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GPB Ch 9 Quiz

Authored by Adam Alford

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8th Grade

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GPB Ch 9 Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

The Cumberland Gap

The Mississippi River

The Appalachian Mountains

The Northwest Territory

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Savannah

Augusta

Louisville

Milledgeville

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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