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Question 1 (1 point)

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Which statement below best describes the Yazoo Land Fraud?

Question 1 options:

A)

Georgia legislators kept the land in Western Georgia for themselves and refused to sell it.

B)

Georgia legislators sold the cheap land to their friends and family.

C)

Georgia legislators asked permission from the U.S. Supreme Court to sell western land for cheap.

D)

Georgia legislators took bribes from land companies that allowed the land companies to buy Georgia land for cheap.

Question 2 (1 point)

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What was the first process used to distribute lands in Georgia where land was given to the head of a household and his family?

Question 2 options:

A)

Yazoo Land Act

B)

The Headright System

C)

The Headline System

D)

Land Lotteries

Question 3 (1 point)

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How many times did Georgia have a land lottery to give away land in the state?

Question 3 options:

A)

8

B)

5

C)

1

D)

10

Question 4 (1 point)

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How were people chosen to receive land on the day of the land lotteries?

Question 4 options:

A)

Their names were chosen at random from a barrel.

B)

They had to own land in Georgia.

C)

The poorest people received land first.

D)

They had to know someone living in Georgia.

Question 5 (1 point)

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Read each of the statements below.

Choose the five (5) statements that tell the correct details and information about the Headright System and how it was used in Georgia to distribute land.

Question 5 options:

Sometimes a parcel of land would be claimed by more than one head of household and this could create problems with the Headright System.

The goal of the Headright System was to increase the Native American population in Georgia.

The Headright System made Georgia look foolish with so many corrupt officials running the state.

Native Americans were also given an opportunity to claim land for themselves as part of the Headright System.

Men who has served in the Revolutionary War were allowed to claim more land in the Headright System.

One goal of the Headright System was to increase the population in the state of Georgia.

Most of the land given away as part of the Headright System in Georgia was closer to the Mississippi River.

The Headright System charged new landowners many fees making it difficult to have new settlers move to Georgia.

Much of the land grabbed by men as part of the Headright System was along creeks and rivers since they could choose the best land available.

The Headright System gave away land for free to the male head of a household.

Question 6 (1 point)

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What was the purpose of all the different land policies in Georgia?

Question 6 options:

A)

To help count the people moving into Georgia.

B)

To give away land and bring more people to the state.

C)

To redraw voting and election districts.

D)

To help collect taxes from new Georgia citizens.

Question 7 (1 point)

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The Yazoo Land Deal (Fraud) did not end well for Georgia. How did the U.S. Supreme Court choose to punish Georgia?

Question 7 options:

A)

They took the land from Georgia between the current border to the Mississippi River. (Current day Mississippi and Alabama)

B)

They decided Georgia could no longer be a state in the Union and merged Georgia with South Carolina.

C)

They chose to make Georgia a part of Florida.

D)

They chose to place all of the corrupt officials in jail for the rest of their lives.

Question 8 (1 point)

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What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?

Question 8 options:

It was a means of distributing former Indian lands to new settlers

It created a method for developing universities throughout the state

It provided laws for who was and was not allowed to settle in Georgia

It provided a system of collecting taxes for the state.

Question 9 (1 point)

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Veterans of the Revolutionary War could receive more acres of land than a head of household that did not fight in the war.

Question 9 options:
True
False
Question 10 (1 point)

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Following the headright system and the Yazoo Land Fraud, what became Georgia's new way of distributing land?

Question 10 options:

Georgia decided to sell every acre of ceded land for three dollars

Georgia placed the names of new settlers in a hat and drew names randomly to see who would win the land

Georgia held land lotteries and people could pay small fees for the chance of winning tracts of land

Georgia awarded land to citizens that took an oath to the state and promised to share half of their money earned from crops with the state government

Question 11 (1 point)

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At the time of the Yazoo Land Deal (Fraud), where was the western border of Georgia?

Question 11 options:

A)

The Atlantic Ocean

B)

The Savannah River

C)

The Chattahoochee River

D)

The Mississippi River

Question 12 (1 point)

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How many acres of land did the head of the household receive in the Headright System?

Question 12 options:

A)

75 acres

B)

50 acres

C)

100 acres

D)

200 acres

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Here are the answers to your quiz questions based on the topics covered:

Question 1:
Which statement below best describes the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Answer: D) Georgia legislators took bribes from land companies that allowed the land companies to buy Georgia land for cheap.

Question 2:
What was the first process used to distribute lands in Georgia where land was given to the head of a household and his family?
Answer: B) The Headright System

Question 3:
How many times did Georgia have a land lottery to give away land in the state?
Answer: A) 8

Question 4:
How were people chosen to receive land on the day of the land lotteries?
Answer: A) Their names were chosen at random from a barrel.

Question 5:
Choose the five statements that tell the correct details about the Headright System:

• Sometimes a parcel of land would be claimed by more than one head of household and this could create problems with the Headright System.
• Men who has served in the Revolutionary War were allowed to claim more land in the Headright System.
• One goal of the Headright System was to increase the population in the state of Georgia.
• Much of the land grabbed by men as part of the Headright System was along creeks and rivers since they could choose the best land available.
• The Headright System gave away land for free to the male head of a household.

Question 6:
What was the purpose of all the different land policies in Georgia?
Answer: B) To give away land and bring more people to the state.

Question 7:
How did the U.S. Supreme Court choose to punish Georgia for the Yazoo Land Fraud?
Answer: A) They took the land from Georgia between the current border to the Mississippi River. (Current day Mississippi and Alabama)

Question 8:
What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?
Answer: It was a means of distributing former Indian lands to new settlers.

Question 9:
Veterans of the Revolutionary War could receive more acres of land than a head of household that did not fight in the war.
Answer: True

Question 10:
Following the headright system and the Yazoo Land Fraud, what became Georgia's new way of distributing land?
Answer: Georgia held land lotteries and people could pay small fees for the chance of winning tracts of land.

Question 11:
At the time of the Yazoo Land Deal (Fraud), where was the western border of Georgia?
Answer: D) The Mississippi River

Question 12:
How many acres of land did the head of the household receive in the Headright System?
Answer: C) 200 acres

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