WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The first land grant university; meant to educate all white men was the _____________________.
a)
University of Middle Georgia
b)
University of Georgia Southern
c)
University of Georgia
d)
University of Savannah
2.
What were the capital cities in Georgia from first to most recent?
a)
Savannah, Atlanta, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville
b)
Augusta, Savannah, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
c)
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
3.
The University of Georgia notable in United States history because it was the first University supported by legislature.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What is the capital of Georgia?
a)
Macon
b)
Dublin
c)
Atlanta
d)
Augusta
5.
Which statement best describes the relationship between the movement of Georgia’s settlers and the relocation of Georgia’s capital cities from 1733 to 1868?
a)
Georgia’s capital relocated westward, forcing settlers to explore uncharted territory.
b)
Georgia’s settlers had no influence on the relocation of Georgia’s state capital.
c)
Georgia’s capital relocated westward to follow the movement of Georgian settlers.
6.
After the American Revolution, what was Georgia's first approach to land distribution?
a)
Land Lottery
b)
Headright System
c)
Yazoo Land Act
7.
What happened to the Legislatures as a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
a)
They were not re-elected
b)
They were elected
c)
The election failed
d)
No one voted
8.
Georgia’s third capital city from 1796 to 1807; moved to this location after GA’s population continued to move westward.
a)
Savannah
b)
Augusta
c)
Lousiville
d)
Milledgeville
9.
Method used to distribute land by giving up to 1,000 acres of land to white men (considered the head of the family)
a)
Yazoo Act
b)
Yazoo Land Fraud
c)
Headright System
d)
Cotton Gin
10.
This act sold much of the land that is present day Alabama and Mississippi to four land companies for $500,000. After this act was signed into law, it was discovered that the land companies had bribed members of GA’s General Assembly to sell the land cheaply.
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Land Act
c)
Yazoo Act
d)
Tea Act
11.
This controversy resulted in Georgia ceded all land west of the Chattahoochee River to the U.S. government for $1.25 million.
a)
Land Act Fraud
b)
Land Lottery Fraud
c)
Yazoo Land Fraud
d)
Cotton Fraud
12.
Method used to distribute land; white men, orphans, and widows were allowed to buy tickets used to determine the area of land they were given
a)
Land Tickets
b)
Area Lottery
c)
Land Lottery
d)
Stamps and TIckets
13.
Machine, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, that separated seeds from cotton.
a)
Cotton Balls
b)
Whitney Gin
c)
Cotton Gin
d)
Eli Whitney Invention
14.
A new, faster and efficient mode of transportation in Georgia; reduced the need for horses, stagecoaches, and boats; important to the establishment of the city of Terminus (which was later renamed Marthasville then Atlanta)
a)
Bus
b)
Plain
c)
Railroad
d)
Semi-truck
15.
How did the cotton gin and railroad impact the economic growth of Georgia?
a)
less cotton production, decrease in slaves for labor, faster transportation
b)
more cotton production, increase in slaves for labor, faster transportation
c)
cotton production halted, land was given away to the railroads, horse took over roads
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