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GA History Milestones Review 8th Grade History Standards 7-12
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1
Which civil rights leader believed in nonviolent protest?
F.W. Woolworth
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King,Jr.
Hamilton Holmes
2
led by students, freedom riders, John Lewis, non violent change
SCLC
SNCC
3
Who urged African Americans to speak out against discrimination and founded NAACP?
Lugenia Burns Hope
Alonzo Herndon
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
4
Why were Jim Crow laws passed in Georgia?
enforce the policy of segregation
encourage industrial growth
protect the civil rights of minorities
protect the civil rights of minorities
5
Why is the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project vital to the future of the harbor, and the U.S.?
citizens near the harbor don't want to see ships
many want the harbor to expand to bring more restaurants
the port will put $60 billion into GA's economy
6
Who was the first African-American mayor of Atlanta?
Herman Talmadge
Benjamin Mays
Maynard Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr.
7
What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do?
mining
restoring fisheries
build state parks
rebuilding inner city homes
8
Which phrase best describes the Atlanta Race Riot in 1906?
actions of hate against Jewish immigrants
African American violence against whites
white violence against African Americans
9
Which group MOST affected by the boll weevil infestation between World War I and World War II?
railroad workers
government officials
cotton farmers
lumber producers
10
New South advocates, such as Henry Grady, would have favored which of the following policies?
eliminating tariffs on imported goods
increasing industrialization in the South
encouraging agricultural development
electing more African Americans to public office
11
During World War II, the Georgia cities of Savannah and Brunswick were BEST known for
having strong military bases.
manufacturing airplanes.
having military training camps.
building Liberty ships.
12
governor of GA, peanut farmer, won Nobel peace price, only president from GA
Jimmy Carter
Eugene Talmadge
Zell Miller
George Busbee
13
How was Georgia significant in the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
GA's electoral college votes got him elected in 1932.
GA politicians opposed Roosevelt
He tested New Deal programs in GA
He visited Warm Springs, GA to treat his polio.
14
For what is William E. B. DuBois BEST known?
founding the NAACP
his role in the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
being elected the first African-American mayor of Atlanta
establishing the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
15
Why was Leo Frank convicted?
because many Georgians hated African Americans
because many Georgians were prejudiced against Jews
because Leo Frank was not originally from Atlanta
because there was overwhelming evidence against Leo Frank
16
Which geographic region contains Brasstown Bald, the highest mountain in the state?
Blue Ridge
Valley and Ridge
Peidmont
Appalachain Plateau
17
Which event did the MOST for international attention & increase tourism in Atlanta in 1990's?
the Braves' World Series win in 1995
the 1996 Summer Olympics
the Falcons' appearance in Super Bowl in 1998
the opening of the Georgia Aquarium
18
ordered segregation signs removed from city hall, hired ATL's 1st black firemen, sports teams
Ivan Allen
Andrew Young
William Hartsfield
19
How was the 1946 Georgia governor’s race affected by the recently ended white primary?
African Americans voted more than whites electing governor.
Talmadge said he would bring back the white primary
The Republican Party canceled Democratic primaries in 1946.
20
Which organization was led by MLK?
The Black Panthers
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
21
Which one of these events led the United States into World War II?
Lend-Lease Act
bombing of Hiroshima
murder of Abraham Lincoln
assination of Franz Ferdinand
22
served in U.S. Senate from 1933 to 1971, known for his efforts to strengthen national defense
William Few
Carl Vinson
Richard Russell
Dean Rusk
23
Pickrick Cafeteria, opposed Civil Rights Act of 1964, last openly-segregationist GA governor
Joseph E. Brown
Ellis Arnall
Lester Maddox
Eugene Talmadge
24
Eugene Talmadge and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were politically
opposite, Talmadge didn't want Roosevelt's New Deal in GA
similar, both thought the New Deal was great!
25
How did changes in GA's agriculture after WWII affect where people lived?
New farming practices encouraged movement to rural areas.
Government assistance helped farmers.
growth of cotton mills caused relocation to mill towns
fewer farms and larger farms so people moved to cities
26
was emancipated at the end of the Civil War, founded Atlanta Life Insurance Company,
WEB Dubois
MLK, Jr.
Alonzo Herndon
Maynard Jackson
27
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) struck down which practice, in place since Reconstruction?
integrating Georgia’s public colleges and universities
using state tax money to fund schools, separated by gender
segregated schools based on the "separate but equal" policy
requiring citizens to pass a literacy test in order to vote
28
The Lend-Lease Act was an attempt by the United States to
let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s.
supply iron and oil to Japan.
stay out of World War I.
divide land acquired from the Mexican War.
29
Old age retirement, people earn benefits as they work and pay taxes?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security Admin
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
Rural Electrification Admin
30
This legislation prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places.
Civil Rights Act
Civil Equality
Albany Act
Intolerable Acts
31
Who led Georgia farmers in the Populist Party?
Lester Maddox
Button Gwinnett
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Tom Watson
32
What did Carl Vinson do during the time leading up to World War II?
organized strikes and supported better pay for workers
convinced Congress to become active in the war
developed technologies to increase military power
worked for more defense spending and built up the military
33
Booker T. Washington was most known for being
the first African-American on the Supreme Court.
the founder of Tuskegee Institute.
one of the designers of Washington, DC.
one of the founders of the NAACP.
34
Who was the first African American mayor of a Southern City?
Maynard Jackson
Rebecca Felton
Lugenia Burns Hope
William Hartsfield
35
Which was NOT an attempt by Redeemers and segregationists to disenfranchise African Americans?
literacy tests
poll taxes
prohibition laws
white primaries
36
Andrew Young was all of the following except
mayor of Atlanta
civil rights leader
congressman
governor of Georgia
37
Atlanta's longest serving mayor, father of aviation, got interstates build
John Lewis
Ivan Allen
William Hartsfield
38
GA's flag was changed in 1956 to include the confederate battle emblem, why?
as a reaction to the desegregation movement of the era.
Georgians supported remembering the Confederacy.
changed as soon as the Reconstruction Era came to an end.
to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of Civil War.
39
established in 1960 to see what GA residents thought about integrating schools
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
the Congress on Racial Equality
the Sibley Commission
40
What laws were passed to discriminate against African Americans?
Plessy v.Ferguson ruling
County Unit Laws
Dredd Scott laws
Jim Crow laws
41
over-borrowing money, over-using credit, stock mrket speculators, overproduction of agriculture
Atlanta's growth in the 1920's
causes of the Great Depression
Georgia recovers from WWI
American enters WWII
42
Why did Carter win the Nobel Peace Prize?
his support of Habitat for Humanity program in Africa
his tireless efforts to find peaceful solutions to conflict
negotiation of a treaty between Egypt and Israel
43
During WWII, Bell Aircraft in Marietta, GA
build military tanks
employed more children than any other wartime factory
burned down
build B29 bombers
44
The film industry in Georgia enjoys a very large tax incentive. What is a tax incentive?
a tax increase that encourages economic activity
a tax increase that discourages economic activity
a tax deduction that encourages economic activity
a tax deduction that discourages economic activity
45
MLK's strategy to promote change and civil rights
electoral process
civil disobedience
surface compliance
violent resistance
46
Which of the following is a true statement regarding Georgia’s contributions to World War I?
most weapons used by troops made in Atlanta
Georgia sent the most men.
5 GA bases trained hundreds of thousands of troops
GA farms produced most food for the troops
47
Which of the following was an effect of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
African Americans were restricted from entering many places.
Many African Americans became small business owners
Many African Americans were expelled from their homes
African Americans could go to college for the first time.
48
Which BEST describes the primary purpose of the Bourbon Redeemers?
spreading Christianity state-wide through reform
attracting investment and modernizing the state economy
fostering economic growth from the sale of alcohol
promoting social and racial justice through political change
