GPB Ch 9 Quiz

What was the purpose of the first census held in the United States in 1790?

• To count the population in each state

• To determine the number of representatives in Congress

• To track the growth of Georgia's population

• To enforce settlement restrictions west of the Appalachian Mountains

What geographical feature allowed settlers to travel westward into Kentucky and Tennessee?

• The Cumberland Gap

• The Mississippi River

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Northwest Territory

What was the largest land gain to the United States in 1803?

• The creation of Alabama and Mississippi

• The purchase of land west of the Mississippi River

• The division of the Northwest Territory into states

• The expansion of Georgia's boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

What term was coined in 1845 to describe the belief that the United States should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

• Manifest destiny

• Continental nation

• Louisiana Purchase

• Northwest Territory

What was the headright system used for in Georgia?

• Distributing land to settlers

• Creating new states west of the Appalachians

• Encouraging population growth in Georgia

• Resolving the Yazoo Land Fraud controversy

Which city served as Georgia's capital after the American Revolution?

• Savannah

• Augusta

• Louisville

• Milledgeville

What was the purpose of the Western and Atlantic Railroad?

• To connect Georgia's rail system to Alabama

• To transport cotton from Augusta to Savannah

• To provide a direct route from Atlanta to Chattanooga

• To establish a trade center at the Fall Line

What was the name of the city that eventually became Atlanta?

• Terminus

• Marthasville

• Macon

• Chattanooga

What was the purpose of turnpike corporations in Georgia?

• To build and maintain private roads

• To distribute land to settlers

• To establish trade centers along the Fall Line

• To connect Georgia's railroads to other states

What was the main purpose of the Georgia Railroad Company?

• To connect Augusta to Madison, Eatonton, and Athens

• To transport goods from Savannah to Macon

• To build the Western and Atlantic Railroad

• To distribute land through a land lottery