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PALS Westward Expans
PALS Westward Expansion A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| first land grant university designed to educate all white men | University of Georgia |
| Identify Georgia's third capital city. | Louisville |
| Identify Georgia's first capital city. | Savannah |
| Identify Georgia's second capital city. | Augusta |
| Why did Georgia's capital change from Savannah? | The population was moving westward. |
| two largest religious denominations in Georgia after the American Revolution. | Baptist and Methodist |
| Method used to distribute land, up to 1000 acres to heads of households | headright system |
| Method used to distribute land that allowed women, orphans, and men to purchase a ticket to win land. | land lottery |
| machine that removed seeds from cotton thereby increasing production of cotton | cotton gin |
| Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
| What was a newer faster mode of transportation in the 1800s that reduced the need for horses? | railroads |