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Georgia's first capital was
GA's capital kept being moved because
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1
GA's capital kept being moved because
railroads were being built
Georgia kept getting new land
the capital had to be further east
Georgians wanted it to be centrally located
2
Georgia's first capital was
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Savannah
Augusta
3
GA's government pressured Indians to give up their land to make room for
more farms
white settlers
Factories
roads to be built
4
After Augusta, GA's new capital was
Savannah
Atlanta
Louisville
Milledgeville
5
After 1802, GA's boundaries look much like they do today.
True
False
6
UGA was the first state chartered school of higher education.
False
True
7
In order to get land under the land lottery system, GA gave land to
every white man over 21
every white man
every white man over 21 that have lived in GA for 12 months
every white citizen
8
UGA was the first state chartered school to open its doors to students.
False
True
9
Men who were married and had a child could put their name in the drawing twice.
True
False
10
The first US census was held in
1790
1820
1780
1800
11
After the Fraud was made public, many of the legislators left the state because
they were bought off by the national government
they lost all their land
they feared for their lives
they were told they had to leave
12
In 1795, ______________________ visited Augusta.
George Washington
King George II
Thomas Jefferson
James Oglethorpe
13
The winners of the land did not have to pay to get the land.
True
False
14
The Yazoo Land Fraud refers to GA's General Assembly selling millions of acres to
Native Americans
The national government
European immigrants
land speculators who would sell it for a profit
15
In the years between 1790 and 1840, Georgia's population
quadrupled
doubled
tripled
stayed the same
16
In 1803, the US purchased the Louisiana Purchase for $15 million from
Spain
England
France
Native Americans
17
In order to start the fire to burn the law, a ____________ was used.
magnifying glass
match
mirror
flint rock
18
After 1802, Georgia sold Mississippi and Alabama to
Native Americans
Frenchmen
National government
Spaniards
19
The Georgia public demanded that the Yazoo land law be burned with fire from
Mount Olympus
Hell
Heaven
God
20
The Headright System distributed land for free.
False
True