was a public university with free tuition to state residents
The college was established as an agricultural college to improve farming
the land for the college was donated by the government

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why was Louisville chosen as Georgia's capital in 1786?

Louisville was the state's largest city
Louisville was most centrally located 
Louisville was an important center of trade

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the head right system in Georgia?

It distributed Indian lands to new settlers
It administered voting and election districts
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Land east of the Oconee River was given away by the 

Land lottery system
Yazoo Land Fraud
Head right system

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What best describes the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795?

The governor of Georgia deeded land to Native Americans
State legislators were bribed to sell land to land speculators
Land west of the Oconee River remained with the Native Americans

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What system gave away the land west of the Oconee River?

Yazoo Land Fraud
Head right system
Land lottery system

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What invention was created by Eli Whitney and was a major technological advancement during the westward expansion in Georgia?

mechanical reaper
Cotton gin
Corn harvester

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