Name: _________________________________ Period: _____ Date: ________ ADD TO NOTEBOOK
Georgia Land Policies Anticipation Guide
Directions: Read each statement and decide which Georgia land policy is being described. Then, read the
passage about each land policy to determine if you were correct or not. Identify the land policy as: land
lottery, headright system, or Yazoo land fraud.
Statement
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Statement
Each white male counted
as the head of a family.
Paid a small fee for land.
Georgia’s western
boundary extended to
the Yazoo River, near
present-day Mississippi.
Heads of households with
children, war veterans,
and widows were given
extra chances to win
land.
Had the right to receive
up to 1,000 acres of land.
Any white male 21 years
old or older could buy a
chance, spin on a wheel,
to win land.
The GA General Assembly
was bribed and passed a
law to sell Georgia land
very cheaply to 4 land
companies.
As a result the
Chattahoochee River
became Georgia’s
western boundary.
Pre-Reading:
Which land
policy is being
described?
Post-Reading:
Which land
policy is being
described?
Were you
correct? (Y/N)
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Bonus: Which land policy or policies called for the Native Americans living in western Georgia lands to be
removed? ________________________________________________________________________________
Name: _________________________________ Period: _____ Date: ________ ADD TO NOTEBOOK
Georgia Land Policies Anticipation Guide
Directions: Read each statement and decide which Georgia land policy is being described. Then, read the
passage about each land policy to determine if you were correct or not. Identify the land policy as: land
lottery, headright system, or Yazoo land fraud.
Statement
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Statement
Each white male counted
as the head of a family.
Paid a small fee for land.
Georgia’s western
boundary extended to
the Yazoo River, near
present-day Mississippi.
Heads of households with
children, war veterans,
and widows were given
extra chances to win
land.
Had the right to receive
up to 1,000 acres of land.
Any white male 21 years
old or older could buy a
chance, spin on a wheel,
to win land.
The GA General Assembly
was bribed and passed a
law to sell Georgia land
very cheaply to 4 land
companies.
As a result the
Chattahoochee River
became Georgia’s
western boundary.
Pre-Reading:
Which land
policy is being
described?
Post-Reading:
Which land
policy is being
described?
Were you
correct? (Y/N)
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Y or N
Bonus: Which land policy or policies called for the Native Americans living in western Georgia lands to be
removed? ________________________________________________________________________________