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The Yazoo Scandal was a large-scale fraud perpetrated by the state legislature and the governor of Georgia. The Yazoo land compromise was headed by James Madison and arranged that the state of Georgia would reimburse the third party Yazoo investors.
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Where did the name Yazoo come from?
The word Yazoo came from the Yazoo river. Which came from the Yazoo indians.
Who were the 4 land owners to purchase land through the Yazoo land act of 1795?
According to: www.clanmcalister.org/yazoo.html Georgia Company, Georgia-Mississippi Company, Upper Mississippi Company and the Tennessee Company
The Compromise of 1820 involved land gained from the?
Lousainana
What did the Missouri Compromise say about the land below the 36 30 line?
mama mia
What is an agreement reached in which each side gives up something that it wants?
It is called a compromise. Examples are the Great Compromise, and the Three-Fifths Compromise.
What describes the Yazoo Land Scandal?
The Yazoo Land Scandal occurred when several Georgia governors and the state legislature were bribed and illegally sold land companies' territory at unfairly low prices.
What effect did the yazoo land fraud have on Georgia?
The Yazoo Land Fraud effected Georgia because it changed the original charter of Georgia into many other states. Dumb.
Who was responsible for the Yazoo Land Scandal?
government officials from Georgia
Why did the yazoo fraud occur?
The government of Georgia had been weakened by the Revolutionary War. It was not strong enough to defend settlements in the western part of the state. The Georgia government thought it had found a solution to this problem with the Yazoo land sale in 1795. In the Yazoo land sale, the government planned to sell 35 million acres of land in western Georgia, near the Yazoo River, to four companies for $500,000.
Why were land lotteries created in Georgia?
to make the distribution of land more fair after the Yazoo Land Fraud
How did people react to the yazoo land scandal?
some people wanted to keep there land claims
What was the name of the scandal that involved georgia governors?
The Yazoo Land Scandal
What new land distributing system came out after the Yazoo Land Scanda?
the Land Lottery System
How many square miles is the largest county of Mississippi?
Yazoo County is the largest county in Mississippi. Yazoo County has a total area (land and water) of 934 square miles, or 2420 km2. 1.57% of the county's total area is water. Thus: 919 mi² of Yazoo County, Mississippi is land area. 15 mi² is of Yazoo County, Mississippi is water area.
How did some people react to the yazoo land scandal?
some people wanted to keep there land claims
How did some people react to the The Yazoo Land Scandal?
some people wanted to keep there land claims
Where did the name Yazoo come from?
The word Yazoo came from the Yazoo river. Which came from the Yazoo indians.
