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Westward Expansion

Authored by James Davenport

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Choose the best answer to each question about the University of Georgia.

After the Revolutionary War

What "revolutionary idea was the University of Georgia founded on?

All people have a right to an education

What was unique about the University of Georgia

it was America's first public university

When the University of Georgia established

2.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the cities in order they served as Georgia's capital.

5th

Louisville

4th

Milledgeville

2nd

Savannah

3rd

Augusta

1st

Atlanta

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Georgia's capital was moved four times after the American Revolution. What was the main factor that influenced the movement of Georgia's capital?

Changes in transportation

The changing population moving west.

Changing agricultural practices

The changing geographic center of the state

4.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Headright System

settlers selected the land they wanted

What is the lasting result of Georgi's headright system can still be seen in Georgia?

The land is divided into uneven shapes

Who determined what land people received under Georgi's headright system

to distribute land to white settlers

Headright system policies were structured to ________ immigration

encouraged

What was the main function of Georgia's headright system?

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were citizens upset about in the Yazoo Land Fraud?

Legislators kept most of the land for themselves

Law makers made deals to benefit themselves instead of the people

Legislators would not deal with land speculators

Lawmakers made deals to benefit the U.S. government

6.

MATCH QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Place the events in the correct order to complete the timeline.

1st

Georgia established its headright system

3rd

Georgia established the land lottery system

2nd

Speculators bribe investigators in the Yazoo Land Fraud

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What impact did the development of railroads have on Georgia’s growth?

Railroads brought in cotton from competing markets, hurting Georgia’s growth.

Railroads were not built in the South, causing other areas to grow, but not Georgia

Railroads provided transportation to Northern cities, causing Georgia’s growth to slow.

Railroads helped move Georgia cotton to seaports and markets in Europe and the North, helping Georgia grow.

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