The first method Georgia’s government used to distribute land was by

Prior to 1803 Georgia distributed land via a headright system. Designed to prohibit corruption, the system actually encouraged it. During early administrations the government abused this system and created what today is generally known as the Yazoo Land Fraud.

President Kennedy decided to place a naval blockade, or a ring of ships, around Cuba. The aim of this "quarantine," he called it, was to prevent the Soviets from bringing in more military supplies. He enforced the removal of the missiles already there and the destruction of the sites.