Georgia History Legislative Exam with accurate answers (verified)Graded A+

Abraham Baldwin - Answer-Founder of UGA, delegate to constitutional convention in 1787; served 5 consecutive terms in US HOR & 2 consecutive terms in US Senate Eli Whitney - Answer-Invented cotton gin in 1793 Yazoo Land Fraud - Answer-Assemblymen passed Yazoo Act to sell land to speculation companies; legislators who voted for bill received bribes; new assembly overturned act and took back land and voided Yazoo sales; land sold to US gov't, are now AL and Miss. Land Lottery System - Answer-; GA conducted 8 land lotteries dispersing public lands to small yeoman farmers based on system of eligibility and chance; GA sold app. 3/4 of state to app. 100,000 families & indivs. Cherokee - Answer-1 of most populous Indian societies in SE; close allies of British for much of 18th cent.; removed during 1838-39 Trail of Tears