Growth of Georgia Test



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Use the Scantron to answer the following questions.



1)

According to the headright system, how much land did the head of the household get?




a)

50 acres

b)

100 acres

c)

150 acres

d)

200 acres

.



2)

What were the two largest Native American tribes that lived in Georgia until the early 1800s?




a)

Creek and Cherokee

b)

Creek and Choctaw

c)

Cherokee and Choctaw

d)

Choctaw and Chickasaw

.



3)

Which cities are correctly matched with the rail line that connected them?




a)

Augusta and Savannah - Coastal Railroad Company

b)

Savannah and Atlanta - TransGeorgia Railroad

c)

Chattanooga and Atlanta - Western and Atlantic

d)

Macon and Atlanta - Piedmont Railroad

.



4)

What was Georiga's third capital?




a)

Augusta

b)

Louisville

c)

Milledgeville

d)

Atlanta

.



5)

What was the name of the scandal in which legislators were bribed by land companies to allow them to buy Georgia's western lands at bargain prices and sell it for a huge profit?




a)

Yazoo Land Fraud

b)

Western Territory Scam

c)

Mississippi Mud Mix-up

d)

A&M (Alabama and Mississippi) Scandal

.



6)

What were Georgia's two main religious denminations between 1780 and 1840?




a)

Baptists and Anglicans

b)

Baptists and Methodists

c)

Anglicans and Quakers

d)

Methodists and Quakers

.



7)

In what year was the University of Georgia chartered (founded)?




a)

1755

b)

1765

c)

1775

d)

1785

.



8)

Who developed the Cherokee syllabary?




a)

Sequoyah

b)

William McIntosh

c)

John Ross

d)

Tomochichi

.



9)

Which list shows Georgia's capitals arranged in the correct chronological order?




a)

Savannah, Atlanta, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta

b)

Milledgeville, Augusta, Savannah, Louisville, Atlanta

c)

Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

d)

Louisville, Augusta, Milledgeville, Savannah, Atlanta

.



10)

Who invented the cotton gin




a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Catherine Greene

c)

Ellie Williams

d)

Eli Whitney

.



11)

What body of water became Georgia's western boundary after the Yazoo Land Fraud? (Hint: It's still our western boundary today!!)




a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Savannah River

c)

St. Marys River

d)

Chattahoochee River

.



12)

The University of Georgia was the first ________________________ university in the United States.




a)

private

b)

agricultural

c)

state

d)

land grant

.



13)

Why were Georgia state officials eager for more people to move into the state?




a)

More people meant more power in Congress.

b)

More people could remove the Indians faster.

c)

More people could farm and imporve Georgia's economy.

d)

Both A and C

.



14)

Which Creek chief signed the Treaty of New York, giving away Creek land between the Oconee and Ogeechee Rivers?




a)

William McIntosh

b)

John Ross

c)

Alexander McGillivray

d)

Sequoyah

.



15)

Before the Yazoo Land Fraud, what was Georgia include the land that now __________




a)

Florida and Alabama

b)

Alabama and Mississippi

c)

Tennessee and South Carolina

d)

Tennessee and Mississippi

.



16)

Why did the capital of Georgia continue to be moved during the early 1800s?




a)

State officials wanted the capital to be in their hometown.

b)

It was moved to the governor's hometown

c)

Officials thought the capital should be near the middle of the state.

d)

Those were the largest cities in the state at the time

.



17)

Where was the United States' first gold rush?




a)

Yukon, Alaska

b)

Dahlonega, Georgia

c)

San Francisco, California

d)

Carson City, Nevada

.



18)

What was the law enacted by Congress that allowed the government to force the Indians to move west of the Mississippi River?




a)

Redskin Relocation Act

b)

Indian Removal Act

c)

Civilized Tribes Moving Act

d)

Native American Naturalization Act

.



19)

How did the cotton gin change the South's way of life?




a)

Made cotton profitable and decreased dependence on slavery

b)

Increased the types of cotton being grown

c)

Spurred an increase in the number of textile mills in the south

d)

Made cotton profitable and increased dependence on slavery

.



20)

Which was NOT an advantage of using railroads over wagons and water for shipping?




a)

Railroads were cheaper.

b)

Railroads were faster.

c)

Railroads moved more goods.

d)

Railroads were shinier.

.



22)

Who was the last Cherokee chief in Georgia?




a)

John Ross

b)

Alexander McGillivray

c)

William McIntosh

d)

Major Ridge

.



23)

Who was the last Creek chief in Georgia?




a)

John Ross

b)

Alexander McGillivray

c)

William McIntosh

d)

Major Ridge

.



24)

What was Sequoyah's contribution to the Cherokee cutlure?




a)

He signed the treaty giving Cherokee land to the state of Georgia.

b)

He was the last Cherokee chief in Georgia.

c)

He gained fame as a hunter and trapper.

d)

He developed the Cherokee syllabary.

.



25)

Which statement best describes a "land grant university," such as the University of Georgia?




a)

The land for the college was donated by the government.

b)

The college was established as an agricultural college to improve farming.

c)

The college was a public university.

d)

The land could never be sued for any purpose other than a college.

.



26)

What was the purpose of the headright system?




a)

It established a method of counting population.

b)

It provided an organized system of collecting taxes.

c)

It administered voting and election districts.

d)

It distributed land to new settlers.

.



27)

The most important mechanical invention to Georgia's economy in the early 1800s was the _____




a)

mechanical reaper

b)

cotton gin

c)

telegraph

d)

railroad

.


Read each description below and write the answer.



30)

This was a system of land distribution.

It was used from 1803-1838.

The land west of the Oconee River was given away by this method.

People bought a ticket for a chance to win land if their name was drawn from a barrel.


What was this? ___________________________________________________________



31)

This machine was invented by Eli Whitney in Georgia.

It separated cotton fibers from the seed.

It made cotton profitable for southern farmers and increased dependency on slavery.
What was it? ____________________________________________________________




32)

The Treaty of New Echota allowed this to happen.

It began in 1838 when the Cherokee were made to leave their homes and put in stockades.

It was the forced 800-mile walk from Cherokee territory to Indian territory.

Almost 4,000 Cherokee died on it.


What was it? _______________________________________________________________________



33)

This city started as the end of the Western and Atlantic Railiroad.

It was first called Terminus, then later became Marthasville.

Its current name was given to it by an engineer.

It is our state captial.


What city is it? ___________________________________________________




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