Antebellum Period

What was the first state-supported university ever chartered in the United States

• University of Georgia
• Georgia Tech
• University of North Carolina
• Emory University

The establishment of the University of Georgia is evidence of

• Britain's desire to encourage education once Georgia became a royal colony
• How important Atlanta was becoming in the early 1800s as a center for education
• The state's commitment to public education after the revolution
• Georgia's willingness to imitate what other states had already done with public universities

The Baptists and Methodist became the two most influential religious groups in Georgia due to which of the following reasons

• They were the first churches to think of using colleges to train preachers
• They were willing to use methods to reach people along the frontier
• They were the only denominations proclaiming to believe in the bible
• They were the only denominations with formally trained ministers

Circuit Riders were associated with which of the following

• The University of Georgia
• Yazoo Land Fraud
• Baptists
• Methodists

What would be the best heading for following list: Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

• Cities that have served as Georgia's capital
• Cities that were founded by Oglethorpe
• Cities that have served as key ports
• Cities that were burned during Sherman's march to the sea

What land distribution system gave settlers 200 acres of land plus 50 acres for each family member

• Headright system
• Land lottery
• Yazoo Land Act
• Land Fairness System

Events in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy  land from the state were

• Yazoo deals
• Headright systems
• Circuit Riders
• Land lotteries

What was one way Georgia's politicians thought to secure western Georgia

• The headright system gave plots of land to heads of families
• Native Americans were forced from Georgia's borders
• Land lotteries made it easier for families to buy land
• The Yazoo land sale opened up millions of acres to settlement

Legislators were bribed to sell land at a very low cost in the

• Land Purchase Plan
• Yazoo Land Fraud
• Yazoo Land Lottery
• Georgia Land Scandal

What form of transportation led to the growth of Atlanta

• Steamboats
• Wagons
• Automobiles
• Railroads