Georgia's Westward Expansion 2

What served as the western boundary for the land that was given away during the Headright System?

• Mississippi River

• Chattahoochee River

• Oconee River

• Savannah River

What three requirements needed to be fulfilled to be eligible to receive land under the Headright System?

• 21, Female, White

• 21, Male, Black

• 21, Any Gender, White

• 21, Male, White

Someone considered the "head" of a household could receive how many acres of land?

• 50

• 500

• 2000

• 200

Under the Headright System, what was the maximum amount of land that a person could receive?

• 50

• 500

• 1000

• 200

Why did the Headright System end?

• Not enough people for the land

• Federal Government put a stop to the process.

• To many claimants, not enough land to offer

• Land companies bought all of the available land.

The Headright System was eventually replaced by what?

• Yazoo Land Act(Fraud)

• Land Lotteries

• Proclamation of 1763

• Charter of 1732

Prior to the Yazoo Land Fraud, what was the western border of Georgia?

• Chattahoochee River

• Oconee River

• Altamaha River

• Mississippi River

How many land companies were authorized to buy Georgia land west of the Chattahoochee River?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What two U.S. states were created from the Yazoo Land Fraud?

• Mississippi and South Carolina

• South Carolina and Alabama

• Alabama and Louisiana

• Mississippi and Alabama

Why was the Yazoo Land Act considered a fraud?

• Citizens of Georgia were able to bribe legislators for land.

• The federal government unjustly took land from Georgia.

• 4 land companies bribed the legislators and governor of Georgia to buy the land at a very cheap price.

• The federal government bribed the general assembly of Georgia to buy the land at a very cheap price.