Westward Expansion

Choose the best answer to each question about the University of Georgia.

• it was America's first public university

• When the University of Georgia established

• All people have a right to an education

• What "revolutionary idea was the University of Georgia founded on?

• After the Revolutionary War

• What was unique about the University of Georgia

Match the cities in order they served as Georgia's capital.

• 5th

• Louisville

• 3rd

• Atlanta

• 2nd

• Augusta

• 4th

• Savannah

• 1st

• Milledgeville

Georgia's capital was moved four times after the American Revolution. What was the main factor that influenced the movement of Georgia's capital?

• Changes in transportation

• The changing population moving west.

• Changing agricultural practices

• The changing geographic center of the state

The Headright System

• The land is divided into uneven shapes

• What was the main function of Georgia's headright system?

• settlers selected the land they wanted

• Who determined what land people received under Georgi's headright system

• encouraged

• Headright system policies were structured to ________ immigration

• to distribute land to white settlers

• What is the lasting result of Georgi's headright system can still be seen in Georgia?

What were citizens upset about in the Yazoo Land Fraud?

• Legislators kept most of the land for themselves

• Law makers made deals to benefit themselves instead of the people

• Legislators would not deal with land speculators

• Lawmakers made deals to benefit the U.S. government

Place the events in the correct order to complete the timeline.

• 3rd

• Speculators bribe investigators in the Yazoo Land Fraud

• 1st

• Georgia established its headright system

• 2nd

• Georgia established the land lottery system

What impact did the development of railroads have on Georgia’s growth?

• Railroads brought in cotton from competing markets, hurting Georgia’s growth.

• Railroads were not built in the South, causing other areas to grow, but not Georgia

• Railroads provided transportation to Northern cities, causing Georgia’s growth to slow.

• Railroads helped move Georgia cotton to seaports and markets in Europe and the North, helping Georgia grow.

What role did William McIntosh play in the removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia?

• He signed the treaty of Indian Springs, giving up remaining Creek land in Georgia

• He fought to help the Creeks keep their land, but was killed by the U.S. government. 

• He signed a treaty to unite the Creeks with the Cherokee nation to help save their land

• He signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing the Creeks to move west on the Trail of Tears.

The Cherokee were forced to leave their home in Georgia (and other eastern states), and walk a journey of 700-800 miles to their new home in Oklahoma. More than 4,000 Cherokee men, women, and children died from the harsh weather, disease, and lack of food. This event is known as the __________. 

• American Revolution

• Dahlonega Gold Rush

• Yazoo Land Fraud

• Trail of Tears

The headright system, land lotteries, and the Yazoo Land Fraud were all ways of distributing land in Georgia.
Identify the impact that each method of land distribution had on Georgia by placing the description in the correct section of the chart.

Groups:

(a) Headright System

,

(b) Land Lotteries

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(c) Both

• land given out by first come, first served

• head of household could receive 200-1000 acres(based on family size)

• gave people equal chances for land

• system to distribute land in Georgia

• African Americans not eligible

• implemented to avoid land fraud