SS8H4b Impact of Land Policies in Georgia

Which methods did Georgia use to distribute land in the late 1700s and early 1800s?

• collective bargaining and issuing bonds

• speculation and sharecropping

• the headright system and the land lottery

• the land−use plan and the embargo system

Events in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy land from the state were known as __________________.

• headright systems

• land lotteries

• circuit riders

• Yazoo deals

How many acres of land could the head of the family receive under the headright system?

• 1,000

• 500

• 200

• 2000

With which topic was the Yazoo fraud concerned?

• Indian lands in north Georgia

• sale of land in western Georgia territory

• ratification of the Constitution in Georgia

• creation of a national park on state property

The Yazoo land fraud occurred because 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

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

• The federal gov’t wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population.

• The state did not have the millions of dollars needed to buy the land from Spain.

• The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.

• The federal gov’t paid millions to settle the land fraud and agreed to remove the Creeks from the state.

The process first used to distribute lands in Georgia, in which a head of household received land for himself and his family was called the:

• headright system

• land lottery

• cession

• allocation by price

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

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Yazoo Land Fraud was one of the most influential factors in the establishment of Georgia's borders?

• As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, Georgia's capital was moved from Louisville to Milledgeville.

• The controversy surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud took years to resolve and eventually involved the U.S. Supreme Court.

• The Dahlonega gold rush of 1829 drew thousands of white settlers into north Georgia and resulted in the loss of Cherokee territory.

• As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, the western boundary of Georgia was moved from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River.

The "Headright" system and the Land Lottery of 1805 were similar in that each

• was a major cause of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the War of 1812.

• contained provisions to preserve Creek and Cherokee ownership of the land.

• was a method used by the state government to distribute public land to settlers.

• required males between the ages of 16 and 60 to work on local roads at least 12 days a year.