Georgia Studies U5 - Georgia Grows & Westward Expansion

The University of Georgia was the first _____.

• free college in the United States.

• state sponsored university in the United States.

• university with a sports team in the United States.

• college for women and men in the United States.

Who believed that educated citizens were necessary for free government and that the government should make education available for everyone (not just the wealthy) as well as wrote the charter for UGA and was the first president of the University?

• Lyman Hall

• Button Gwinnett

• Eli Whitney

• Abraham Baldwin

What was invented in Georgia during the 1790's that quickly changed the state's agricultural landscape and led Georgia to develop an economy based on farming?

• the lightbulb

• the cotton gin

• the steam engine

• the spinning jenny

Even though the cotton gin helped farmers to produce cotton more efficiently, it unfortunately led to an increase in _____.

• farmers

• slavery

• crime

• land sales

The cotton gin was used to _____.

• pick cotton

• plant cotton

• turn cotton fiber into thread

• separate the seeds from the cotton fiber

Atlanta was the first land-locked city in Georgia to grow and prosper as a major manufacturing and population center. What form of transportation was developing in Georgia in the early 1800s, which was very important to Georgia’s economic development?

• railroads

• toll roads

• stagecoaches

• steam ships

Atlanta was at one time called Terminus because _____.

• a majority of the railroads went through the city

• the railroad line ended there at one time

• no major railroads went through the city

• all the slave auctions were there

The capital of Georgia was moved many times in response to what factor?

• The changing transportation patterns in the state.

• The changing geographic center of the state.

• The changing population center of the state.

• The changing political influences of the state.

List the capitals of Georgia in order from FIRST to CURRENT.

• Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta

• Savannah, Louisville, Augusta, Milledgeville, Atlanta

• Savannah, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta, Atlanta

• Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

Why was the capital of Georgia moved from Louisville to Milledgeville?

• Milledgeville built a new, state-of-the-art building for government offices.

• Western expansion and a malaria outbreak.

• Milledgeville was closer to Savannah.

• The governor was from Milledgeville and wanted to be closer to his family.