Unit 5 Quiz 2

What is unique about the University of Georgia?

• The first land grant university in the United States

• The first university in the United States

• Greatest university in the United States

• The largest university in the United States

What caused Georgia to move it's capital so many times during early statehood?

• Due to the changing transportation patterns in the state.

• Due to the changing geographic center of the state.

• Due to the changing population center of the state.

• Due to the changing political influences of the state.

What are the five capitals of Georgia

• Savannah

  Augusta

  Louisville

  Milledgeville

  Atlanta

• Savannah

  Columbus

  Athens

  Atlanta

  Valdosta

• Savannah

  August

  Macon

  Columbus

  Atlanta

• Augusta

  Columbus

  Macon

  Atlanta

  Savannah

What system of land distribution gave 200 acres of land to heads of households?

• Headright system

• Land Lottery system

• Yazoo system

• Cherokee system

Where did the Yazoo Land Fraud move the western boundary of Georgia?

• Oconee River

• Chattahoochee River

• Mississippi River

• Pacific Ocean

What was the Yazoo Land Fraud

• Land companies sold land they did not own to individuals

• Land companies bought land from the Georgia government through bribery

• Creeks who stole land from white settlers

• Georgia legislators who bought land for themselves

Which of the following terms are correctly matched with their definition?

• Red Sticks-group of Creek Native Americans who wanted to fight in order to gain back their land.

• White Sticks-group of Creek Native Americans who wanted peace instead of the Creek War.

• Green Sticks- group of Creek Native Americans who wanted to use only recyclable resources during the Creek War.

• Purple Sticks- group of Creek Native Americans who used biological weapons during the Creek War.

What Creek Chief gave away the remaining Creek land?

• Alexander McGillivray

• William McIntosh

• Tecumseh

• John Ross

The land lottery replaced which land distribution system?

• Headright system

• Yazoo system

• Barter system

• Free system

Which of the following were differences between the headright system and the land lottery system?

• The land lottery required people to pay a fee, the headright system did not.

• The land lottery required participants to have Native American relatives, the headright system did not.

• The land lottery gave away land that once belonged to Native Americans, the headright system did not.

• Some people who participated in the land lottery system did not receive any land, all participants in the headright system received land.