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SS8H4

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8th - 11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 12 pts

What was the reason for chartering the University of Georgia?

Make education available to all people, not just the wealthy
educate GA's slave population
educate GA's militia
establish a women's only school

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

What was the purpose of the Georgia’s land policies?

It established a method of counting the population
To give away newly gained lands and promote westward expansion
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
It administered voting and election districts

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?

The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population
 The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.
The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.
They did not need the land because people desired to stay closer to the eastern coast for trade.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies 

bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
took land from the American Indians by force.
made illegal treaties with the Americans Indians.
llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

How were railroads beneficial to Georgia’s businessmen and farmers? 

increased tourism through sightseeing 
offered faster and easier transportation of goods
offered a non-polluting transportation option
made horses unnecessary for travel

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 12 pts

Which technological development led to an increased demand for slaves in the United States during the early- to mid-1800s? 

steel plow
cotton gin
railroads
the spinning jenny

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

William McIntosh, a Creek chief, was murdered by his own people because he 

fell to defeat in a fight with the Georgia militia.
was the cousin of Georgia’s Governor George Troup.
signed a peace treaty with the Cherokee Indians without permission.
signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government.

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