Georgia Land Policies and Indian Removal

The first public university in United States history was _______.

• UGA
• Georgia Tech
• UTC

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

• Abraham Baldwin
• Lyman Hall
• William Few

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

 In 1830, it became U.S. policy to seek the removal of all southeastern Indians across the Mississippi as a result of the __________________.

• Treaty of Indian Springs
• Ft. Wilkinson Treaty
• Indian Removal Act

__________________ led the Cherokee faction that wanted to resist further concessions to the U.S. government, ultimately suing the U.S. government in court.

• George Guess
• Andrew Jackson
• John Ross

In the headright system, the head of the house got how many acres? 

• 100
• 200
• 300

Georgia continued to move its capital westward to Louisville, then Milledgeville, and finally Atlanta to

• avoid continued pirate raids on the east coast
• meet federal government requirements
• follow the growing population
• open eastern lands to the American Indians

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

The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies 

• bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
• took land from the American Indians by force.
• made illegal treaties with the Americans Indians.
• llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.

How were railroads beneficial to Georgia’s businessmen and farmers? 

• increased tourism through sightseeing 
• offered faster and easier transportation of goods
• offered a non-polluting transportation option
• made horses unnecessary for travel