Georgia History (SS8H4)

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

• collective bargaining and issuing bonds

• speculation and sharecropping

• headright system and land lotteries

• land-use plan and embargo system

Name the corrupt system in which government officials were bribed to sell Georgia land cheaply, which was then resold for a large profit.

• Land Lottery

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• Equal Oppritunity Housing Authority

• Homeowner Association

In 1805, Georgia's lottery system was developed to distribute western land. Identify the most correct description of this system.

• Heads of household received 160 acres plus 50 more for each family member

• Land was divided into lots and given to whoever claimed a lot first.

• officials sold the land in parcels to investors, who resold it to citizens.

• The description of a parcel of land was drawn from one barrel and the name of the citizen who would receive the land was drawn from another barrel

Why did Georgia invest heavily in railroads before the Civil War?

• Transport slaves

• Prepare for war

• attract Northern industry

• transport agricultural products

What was an unintended result of the success of King Cotton in the South.

• slavery decreased

• slavery increased

• stock market crashed

• economy went into recession

How did the development of the cotton gin influence Georgia's economy?

• Planting cotton became quicker, causing and increase in farm workers' wages.

• cotton mills became more efficient, helping the South to industrialize.

• Cotton could be processed faster, causing more cotton to be planted.

• The quality of farmed cotton improved, thereby raising its market price.

What transportation advantage led to Atlanta becoming Georgia's fifth capital city?

• canals

• highways

• railroad terminal

• airport

As Georgia's population continued to grow in the last decades of the 18th century, why was the capital moved from Savannah to Augusta then Louisville?

• Most growth was taking place in the backcountry, not on the coast.

• Savannah had become corrupt and overcrowded.

• The coast was too vulnerable to attack by pirates.

• Many people had purchased inland lots and wanted their property values to rise.

Which answer BEST describes the practice of land speculation?

• Reducing land tract to the smallest size possible for widespread distribution.

• bribing government officials for first access to purchase available land.

• pressuring land grabs from Native Americans groups through treaties and deals.

• Buying land at a low price, waiting until the price rises, then selling it for profit.

In the early 19th century, new trade centers were built along Georgia's Fall Line, Which was NOT one if those new centers?

• Milledgeville on the Oconee River

• Macon on the Ocmulgee River

• Atlanta on the Savannah River

• Columbus on the Chattahoochee