Georgia's Growth And Expansion
This quiz aligns with AKS 36a, 36b, and 36c: 36a - analyze the establishment and growth of the University of Georgia, Louisville, and the spread of Baptist and Methodist churches, 36b - evaluate the impact of land policies pursued by Georgia to include the headright system, land lotteries, and the Yazoo land fraud, 36c - defend how technological developments impacted Georgia’s growth to include the cotton gin and railroads
- 1.Who established the University of Georgia?
- A.
William Few
- B.
Button Gwinnett
- C.
Abraham Baldwin
- D.
George Troup
- 2.Who donated the land that would become the University of Georgia?
- A.
The state of Georgia
- B.
The Creek Indians
- C.
The Cherokee Indians
- D.
The Federal Government
- 3.What city became the capital of Georgia in 1796?
- A.
Atlanta
- B.
Louisville
- C.
Augusta
- D.
Milledgeville
- 4.The two main religious groups in Georgia were the Methodists and
- A.
Catholics
- B.
Christians
- C.
Jewish
- D.
Baptists
- 5.What was the purpose of the Headright system?
- A.
It distributed Indian lands to new settlers
- B.
It administered election and voting districts
- C.
It established a method of counting the population
- D.
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
- 6.What system replaced the headright system as a way of allocating land?
- A.
Land rush
- B.
Surveying
- C.
Feudalism
- D.
Land lottery
- 7.What was NOT a provision of the land lotteries?
- A.
Only men could participate
- B.
War veterans were given extra chances
- C.
A person had to pay a fee to participate
- D.
A person had to be over 21 to participate
- 8.Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama
- A.
The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population
- B.
The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain
- C.
The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies
- D.
The federal government pad millions to settle the Yazoo land fraud and disputed Georgia's right to the land
- 9.How did Eli Whitney's invention influence the growth of slavery in the South?
- A.
It made it easier for slaves to pick cotton
- B.
It increased the profits from growing cotton
- C.
It made it easier to produce cloth from cotton
- D.
It replenished the soil so that more cotton could be grown
- 10.Which mode of transportation was developing in Georgia just before the Civil War and was very important in Georgia's war effort and post-war economic development?
- A.
Canals
- B.
Railroads
- C.
Highways
- D.
Riverboats
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