Westward Expansion and Technological Advancements

What was the reason for chartering the University of Georgia?

• Make education available to all people, not just the wealthy
• educate GA's slave population
• educate GA's militia
• establish a women's only school

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 grow the economy

• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes

• It administered voting and election districts

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

Which technological development led to an increased demand for slaves in the United States during the early- to mid-1800s? 

• steel plow
• cotton gin
• railroads
• the spinning jenny

Why is the University of Georgia so unique?

• It was the first public school to offer a degree in microbiology.

• It was where Abraham Lincoln went to college

• It was the first American Land Grant University created by the government.

• It allowed Native American Indians to stay in the buildings when President Jackson took their land.

Which is the best statement below that describes the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795?

• The governor of Georgia sold land to the State of Alabama for way below market pricing.

• State legislators were bribed to sell land to land speculators

• The federal government took over land that belonged to the state.

• The federal government passed a law stating that all land owners must sign the Yazoo Land Act Agreement agreeing to grow cotton.

How did technological developments like the cotton gin and railroads impact Georgia's growth?

• Railroads lead to many people leaving Georgia, which had a negative impact on the growth of the state.

• The cotton gin was not a reliable piece of equipment and slowed production down because it was always breaking.

• The technological inventions of the cotton gin and railroads did not impact Georgia's growth at all.

• New technologies meant that more cotton could be produced and shipped faster, which increased Georgia's growth rate.

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Lyman Hall

• Abraham Baldwin

• Eli Whitney

• Elijah Clarke

Why did Georgia's capital move five times between 1780 and 1840?

• the population continued to move westward and the capital needed to be accessible to the people

• the capital needed to be further from the coastline to protect from weather

• the people wanted to capitals to continue to move so they were protected from the indians

• the government kept growing and became to big for its current location

What was the system called where citizens could buy a ticket for a chance to win a plot of land?

• Headright System
• Land Lottery
• Yazoo Land Act
• Indian Removal Act