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Which of the following groups benefitted the most from the Yazoo Land Act?

User Yihui Xie
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The correct answer is A) Influential Georgians

Step-by-step explanation:

The Yazoo Land Act was a law that enabled the then Governor of Georgia, George Matthews. The law enabled local leaders to sell large parts of land to rich and politically well-connected individuals in the State.

The lands sold were part of modern Mississippi and Alabama and were sold at very low prices to only a few people.

The Act was eventually repealed by the Supreme Court and it is now known as the Yazoo Land Fraud.

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