Weekly Flashcardizz 11/18-11/24

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Which Georgia institution was created to guarantee that "all people, not just the wealthy and privileged, have a right to education"? Options: Mercer University, Abraham Baldwin College, University of Georgia, The Georgia Institute of Technology

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University of Georgia

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Which land policy gave away land by matching 202 or 490 acre plots with numbered tickets held by potential settlers?

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the Land Lottery

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Which term refers to the massive fraud perpetrated by several Georgia governors and the state legislature from 1795 to 1803 by selling large tracts of land to insiders at absurdly low prices?

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the Yazoo Land Act

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The Headright System and the Land Lottery of 1805 were similar in that each

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was a method used by the state governments to distribute public land to settlers

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The Charter of the University of Georgia was important to education MAINLY because it

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said that education was the responsibility of the state

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What caused Georgia to give up its land claims in present-day Mississippi and Alabama?

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The state ceded the land to the federal government in exchange for just over one million dollars to settle the Yazoo Land Fraud.

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Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta: What would be the BEST title for this list of cities?

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Capitals of Georgia

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Which system offered Georgia settlers 200 acres of free land, with an additional 50 acres per family member or slave?

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the Headright System

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Which city was Georgia's third capital from 1796-1807? Options: Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Savannah.

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Louisville

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Which strategy did Georgian politicians use to try to secure western Georgia?

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They passed the Yazoo Act to help several companies settle millions of acres