Westward Expansion SS8H4 a.b.c

The first public university in United States history was _______.

• University of Georgia

• Georgia Tech

• University of Wisconsin

• Georgia State University

The author of the charter of the first public university in the United States was __________

• Abraham Baldwin
• Lyman Hall
• William Few

All of these cities have been capitals of the state of Georgia but one. Which has NOT been a capital of Georgia?

• Augusta

• Louisville

• Macon

• Milledegville

What Georgia institution was created to guarantee that "all people—not just the wealthy and privileged—have a right to education?"

• Georgia Tech

• Georgia State University

• University of Georgia

• Mercer University

Prior to being named "Atlanta," the city was known as both "Marthasville" and

• Louisville

• Lumpkin

• Terminus

• Yamacraw

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Georgia General Assembly supported the belief that "an educated citizenry is essential to a free government" in the years following the American Revolution?

• The General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of public land for the University of Georgia in Athens in 1785.

• Wesleyan Female College, one of the first women's colleges in the country, was established in Macon in 1839.

• The state opened a penitentiary in 1817, and in 1842 an asylum for the insane was established at Milledgeville.

• Most antebellum era Georgians believed that education was best left to individuals, rather than the government, to provide.

This map shows the cities that have been capitals of Georgia. What trend can be seen when studying the map?

• The location of capitals have shifted westward over time.

• The capitals were moved to be further from invading armies

• The location of capitals have been located next to major bodies water.

• The capitals have all been located in cities with the largest trading centers.

This city, now the county seat of Jefferson County, was Georgia's third capital from 1796-1807.

• Savannah

• Atlanta

• Louisville

• Macon

From 1796 to 1807, the capital of Georgia was "Louisville." Why was the city was named "Louisville"?

• The city was founded by settlers who immigrated from France.

• The area was settled by a large number of people who moved to Georgia from Kentucky.

• It was named in honor of the the King of France who supported the Americans in the Revolution.

• It was named in honor of the immigrant soldiers who helped defend the town during the American Revolution.

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that by the late 1700s, Georgia's population in the west began to outnumber those in the older eastern coastal counties

• In 1796, the state capital was moved from Augusta on Georgia's eastern border to Louisville in central Georgia.

• In 1793, Eli Whitney patented the "cotton gin," which revolutionized agriculture all across the south.

• In the early 1800s a Protestant religious movement called the "Great Revival" swept through the south.