GA Westward Expansion Part 1

Who wrote the charter for the University of Georgia?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Abraham Baldwin

• Button Gwinnett

• Lyman Hall

Which statement BEST describes a "land grant university" such as the University of Georgia?

• Was established as an agricultural college to improve farming

• Was a public university with free tuition to state residents

• Land for the college was donated by the federal government

• Land could not be used for any purpose other than a college

Name this program: For a small fee, white males could enter their names into a drawing for a chance to buy land in GA.

• Headright System

• Yazoo Land Deal

• New Deal

• Land Lottery

Georgia lost land because of . . .

• Headright System

• Proclamation of 1763

• Yazoo Land Deal

• French and Indian War

Which two capitals of Georgia were located along the eastern coast?

• Milledgeville and Augusta

• Augusta and Atlanta

• Savannah and Lousville

• Augusta and Savannah

Why did the capital of Georgia move 5 times?

• It moved west with the population

• It moved because of Malaria

• It moved east with the population

• It moved because of the British

How did the invention of the cotton gin affect Georgia

• It decreased the need for slavery

• It increased cotton production

• It increased tobacco production

• It helped the railroad develop

Why did settlers want the Creek lands?

• Gold

• Factories

• Farmland

• Railroads

During the Revolutionary War, the Creek people sided with . . .

• Great Britain

• The Patriot colonists

In which geographic region were the Creek people located?

• Blue Ridge and Appalachian Plateau

• Barrier Islands and Okefenokee Swamp

• Ridge and Valley

• Piedmont and Coastal Plains