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- 1. Multiple Choice
The first public university in United States history was _______.
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
University of Wisconsin
Georgia State University
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe author of the charter of the first public university in the United States was __________Abraham BaldwinLyman HallWilliam Few
- 3. Multiple Choice
All of these cities have been capitals of the state of Georgia but one. Which has NOT been a capital of Georgia?
Augusta
Louisville
Macon
Milledegville
- 4. Multiple Choice
What Georgia institution was created to guarantee that "all people—not just the wealthy and privileged—have a right to education?"
Georgia Tech
Georgia State University
University of Georgia
Mercer University
- 5. Multiple Choice
Prior to being named "Atlanta," the city was known as both "Marthasville" and
Louisville
Lumpkin
Terminus
Yamacraw
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that the Georgia General Assembly supported the belief that "an educated citizenry is essential to a free government" in the years following the American Revolution?
The General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of public land for the University of Georgia in Athens in 1785.
Wesleyan Female College, one of the first women's colleges in the country, was established in Macon in 1839.
The state opened a penitentiary in 1817, and in 1842 an asylum for the insane was established at Milledgeville.
Most antebellum era Georgians believed that education was best left to individuals, rather than the government, to provide.
- 7. Multiple Choice
This map shows the cities that have been capitals of Georgia. What trend can be seen when studying the map?
The location of capitals have shifted westward over time.
The capitals were moved to be further from invading armies
The location of capitals have been located next to major bodies water.
The capitals have all been located in cities with the largest trading centers.
- 8. Multiple Choice
This city, now the county seat of Jefferson County, was Georgia's third capital from 1796-1807.
Savannah
Atlanta
Louisville
Macon
- 9. Multiple Choice
From 1796 to 1807, the capital of Georgia was "Louisville." Why was the city was named "Louisville"?
The city was founded by settlers who immigrated from France.
The area was settled by a large number of people who moved to Georgia from Kentucky.
It was named in honor of the the King of France who supported the Americans in the Revolution.
It was named in honor of the immigrant soldiers who helped defend the town during the American Revolution.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support the conclusion that by the late 1700s, Georgia's population in the west began to outnumber those in the older eastern coastal counties
In 1796, the state capital was moved from Augusta on Georgia's eastern border to Louisville in central Georgia.
In 1793, Eli Whitney patented the "cotton gin," which revolutionized agriculture all across the south.
In the early 1800s a Protestant religious movement called the "Great Revival" swept through the south.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which University debates with UGA as being the first public university in the United States
Georgia Tech
University of Alabama
University of North Carolina
Auburn University
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which capital is depicted in the photo above
Atlanta
Louisville
Savannah
Macon
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which acronym places Georgia's state capitals in order from first to last
S.E.L.M.A
L.E.S.M.A
S.A.L.M.A
L.A.S.M.A
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the reason for chartering the University of Georgia?Make education available to all people, not just the wealthyeducate GA's slave populationeducate GA's militiaestablish a women's only school
- 15. Multiple ChoiceGeorgia continued to move its capital westward to Louisville, then Milledgeville, and finally Atlanta toavoid continued pirate raids on the east coastmeet federal government requirementsfollow the growing populationopen eastern lands to the American Indians
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the purpose of the Georgia’s land policies?It established a method of counting the populationTo give away newly gained lands and promote westward expansionIt provided an organized system of collecting taxesIt administered voting and election districts
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the land lottery more successful than the headright system?More land was distributed to settlersIt sold all open lands to the governmentit created peace with American IndiansMore settlers moved to the eastern coast.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama?The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian populationThe state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.They did not need the land because people desired to stay closer to the eastern coast for trade.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companiesbribed legislators so they could buy land cheaplytook land from the American Indians by force.made illegal treaties with the Americans Indians.llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow were railroads beneficial to Georgia’s businessmen and farmers?increased tourism through sightseeingoffered faster and easier transportation of goodsoffered a non-polluting transportation optionmade horses unnecessary for travel
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich technological development led to an increased demand for slaves in the United States during the early- to mid-1800s?steel plowcotton ginrailroadsthe spinning jenny
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe first public university in United States history was _______.UGAGeorgia TechUTC
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe process first used to distribute lands in Georgia, in which a head of household received land for himself and his family was called the:headright systemland lotterycession
- 24. Multiple ChoiceIn 1830, it became U.S. policy to seek the removal of all southeastern Indians across the Mississippi as a result of the __________________.Treaty of Indian SpringsFt. Wilkinson TreatyIndian Removal Act
- 25. Multiple ChoiceIn the headright system, the head of the house got how many acres?100200300
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe U.S. Constitution was actually signed by these two Georgia delegates.Button Gwinnett and Lyman HallWilliam Few and Abraham BaldwinJames Madison and Thomas JeffersonGeorge Walton and Elijah Clarke
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which acronym places Georgia's state capitals in order from first to last
S.E.L.M.A
L.E.S.M.A
S.A.L.M.A
S.L.A.M.A.
- 28. Multiple Choice
The cotton gin was an important invention because
it made cotton easier to pick
it made cotton a profitable crop
it made the demand for cotton less
it made Northern farmers depend on cotton from the South
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