Westward Expansion

Which statement best describes the University of Georgia’s founding?

• A. The university was founded by the Baptists to train missionaries.

• A. The university had few financial difficulties in its early years.

• A. The university was the first publicly supported institution of higher learning in the United States.

• The university’s first department was the Agricultural Department.

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

• Louisville was the state's largest city.

• Louisville was more centrally located to the population of the state.

• Louisville was the most important center for trade.

• Louisville played an important role in the American Revolution.

What was the purpose of the Headright system in Georgia?

• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes.

• It established a method of counting the population.

• It administered voting and election districts.

• It distributed Native American lands to new settlers.

What system replaced the Headright system as a way of allocating land?

• Tomahawk Rights

• Land Lottery

• Surveying

• Land Rush

What was one way that Georgia settled the Yazoo Fraud scandal?

• returned land to Native Americans

• Georgia paid the federal government to settle the affair

• Georgia ceded land west of the Chattahoochee to the federal government

• Georgia forced the land companies to return the land

The Yazoo Land Fraud occurred because four land companies

• Claimed land that had been acquired illegally.

• Took land from the Native Americans by force.

• Made illegal treaties with the Native Americans.

• Bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply.

How did the invention of the cotton gin influence the growth of slavery in the South?

• It made it easier for slaves to pick cotton.

• It increased the profits from growing cotton.

• It replenished the soil so that more cotton could be grown.

• It decreased the profitability of growing cotton.

Which mode of transportation was developing in Georgia just before the Civil War and was very important to Georgia's war effort and post-war economic development?

• River Canals

• Railroads

• Highways

• Riverboats

Why was William McIntosh, a Creek Chief, murdered by his own people?

• He signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government.

• He was the cousin of Georgia’s Governor George Troup.

• He was defeated in a fight with the Georgia militia.

• He became a political ally with the Cherokee over time.

How did the Dahlonega Gold Rush impact the Cherokee?

• The General Assembly bought their land for $5 million dollars.

• The Cherokee were given a percentage of all the gold that was mined.

• Cherokee laws were declared null and void.

• The Cherokee learned the English language from miners looking for gold.