SS8H4a Educating Georgia and Shifting Capitals

Which Georgia politician signed of the US Constitution, wrote the charter establishing the University of Georgia, and served as its first president is illustrated in this picture?

• William Few

• Abraham Baldwin

• Button Gwinnett

• Lyman Hall

How did this first University of Georgia president (and founder) view higher education?

• He believed that only the wealthy elite should be able to attend higher education and pay accordingly.

• He believed that higher education was necessary for elected officials so they could properly govern the masses.

• He believed that higher education should be available to all and was necessary to have a free government.

• He believed that only the poorer class should be able to attend higher education and it should be provided free.

The charter asserted that an educated citizenry is essential to a free government, that government has a responsibility to see that its citizens receive an education, and that all people—not just the wealthy and privileged—have a right to education.

--Larry B. Dendy, The New Georgia Encyclopedia, 2009

What Georgia institution was created to guarantee that "all people—not just the wealthy and privileged—have a right to education?"

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• Georgia State University

• University of West Georgia

• University of Georgia

Which offers the BEST explanation for Georgia's relocation of its capital from Augusta to Louisville in 1796?

• Augusta had been destroyed from attacks by the Creek Indians.

• Louisville was more convenient as a transportation center because it was a railroad hub.

• The General Assembly wanted to move the capital as far away from Spanish-controlled Florida as possible.

• The capital needed to be more centrally located within the population of the state.

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that Georgia's population expanded in a westward direction following the American Revolution?

• In 1733, the capital of Georgia was Savannah; by 1807 the state's capital was Milledgeville.

• By 1840, whites made up 51% of Georgia's population, and slaves accounted for 41% of the total.

• In 1790, the United States held its first census to compile an accurate count of the nation's population.

• The few navigable waterways in Georgia generally ran north to south; to get products to riverside docks and move east to west, overland transportation was needed.

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Georgia General Assembly supported the belief that "an educated citizenry is essential to a free government" in the years following the American Revolution?

• Wesleyan Female College, one of the first women's colleges in the country, was established in Macon in 1839.

• The General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of public land for the University of Georgia in Athens in 1785.

• The state opened a penitentiary in 1817, and in 1842 an asylum for the insane was established at Milledgeville.

• Most antebellum era Georgians believed that education was best left to individuals, rather than the government, to provide.

From 1796 to 1807, the capital of Georgia was "Louisville." Why was the city was named "Louisville"?

• The city was founded by settlers who immigrated from France.

• The area was settled by a large number of people who moved to Georgia from Kentucky.

• It was named in honor of the the King of France who supported the Americans in the Revolution.

• It was named in honor of the immigrant soldiers who helped defend the town during the American Revolution.

All of these cities have been capitals of the state of Georgia but one. Which has NOT been a capital of Georgia?

• Macon

• Louisville

• Savannah

• Milledgeville

Each of the following cities served as the capital of Georgia at one point in our history. Arrange the cities in the correct chronological order.

• Milledgeville

• Savannah

• Louisville

• Augusta

• Atlanta

Which of the following statements about the University of Georgia is accurate?

• It is the oldest private university in the American South.

• It was created with a charter from the Second Continental Congress.

• It was founded in Savannah to educate the children of wealthy merchants.

• It was the first university in the United States to be established by a state government.