Westward Expansion PT1

The first public university in United States history was _______.

• University of Georgia

• Georgia Tech

• University of Wisconsin

• Georgia State University

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

• Abraham Baldwin
• Lyman Hall
• William Few

Which acronym places Georgia's state capitals in order from first to last

• S.E.L.M.A

• L.E.S.M.A

• S.A.L.M.A

• S.L.A.M.A.

All of these cities have been capitals of the state of Georgia but one. Which has NOT been a capital of Georgia?

• Augusta

• Louisville

• Macon

• Milledegville

From 1796 to 1807, the capital of Georgia was "Louisville." Why was the city was named "Louisville"?

• The city was founded by settlers who immigrated from France.

• The area was settled by a large number of people who moved to Georgia from Kentucky.

• It was named in honor of the the King of France who supported the Americans in the Revolution.

• It was named in honor of the immigrant soldiers who helped defend the town during the American Revolution.

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 Georgia’s land policies?

• It established a method of counting the population

• To distribute newly gained lands and promote westward expansion

• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes

• It administered voting and election districts

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 the state's new headright system, the head of the house got 200 acres with a cap of _____ acres?

• 1000

• 2500

• 500

• 1200

Why was the land lottery more successful than the headright system?

• More land was distributed to settlers
• It sold all open lands to the government
• it created peace with American Indians
• More settlers moved to the eastern coast.