Question

Until 1802, the western boundary of Georgia was the Mississippi River. What caused Georgia to give up its land claims in present-day Mississippi and Alabama?

Answer 1

The Yazoo land fraud.

Answer 2

c) the state ceded the land to the federal government in exchange for just over one million dollars to settle the yazoo land fraud.

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1802, the western border of Georgia was moved from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River because the state ceded the land to the federal government in exchange for just over one million dollars to settle the Yazoo land fraud. The Yazoo land fraud was the largest political scandal in Georgia's history, and it had a dramatic effect on our state's borders.