Westward Expansion

Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first ____ to enroll in the University of Georgia.

• Married couple

• African-American students

• International students

• Northerners

Atlanta was originally named _______.

• Terminus, due to the railroads

• Milledgeville, after the governor

• None of these

• Louisville, after French King Louis XVI

Under the _______ white men who were heads of households could receive up to 1,000 acres of land based on the size of their families and how many slaves they owned.

• Headright System

• Land Lottery

• Homestead Act

• Yazoo Land Act

The controversial law which was repealed in which Georgia sold land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi to four land companies.

• Yazoo Land Act

• Homestead Act

• Alabama Compromise

• Townsend Act

Which were part of the outcome of the Yazoo Land Fraud?

• Georgia ceded (gave up) what is now Alabama and Mississippi to the U.S. government

• The Georgia Legislature burned the Act in the capital Louisville.

• Georgia was forced to cede (give up) what is now Alabama and Mississippi to the Native American tribes that lived there

• Georgia citizens voted the legislators who had been bribed out of office.

In the ___________ white males and widowed females could pay for a ticket and have the opportunity to win land.

• Land Lottery

• Headright System

• Oklahoma land race

• Homestead Act

What is the correct chronological order of Georgia's Capitals?

• Savannah, August, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

• Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

• Snellville, Athens, Lithonia, Macon, Atlanta

• Savannah, Athens, Macon, Atlanta

"An educated citizenry is essential to a free government."

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the General Assembly supported this belief?

• 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.

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

Which capital is depicted in the photo above

• Atlanta

• Louisville

• Savannah

• Macon

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

• 100 plus more for each number in their household

• 200 plus more for each number in their household

• 300 plus more for each number in their household