Duplicate of 8th Grade Georgia Studies Milestones Review

What court is needed to administer the last will and testimony in Georgia

An example of the total war philosophy of General William Sherman

This is the reason Atlanta was able to become the capital of Georgia.

After a bill is first presented in either body of the legislature it first is sent where?

This Civil War plan aimed to hurt the economy of the Confederacy through trade restrictions

California is a free state, D.C. stops the slave trade and the fugitive slave law is enforced

What is this image depicting?

To run for this office you must be at least 30 years old. 

Carl Vinson wanted the Navy to be big earning him this nickname.

This man landed on the Yamcraw Bluff hoping to establish an English colony in Georgia

This system is designed to apply laws to people under the age of 17 in Georgia

These forms (2) of debt-based farming recreated slavery-type conditioned on southern farms. CHOOSE TWO Answers

Focus on industrialization, low taxes, low services to the people, railroads, and former plantation owners

"Since my dad was elected governor, I should be appointed governor!" who might have said?

When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act he enforced it against what branch

In this land giveaway, people put their names in large barrels to be chosen at random

The man who worked with King during, and directly benefited from, the Civil Rights Movement.

Georgia's White Primary was an indirect form of this practice?

The Trail of Tears happened under the watch of this Cherokee chief.

Who might say, "Let our brightest lead the way to equality for all of us now." - The Talented 10th

This system of awarding votes by county gave disproportionate power to south Georgia

These people take on debt and take a risk to start a business.

Helped by the Highland Scots, this founding reason for Georgia was a major help to England.

The precedent set in this case allowed for the mass expansion of Jim Crow laws

This founding reason for Georgia was modestly successful compared to South Carolina at first.

This governor's death led to three people claiming Georgia's governorship in 1946.

This three-day Civil War battle was the largest battle ever fought in Georgia

This is the amount of money a person makes in a period of time

Presides over the larger legislative body in the General Assembly (Who is in charge of the Georgia House of Reps)

Georgia was the inspiration for many of this president's New Deal programs

Expanding business opportunities, the airport, and desegregating Atlanta's public schools... City Too Busy to Hate

Under this system, workers use owners' land and give them the crops and share the profits

This was the first way Georgia attempted to grant land to families of settlers

Revolutionary War battle that gave hope to the American forces with a victory in Georgia

Became Georgia's last openly racist governor, hired more African Americans than all previous administrations combined.

This is how people build wealth and avoid debt on expensive purchases

She ran an outpost selling to traders and spoke both Yamcraw and English.

Agencies in this branch of government include Secretary of State and Department of Education.

Colquitt, Brown and Gordon controlled the politics of Georgia in the 1800s and were called this

Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of ATL, Helped bring the Olympics to GA, new jobs and buildings, friend of MLK

Home of a deadly Confederate prison camp during the Civil War

William Hartsfield led a moderate coalition of Atlanta politicians and nicknamed Atlanta this.

This group hated the Trustees ban on alcohol, slavery and Catholicism (mostly slavery)?

The oldest public university in the United States

Led by Henry Grady, began to market what city in Georgia to Northern industrialists...International Cotton Exposition

Led by Tom Watson in Georgia and supported poor farmers, initially both black and white

It costs Mr. B $7 to make a t-shirt and he sells it for $15. He made what on the sale?

This bug kept Georgia from enjoying the roaring 20s and worsened the Great Depression

Joe takes a lawnmower from his neighbor and breaks it. Which court would his neighbor complain?

This group of people were the absentee rulers of Georgia for its first two decades as a colony (Men like Oglethorpe)

What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia once discovered?

Checks and balances allows what to happen in Government?

This group discovered 60 percent of Georgia's wanted no integration of schools

From Plessy v. Ferguson until Brown v. Board what principle stood as the law in the U.S. 

Originally banned, this group was allowed into colonial Georgia because of its doctors. Settled in Savannah

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador best know for what?

"We need to protect our farming way of life by protecting our farmers." Rural Mail Delievery!

Type of local Government created by Georgia's constitution.

The separation of powers in this document gave most of the power to the original 13 states.

Why is it noteworthy that the Coastal Plains were once submerged under ocean water?

This founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company also worked as a barber in Atlanta

Peaceful desegregation of schools helped this mayor sell major sports teams to come to Atlanta...Forward Atlanta

Who might say, "Our people should focus on labor skills in order to improve our lives now."

Spending more money than a person has saved creates this.

William Sherman's path through Georgia following the battle of Atlanta

Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first black students where

This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws and in Georgia sets the budget

Georgia was home to many military bases built in WWII thanks to this politician

This branch of government decides if laws passed are constitutional

This Creek leader was killed by his own people for selling their land to the Americans.

Who would have said, "Let us sell our land and grow the crops we want!" during Trustee Georgia?

What New Deal program did Roosevelt conceive of on his visits to Warm Springs...provided Electricity to Rural Georgians

This New Deal program gave farmers money to not grow food.

This war created the atmosphere of Americans vs. English in Colonial America

This document did not allow the Federal government to tax the states and was changed with the U.S. Constitution

Under this system, workers provided own tools and labor to grow crops and rented land.

This group of Germans came to Georgia seeking religious freedom and established Ebenezer.

The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution granted all of the following except

Gwinnett, Hall and Walton all committed treason when they did this.

This document established philanthropy, economy and military defense as the reasons for Georgia

A political movement that supported farmers' rights against big-city idustrialists

In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this to sent what message?

This man helped James Oglethorpe figure out the best place to found his first colony

Type of local Government created for a specific, limited purpose, funded by fees,like MARTA, the Georgia Port Authority

To keep the Union (U.S.) together, the Georgia Platform encouraged the acceptance of this

This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia and Congress in the U.S.

The Intolerable Acts, The Stamp Act and the Proclamation of 1763 were all results of what?

The Knights of Mary Phagan rose up following the murder conviction of what Jewish man...anti-semitisim

To run for this office you must be at least 25 years old. 

Without this document written by Alexander Stephens, the Compromise of 1850 would have failed

Federal officials who came to the South during Reconstruction to help freed slaves with jobs, food, and training.

Required during Reconstruction for Confederate states to rejoin the U.S.

Georgia provided which of the following the the U.S. war effort in WWII, choose 3

To run for this office you must be at least 21 years old. (Ms. Santiago is old enough to serve in this House)

Why is Georgia able to grow a large variety of crops across the whole state?