GMAS Review #2

The first public university in United States history was _______.

• University of Georgia

• Georgia Tech

• University of Wisconsin

• Georgia State University

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

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

• Abraham Baldwin

• Lyman Hall

• William Few

• John Milledge

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.

Prior to being named "Atlanta," the city was known as both "Marthasville" and

• Louisville

• Lumpkin

• Terminus

• Yamacraw Bluff

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

• roulette

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.