JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
The founding of the University of Georgia created the need for new capital cities.
|
|
|
The capital moved to protect the state government from American Indian threats.
|
|
|
The Yazoo Land Fraud embarrassed politicians and forced them to move the capital.
|
|
|
Land policies like the headright system and land lottery encouraged westward population increases.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The city, named after French King Louis XVI for his support during the American Revolution, was the capital from 1796-1807. Located in Jefferson County, Louisville was selected as the capital due to, what at the time was its location as the center of Georgia’s population.
Detailed explanation-2: -These land policies were known as the headright system, land lotteries and the Yazoo Land Act. The first approach employed was called the headright system. By 1783, under this system, Georgia gave thousands of acres of land to soldiers who had fought during the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Georgia land lotteries were an early nineteenth century system of land redistribution in Georgia. Under this system, white male citizens could register for a chance to win lots of land that had (and in most cases recently) been taken from the Muscogee and the Cherokee Nation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Cherokee removal in 1838 (the last forced removal east of the Mississippi) was brought on by the discovery of gold near Dahlonega, Georgia, in 1828, resulting in the Georgia Gold Rush.