Westward Expansion in Georgia

What was the first state-supported university ever chartered in the United States?

• University of North Carolina

• Harvard University

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• University of Georgia

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

• Abraham Baldwin

• Lyman Hall

• William Few

• Button Gwinnett

Which statement correctly describes the reason for the westward movement of Georgia's capitals?

• As Native Americans ceded more land, Georgia's population expanded westward and the capital moved to stay in the center of the population.

• As Native Americans continually attacked the Americans, Georgia's population and capitals moved west in order to avoid war.

• As Oglethorpe and Tomochichi's friendship continued, Tomochichi granted more land to Oglethorpe, and he moved the capital west.

• Georgia ceded its eastern land to the Spanish, forcing the capital to continually move west.

Which of the following was Georgia's first capital?

• Macon
• Milledgeville
• Louisville
• Savannah

Which lists GA's capitals in the correct chronological order?

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

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

Events in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy land from the state were known as __________________.

• headright systems

• land lotteries

• circuit riders

• Yazoo deals

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

• allocation by price

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 promote westward expansion
• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
• It administered voting and election districts

How many acres of land could the head of the family receive under the headright system?

• 1,000

• 500

• 200

• 2000