Georgia - Westward Expansion Test Review

What was the conflict of interest for lawmakers during the Yazoo Land Fraud?

• Lawmakers wanted to live on the cheap land that the companies were giving away.

• Lawmakers owned stocks in the land company and benefitted by selling the land (bought land cheap and sold it expensive).

• Lawmakers wanted Georgia to grow and develop because of the land deals.

• Lawmakers were not legally allowed to create laws dealing with land.

What was the purpose of the Headright system and Land lottery in Georgia?

• Encouraged growth and settlement (expansion) in unsettled parts of the state of Georgia.

• Encouraged Lawmakers to buy land cheap and sell it expensive to the citizens of Georgia

• Encouraged Georgia residents to move out of the state of Georgia

• Encouraged growth in south Georgia and Florida

Which is the proper order of Georgia's capital cities (from oldest to current)?

• Savannah, Milledgeville, Louisville, Atlanta, Augusta

• Atlanta, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta, Savannah

• Savannah, Albany, Louisville, Macon, Augusta

• Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta

Which US President fought for the removal of Native Americans from their lands due to their actions towards the United States during wars with European powers?

• Henry Clay

• Lyman Hall

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Andrew Jackson

___________________________________ was the forced removal of over 4000 Cherokee Indians to a isolated territory in Oklahoma by the US Army.

• The Last Ride

• The Trail of Tears

• The Long March

• The Great Passage

What was found in the mountains of North Georgia in 1828 that lead to a rush of citizens moving to settle on the Cherokee land?

• Gold

• Steel

• Vibranium

• Quartz

Who was Creek Chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs and was then executed by his own people for his actions?

• Chief Yamacraw

• Andrew Jackson

• Alexander McGillivray

• William McIntosh

Which land allocation policy in Georgia gave the average citizen the chance to receive land but simply purchasing a ticket to be submitted into a random drawing? This policy gave 3/4 of Georgia's land to over 100,000 families.

• Yazoo Land Act

• Georgia Land Lotteries

• Headright System

• Rural Free Delivery Act

What made the Yazoo Land Act a controversial piece of Georgia History?

• It sold much of the American land to the Spanish after the French and Indian War.

• Thousands of families lost their homes due to the purchase of the Carolinas.

• Land companies had bribed General Assembly members to sale them large portions of land very cheap.

• The Native Americans revolted and took back the land that was taken from them in the Revolution.

What qualifications did you have to meet do receive land during the Headright System

• 18 years old and hold a medical degree

• 21 years old, white, male

• Fought in World War 2

• Own a plantation at least 10 acres in size and a family of 4 or more