Georgia and Westward Expansion

Why was Louisville the third capital of Georgia?

• It was close to the Chattahoochee River

• It was located near the University of Goergia

• It was near the Florida border

• It was close to most of the state's population

What is the correct chronological order of Georgia's state capitals?  

• Atlanta, Louisville, Augusta, Milledgeville, Savannah 
• Atlanta, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta, Savannah 
• Savannah, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta, Atlanta
• Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta 

As Georgia's population moved west what happened to the state capital?  

• It stayed in the same location 
• It continued to move west
• It moved further south 
• It was relocated to the Chattahoochee River 

According to its charter, why was the University of GA founded?

• Because everyone, regardless of wealth status, deserves an education and we need educated people for a healthy democracy. 
• Because education will help the Creek and Cherokee Tribes assimilate to white culture. 
• Because Georgia was without a University, which all of the other states already had. 
• Because wealthy white men in Georgia wanted a place that only they could go to recieve an education. 

Under what land distribution system in Georgia did each white male received 200 acres of land + 50 acres for each additional family member up to 1000 acres?

• Land Lottery

• Yazoo Land Act

• Headright System

• Treaty of New Echota

What event in Georgia involved the selling of western land to 4 land companies after the governor & members of the General Assembly had been bribed?

• Headright System

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• Treaty of Indian Springs

• Trail of Tears

What land did Georgia lose as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?

• Alabama & Mississippi

• Alabama & South Carolina

• Alabama & Florida

• All western land to the Pacific Ocean

Why were the Land Lotteries and Headright system used?

• To distribute  land that was once owned by Native Americans
• To give away houses to the poor
• To help the newly freed slaves own land
• To give farmland to new platation owners

Which of the following was NOT an impact of the cotton gin?

• It increased the need for more slaves
• The idea of mass production and interchangeable parts was introduced
• It allowed cotton seeds to be separated from the cotton fibers quickly
• It ended slavery in the south

Which task was performed by the cotton gin?

• The gin wove cotton into cloth

• the gin picked cotton from the plants

• the gin separated cotton fibers and seeds

• the gin bailed cotton making it ready to export