Unit 5 22-23

The University of Georgia was the nation’s first what?

• All female university

• University to integrate black and white students

• State-charted university

• University to have a football team

What was Georgia’s capital during its colonial period?

• Savannah

• Atlanta

• Augusta

• Macon

Why did Georgia’s capital continually move westward?

• Better farmland

• the population was moving westward

• Fewer Native Americans

• The US Government ordered it to

What was the first system of distributing land in Georgia after the American Revolution?

• Land lotteries

• Headright System

• Yazoo Land Act

• Citizens would fight for it

Why was the Headright System abandoned?

• There was too much land to give away

• There were too many claims and not enough land

• They did not want to take Indian land

• It was not abandoned

Who was the inventor of the Cotton Gin?

• Thomas Edison

• George Washington

• Eli Whitney

• James Jackson

In what year was the cotton gin invented?

• 1991

• 1973

• 1807

• 1793

What was the purpose of the cotton gin?

• To remove seeds from cotton lint

• To pick the cotton from the fields

• To bundle the cotton for shipping

• To transport the cotton to Europe

Which of the following was a negative effect of the cotton gin?

• It increased slavery in the South

• It made cotton into a cash crop for the South

• It made picking cotton easier

• It encouraged westward movement as farmers looked for land

What was the initial purpose of railroads in Georgia?

• To travel from place to place

• To transport cotton

• To move Indians to Oklahoma

• To transport soldiers