In the Land Lottery context, land originally used for tobacco was later used for which crop?

• A. Rice
• B. Cotton
• C. Wheat
• D. Peanuts

Answer: (B)

When tobacco soils wear out or become less profitable, farmers in Georgia increasingly turn to cotton, which was boosted by the profits from the cotton gin and growing national and international demand. The Land Lottery era opened up large tracts of land for settlers, and cotton became the dominant cash crop on much of that newly settled land. So, land originally used for tobacco was later used for cotton. The other crops listed don’t fit the historical pattern in this context: rice is tied to specific swampy coastal areas, wheat wasn’t the main Georgia staple in this period, and peanuts rose to prominence later but not as the era-defining crop tied to land lotteries.