Land Policies
This early system gave land to white male heads of households and Revolutionary War veterans.
What is the headright system?
He invented a machine in 1793 that revolutionized cotton production.
Who was Eli Whitney?
Who was the Chief who tried to help the Cherokee?
Who is John Ross
Georgia’s capitals moved westward several times for this main reason.
What is to stay near the growing population as settlers moved west?
This was the first state-chartered public university in the United States, founded in 1785 to promote education for citizens.
What is the University of Georgia?
Georgia replaced the headright system with this fairer method of land distribution.
What is the Yazoo Land Act?
This machine made removing cotton seeds faster and increased the demand for enslaved labor.
What is the cotton gin?
This Creek chief signed a treaty in 1825 giving up Creek land in Georgia.
Who was William McIntosh?
These were Georgia’s capitals from colonial times through the early 1800s, in order.
What are Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, and Milledgeville?
He is known as the “Father of the University of Georgia.”
Who was Abraham Baldwin?
In this method, eligible citizens could draw tickets for the chance to win land.
What is the land lottery system?
These new transportation systems helped Georgia cities grow and allowed goods to move faster.
What are railroads?
William McIntosh was executed by his own people for doing this without tribal approval.
What is selling Creek land to the U.S. government?
Louisville was chosen as Georgia’s third capital because it was located here.
What is a river and trading post
The purpose of all of Georgia’s early land policies was to encourage this.
What is settlement and population growth in Georgia?
This scandal involved Georgia legislators selling millions of acres of western land at low prices in exchange for bribes.
What is the Yazoo Land Fraud?
This Georgia city began as a railroad terminus and was first known as “Terminus.”
What is Atlanta?
This 1825 treaty ceded all remaining Creek land in Georgia to the U.S. government.
What is the 2nd Treaty of Indian Springs?
This capital city was abandoned because of mosquito-borne illnesses, flooding, and the continued westward movement of settlers.
What is Louisville?
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme court for Worcester vs. Georgia?
Who is John Marshall?
As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, Georgia gave up its claims to land that became these two future states.
What are Alabama and Mississippi?
Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, this president refused to enforce it, leading to the Cherokee removal known as the Trail of Tears.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
In this 1832 Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that Georgia’s laws did not apply within Cherokee territory.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This later became Georgia’s fifth capital and grew into the state’s largest city due to its railroad connections.
What is Atlanta?
The establishment of the University of Georgia reflected these beliefs.
What is everyone rich or poor should receive and education and to make informed citizens of Georgia.