Westward Expansion TOTD 2
Authored by Ansel Whatley
Social Studies
8th Grade
SS8H4 covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 20 pts
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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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 20 pts
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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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 20 pts
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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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 20 pts
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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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 20 pts
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
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Indian Removal Act
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