SS8H4 Review

UGA was the first

• private university
• public/land grant college
• SEC school
• school to allow women to attend

Which lists GA's capitals in the correct chronological order?

• Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta
• Savannah, Augusta, Milledgeville, Louisville, Atlanta
• Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Macon, Atlanta
• Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

What impact did the invention of the cotton gin have on Georgia?

• It increased the use of slavery & growth of cotton
• It decreased the use of slavery & growth of cotton
• It increased the use of slavery but decreased the growth of cotton
• It decreased the use of slavery but increased the growth of cotton

Railroads had all of the following impacts on Georgia EXCEPT

• New cities like Atlanta emerged
• Increased markets
• Increased use of slavery
• Most efficient trade & transportation

All of the following were true of the Headright System EXCEPT

• All males could participate
• You got anywhere from 200 to 1000 acres of free land
• Lots were irregularly shaped
• First land distribution method used in GA

All of the following describe the Land Lottery System EXCEPT

• White males, widows, orphans could participate
• First land distribution method used in GA
• Lots were square in shape; size depended on land quality
• Not everyone who participated received land

What illegal activity took place in the Yazoo Land Fraud scandal?

• Perjury
• Murder
• Bribery
• Embezzlement

The Yazoo Land Fraud scandal impacted GA in all of the following ways EXCEPT

• western boundary changes to Chattahoochee River
• U.S. govt pays GA $1.25 million for its western lands
• U.S. govt promises to remove Indians from GA
• GA gains over one million acres of land

Creek chief who was executed by his people for signing a land treaty with Georgia

• Alexander McGillivray
• William McIntosh
• John Ross
• Sequoyah

Cherokee chief who stayed on his homeland and was forcibly removed during the Trail of Tears

• William McIntosh
• John Ross
• Andrew Jackson
• John Marshall