Question

The sale of western Georgia lands, known as the “Yazoo lands,” was controversial MAINLY because

Answer 1

the deal involved bribing important people in Georgia.

Answer 2

Answer:

The deal involved bribing important people in Georgia.

Explanation:

The sale of the western Georgia land came to be known as the Yazoo Land Scandal because it was extensive real-estate fraud in the mid-1790. Georgia legislators accepted bribes from four companies and sold large regions of the territory of the Yazoo lands at a very low price far below its potential market value in 1794.