Westward Expansion/Indian Removal

Why was the University of Georgia a revolutionary idea in 1785?

• college was not necessary then

• it was the first state-supported school in the US and was founded to provide affordable education to Georgians

In what year did the University of Georgia finally open its doors?

• 1785

• 1799

• 1850

• 1801

What was Georgia's FIRST capital city?

• Savannah

• Augusta

• Lousiville

• Milledgeville

What was Georgia's SECOND capital city?

• Savannah

• Augusta

• Louisville

• Milledgeville

What was Georgia's THIRD capital city (that also sadly experienced a malaria outbreak)?

• Milledgeville

• Augusta

• Louisville

• Atlanta

What was Georgia's FOURTH capital city (before moving the capital to ATL)?

• Milledgeville

• Augusta

• Lousiville

• Marthasville

Georgia's current capital is Atlanta. Why was Atlanta a good location for a capital city in the 1800's?

• it was good farmland

• it is the geographic center of the state

• it was a transportation hub for the railroad due to its location just south of the Appalachian Mountains

• the weather was great

Why did Georgia's capital keep moving?

• the state population kept moving westward and citizens wanted a central location for their capital

• disease kept moving the location of the capital

• overpopulation caused citizens to want to move to a new city every so often

After the American Revolution, what was Georgia's first plan for land distribution?

• The Headright System

• Yazoo Land System

• Land Lotteries

When Georgia legislators were bribed to sell land at cheap prices (and eventually the US government had to get involved to settle it), we called this the ________________.

• Headright System

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• Land Lottery