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Slavery in Georgia

Question 3 • CCPS Georgia Studies 8 (45.00900) YL IC

The Georgia legislature nullified the Yazoo Act because

Answer
A
Georgians were happy with its terms.
B
the act gave land to all residents of Georgia.
C
Georgians did not like the terms of the act.
D
the act had been passed with the aid of bribery.

Explanation

The Yazoo Act of 1795 sold a large area of Georgia’s western lands to private companies at a very low price. The sale was secured through widespread bribery of legislators, causing public outrage. Georgia later nullified the act because it had been passed through corruption, so the correct choice is “the act had been passed with the aid of bribery.”

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