Westward Expansion TOTD 2

Which "land policy" in 1795 sold most of present day Alabama and Mississippi to four land companies for only $500,000?

• Land Lotteries

• Treaty of Indian Springs

• Yazoo Land Act

• Headright System

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Which two Georgia politicians were most responsible for the bribes being distributed in order to pass the Yazoo Land Act?

• Gov. Zell Miller and US Senator Sam Nunn

• Gov. George Mathews and US Senator James Gunn

• Gov. Brian Kemp and US Senator Rafael Warnock

• Gov. Lester Maddox and US Senator Herman Talmadge

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Which "land policy" was used from 1805-1833 to distribute land to Georgians? Interested Georgians could purchase a ticket and their tickets would be drawn from a barrel to see if they had won land.

• Headright System

• Land Lottery

• Yazoo Land Act

• Indian Removal Drawing

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In the early land lotteries, how much did Georgians pay for the land per acre?

• 4 cents

• 7 cents

• 25 cents

• $1

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Which land policy said that white men over the age of 21 had the right to be given 200 acres and even more land if they owned slaves?

• Yazoo Land Act

• Land Lottery

• Headright system

• Indian Removal Act

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