Question

Which statement best describes the controversy surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795? The governor of Georgia deeded land to Native Americans.
State legislators were bribed to sell land to land speculato

The federal government took over land that belonged to the state
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Land speculators sold marshland to unsuspecting buyers.

Answer 1

In the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795, politicians from the state government of Georgia sold large tracts of land to land speculators who were political insiders. The land is part of what is now Alabama and Mississippi. State politicians sold the land for low prices so that they could make a lot of money due to the sheer area of land they sold.