Across
- 3. a new system that distributed land by lottery in 1803, allowed GA an equal chance of getting land
- 7. a system used to encourage immigration to the state.
- 8. a important status symbol, the more you had the more wealthier.
- 9. in 1795,speculators purchased huge tracts of land for one percent per acre
- 10. a stockholder who bribed his fellow legislators to support his plan
Down
- 1. dishonest conduction by those in power, mostly involving bribery
- 2. repealed act in 1796 and Georgia gave up power of the Yazoo Area to the US in 1802.
- 4. who hoped to buy land then sell it for a profit
- 5. the amount of land lotteries that gave 3-4ths of GA's land to 100,000 families
- 6. schemes were exposed,citizens were furious and voted out anyone who supported deal.