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Review questions to help students prepare for the eighth grade Georgia Milestones Test
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Under this system, workers use owners' tools, land and provide labor to grow crops
Tenant Farming
Farm subsidies
Sharecropping
Populism
2
Slave who saved Elijah Clarke in Battle of Kettle Creek
Nancy Hart
Alonzo Herndon
Austin Dabney
Homer Plessy
3
Gwinnett, Hall and Walton all committed treason when they did this.
Crossed the Appalachian Mountians
Signed the Declaration of Independence
Helped write the U.S. Constitution
Dumped Tea in Boston Harbor
4
These forms of debt-based farming recreated slavery-type conditioned on southern farms
Populism
Sharecropping
Farm subsidies
Tenant Farming
5
These two men debated and disagreed about how best to improve black lives in the early 1900s
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Hope
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
6
This system of awarding votes by county gave disproportionate power to south Georgia
Disenfranchisement
County-based politics
County-voting requirements
County-unit system
7
The Sibley Commission rejected its findings and argued for what?
Token integration to avoid violence and nationwide scorn
The full and complete integration of schools
The integration of the University of Georgia
The closing of all public schools
8
To run for this office you must be at least 30 years old.
State senator
State representative
Supreme Court justice
Governor
9
This was the second attempt at establishing a government following the American Revolution
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Charter of 1732
10
During this post-Civil War period, Henry McNeal Turner was a successful politician
Reconstruction
Antebellum
Sharecropping
Centennial
11
From Plessy v. Ferguson until Brown v. Board what principle stood as the law in the U.S.
Slaves are property
Separate is inherently unequal
Cherokee have the right to their land
Separate but Equal
12
Jim Crow Laws applied to what aspects of black life in the South
Family Relations
Theaters
Barbershops
Schools
13
Carl Vinson wanted the Navy to be big earning him this nickname.
Father of the Might Navy
Father of the Navy theaters
Father of the U.S. Navy
Father of the Two-Ocean Navy
14
What New Deal program did Roosevelt conceive of on his visits to Warm Springs
AAA
CCC
FRD
REA
15
This document did not allow the Federal government to tax the states and was changed
Charter of 1732
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
16
This was the most unsuccessful of the three reasons for the founding of Georgia
Military Defense
Religious freedom
Charity
Economy
17
One of the expanded roles of the Lt. Governor in Georgia gives the person power over these.
The state budget
The state militia
Voting laws
Committee chairs
18
Cherokee became a written language when this leader created a syllabary for the spoken words
John Ross
Sequoyah
William McIntosh
Austin Dabney
19
The Trail of Tears happened under the watch of this Cherokee chief.
Sequoyah
John Ross
William McIntosh
Austin Dabney
20
Abraham Baldwin was the first president of this university
Harvard
Georgia Tech
University of Georgia
Yale
21
Party of Lincoln that fell out of favor in the South until 1980
Torries
Republicans
Democratics
Whigs
22
This group of Germans came to Georgia seeking religious freedom and established Ebenezer.
Malcontents
Highland Scots
Mississippians
Salzburgers
23
This group built large religious and social mounds at places like Etowah.
Archaic Indians
Woodland Indians
Mississippian Indians
Paleo Indians
24
In Georgia, this voting process was the only one the mattered for much of the 1900s
Primary
County-unit voting
Governor's Election
General Election
25
Martin Luther King, by demanding equality immediately for blacks, followed the beliefs of who?
Booker T. Washington
Lester Maddox
W.E.B. DuBois
William Hartsfield
26
This was the first way Georgia attempted to grand land to families of settlers
Land hand out
Distribution of land
Land lottery
Headright system
27
This region of Georgia is a great place to begin a hike to Maine
Appalachian Plateau
Ridge and Valley
Blue Ridge Mountains
Piedmont
28
Led by Henry Grady, Georgia began to market what part of the state to Northern industrialists
Atlanta
Macon
Savannah
Augusta
29
This established the 36.30 parallel as the line separating free and slave states.
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Georgia Platform
30
This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws and in Georgia sets the budget
Executive
Juvenile
Judicial
Legislative
31
Who would have said, "Let us sell our land and grow the crops we want!" during Trustee Georgia?
Highland Scots
Spanish
Salzburgers
Malcontents
32
Georgia's White Primary was an indirect form of this practice?
Separate but Equal facilities
Jim Crow laws
Disenfranchisment
Candidate selection
33
In this land giveaway, people put their names in large barrels to be chosen at random
Distribution of land
Land hand out
Headright system
Land lottery
34
This man landed on the Yamcraw Bluff hoping to establish an English colony in Georgia
Austin Dabney
James Oglethorpe
Hernando de Soto
Tom Watson
35
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first black students where
The University of Georgia
Atlanta public schools
Gwinnett County Schools
At any Georgia School
36
What is this image depicting?
Georgia's power as a state
Burning of the Emancipation Proclamation
Yazoo Land Fraud
The first meal at the capital
37
"People in each state should vote to pick whether to have slaves," is an example of what idea?
One man-one vote
Electoral politics
Popular sovereignty
County-unit system
38
This governor's death led to three people claiming Georgia's governorship in 1946.
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
39
Checks and balances allows what to happen in Government?
It allows the courts the final say
It lets the executive write checks and balance the budget
It lets each branch balance their own budgets
It keeps allows each branch some power over another
40
These people take on debt and take a risk to start a business.
Entrepeneurs
Debt Collectors
Investment Bankers
Risk managers
41
This woman was a female suffragist and the first female U.S. Senator
Rosalyn Carter
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Mary Musgrove
Nancy Hart
42
The Bourbon Triumvirate help power by appealing to all but the following classes of people
Big City Industrialists
Southern Farmers
White women voters
New black voters
43
This allowed for new states the right to chose to be slave or free using popular sovereignty.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Georgia Platform
Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
44
William Sherman's path through Georgia following the battle of Atlanta
Antietam
Battle of Chickamauga
March to the Sea
Gettysburg
45
Who might say, "Let our brightest lead the way to equality for all of us now."
John Hope
Martin Luther King, Jr.
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
46
Under this system, workers use owners' land and give them the crops and share the profits
Tenant Farming
Farm subsidies
Populism
Sharecropping
47
Required during Reconstruction for Confederate states to rejoin the U.S.
Official apology for the Civil War
Payment of reparations
Adoptions of 13th, 14th and 15th admendments
High voter turnout in a presidential election
48
The oldest public university in the United States
University of Georgia
Yale
Georgia Tech
Harvard
49
Despite urging Georgia to stay in the U.S. at first, this man became VP of the Confederacy
William Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Austin Dabney
Alexander Stephens
50
Georgia was the inspiration for many of this president's New Deal programs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
51
California is a free state, D.C. stops the slave trade and the fugitive slave law is enforced
The Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
The Georgia Platform
52
Helped by the Freedmen's Bureau newly freed slaves voted primarily for what political party?
Republicans
Whigs
Democratics
Torries
53
The whites-only primary allowed this political party to disenfranchise black voters in Georgia
Independents
Tea Party
Republicans
Democrats
54
The primary political parties in the United States (more than one correct answer)
Democratics
Republicans
Whigs
Populists
55
Jim Crow is a fancy term for what behavior
Disenfranchisement
Racial Violence
Segregation
Antisemitism
56
Why was white Leo Frank lynched by the Knights of Mary Phagan
He made a white girl work with a black man
They hated that he killed a young white girl
Antisemitism
He whistled at a white girl on the street
57
This group of people were the absentee rulers of Georgia for it's first two decades as a colony
The Georgia Council
King George's Court
Oglethorpe's legion
Trustees
58
Helped by the Highland Scots, this founding reason for Georgia was a major help to England.
Religious freedom
Economy
Charity
Military Defense
59
This person presides over the larger legislative body in the General Assembly
Speaker of the House
Chair of the Senate
Lt. Governor
The governor
60
This is how people build wealth and avoid debt on expensive purchases
Income
Savings
Profit
Debt
61
The first peoples in North America who did most of their hunting by stabbing their food.
Archaic Indians
Mississippian Indians
Woodland Indians
Paleo Indians
62
When a country keeps only certain powers in different branches it has what principle in action
Separation of Powers
A federal system
Confederation System of Power
Checks and balance
63
"Since my dad was elected governor, I should be appointed governor!" who might have said?
Eugene Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
64
This Civil War plan aimed to hurt the economy of the Confederacy through trade restrictions
Cotton gin
Naval blockade
Total war
Article of Secession
65
Democrats and Republicans are examples of what?
Political Parties
Teams
Presidents
Voters
66
Peaceful desegregation of schools helped this mayor sell major sports teams to come to Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Lester Maddox
Ivan Allen Jr.
William Hartsfield
67
This man helped James Oglethorpe figure out the best place to found his first colony
William McIntosh
Tomochichi
Sequoyah
Pocahontas
68
She ran an outpost selling to traders and spoke both Yamcraw and English.
Rosalyn Carter
Nancy Hart
Rebecca Felton
Mary Musgrove
69
This branch of government decides if laws passed are constitutional
Juvenile
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
70
Why is it noteworthy that the Coastal Plains were once submerged under ocean water?
It explains the sharp elevation decline at the Fall Line
It explains why Georgia's state fossil is the sharkstooth
It's one reason the soil is so good for agriculture
71
To run for this office you must be at least 25 years old.
State representative
Governor
Supreme Court justice
State senator
72
Federal officials who came to the confederate states during Reconstruction to help freed slaves
Lincoln's leaders
Carpetbagger Society
U.S. Marshalls
Freedmen's Bureau
73
Georgia was late to join on to this fight for colonial independence.
Revolutionary War
Boston Tea Party
French and Indian War
Spanish American War
74
This founding reason for Georgia was moderately successful compared to South Carolina at first.
Military Defense
Economy
Religious freedom
Charity
75
This group discovered 60 percent of Georgia's wanted no integration of schools
Organization for school desegregation
Sibley Commission
Moderate Coalition
Integration of Schools Committee
76
This group invented the Atlatl hook and transformed hunting forever.
Archaic Indians
Mississippian Indians
Woodland Indians
Paleo Indians
77
When a bill is first presented in the legislature it first is sent where?
To the floor for a vote
To a committee focused on the issue
The governor's desk
The other house for a vote
78
To keep the Union (U.S.) together, the Georgia Platform encouraged the acceptance of this
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
79
When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act he enforced it against what branch
Legislative
Executive
Juvenile
Judicial
80
Georgia was home to many military bases built in WWII thanks to this politician
Carl Vinson
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Richard Russell
81
Colquitt, Brown and Gordon controlled the politics of Georgia in the 1900s and were called this
The Triple Threat
The Three Peaches
Georgia's Mighty Trio
Bourbon Triumvirate
82
Home of a deadly Confederate prison camp during the Civil War
Battle of Chickamauga
Andersonville
Gettysburg
Antietem
83
Based on the picture, what might Manifest Destiny mean?
The march West is inevitable because of European power
Angels with guns lead the way
Technology gives some power over others
Moving West is good for all people
84
Dressing like a man, spying and killing Torries got a county and lake named after this person
Nancy Hart
Mary Musgrove
Rosalyn Carter
Stephanie Gwinnett
85
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador best know for what?
Being the first European in Georgia
Leading a successful search for gold in Georgia
Training attack dogs
Assimilating the Mississipians into European culture
86
What court is needed to administer the last will and testimony in Georgia
Juvenile
Probate
Chancery
Superior
87
What U.S. president is best represented by the angel?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
88
Georgia provided which of the following the the U.S. war effort in WWII
Bell Bombers
Nuclear power
Liberty Ships
Training Forts
89
This document established charity, economy and military defense as the reasons for Georgia
Emancipation Proclamation
The Tomochichi Accords
Georgia Platform
Charter of 1732
90
This is the amount of money a person makes in a period of time
Debt
Profit
Income
Savings
91
This war created the atmosphere of Americans vs. English in Colonial America
The French and Indian War
The Civil War
Revolutionary War
The War of 1812
92
This man pointed a gun at blacks to keep them from his store & later became Georgia's governor
Benjamin Mays
William Hartsfield
Hamilton Holmes
Lester Maddox
93
Why is Georgia able to grow a large variety of crops across the whole state?
Technology allows many crops to grow in new places
Rich soil perfect for cotton
A moderate climate with a cooler north and a warmer south
Large bodies of water located throughout the state
94
In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this what implicit reason?
To celebrate the Civil War centennial
To honor Georgia's history
As a sign of support of Massive Resistance
To show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
95
Who might say, "Our people should focus on labor skills in order to improve our lives now."
John Hope
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
W.E.B. DuBois
96
It costs Mr. B $7 to make a t-shirt and he sells it for $15. He made what on the sale?
Profit
Savings
Income
Debt
97
This three-day Civil War battle was the largest battle ever fought in Georgia
Andersonville
Battle of Chickamauga
Antietem
Gettysburg
98
The separation of powers in this document gave most of the power to the original 13 states.
Charter of 1732
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
99
This first black president of Morehouse College followed the philosophy of W.E.B. DuBois
Alonzo Herdon
Booker T. Washington
John Hope
Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
Reynolds, Ellis and Wright?
The first Trustees of Georgia
The Hawks' Big Three
Georgia's Three Royal Governors
The outspoken leaders of the Malcontents
101
The party of Georgia's only U.S. president, Jimmy Carter
Whigs
Republicans
Democratics
Populists
102
The party that created the white primary as a form of disenfranchisement
Torries
Democratics
Republicans
Whigs
103
This bug kept Georgia from enjoying the roaring 20s and worsened the Great Depression
Cotton Spiders
War Weevil
Boll Weevil
Mosquito
104
Places like Rock Eagle were built by this early Native American group.
Archaic Indians
Woodland Indians
Mississippian Indians
Paleo Indians
105
Led by Tom Watson in Georgia and supported poor farmers, initially both black and white
Democratics
Populists
Republicans
Whigs
106
The man was active
result
of the efforts for blacks to vote during the Civil Rights Movement
Maynard Jackson
Benjamin Mays
Lester Maddox
Ellis Arnall
107
What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia once discovered?
The ability to vote for the next president
National respect as a pure state
The right to slaves
All the land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi
108
The Knights of Mary Phagan rose up following the murder conviction of what Jewish man
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Homer Plessy
Leo Frank
Alonzo Herdon
109
The mineral springs in Warm Springs Georgia helped Franklin Roosevelt's...
Powerful speech voice
Fighting strength
Polio
Knee issues
110
Spending more money than a person has creates this.
Debt
Income
Profit
Savings
111
A political movement that supported farmers' rights against big-city idustrialists
Whigs
Populists
Republicans
Democratics
112
Five states border Georgia, which one has the smallest border by area and no major interstate?
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
113
To run for this office you must be at least 21 years old.
State representative
Governor
State senator
Supreme Court justice
114
Billy takes a lawnmower from his neighbor. In what court would his neighbor complain?
Civil
Juvenile
Petty
Criminal
115
In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this what explicit reason?
As a sign of support of Massive Resistance
To celebrate the Civil War centennial
To honor Georgia's history
To show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
116
This group hated the Trustees ban on alcohol, slavery and Catholicism (mostly slavery)
Salzburgers
Highland Scots
Twelve Angry Men
Malcontents
117
"God, Gold and Glory"
The three most important resources of Georgia
An equation for success in life
A chant shouted by Hernando de Soto
Three reasons for European exploration
118
An example of the total war philosophy of General William Sherman
Battle of Chickamauga
Gettysburg
Antietam
Burning of Atlanta
119
Without this document written by Alexander Stephens, the Compromise of 1850 would have failed
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
The Georgia Platform
120
The Intolerable Acts, The Stamp Act and the Proclamation of 1763 were all results of what?
King George III's anger at the colonies
Merchantilism
The Post Office
French and Indian War
121
This founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company also worked as a barber in Atlanta
Alonzo Herdon
John Hope
Henry McNeal Turner
Martin Luther King, Sr.
122
Vinson thought funding this military branch helped both the U.S. and Georgia economically
Marines
Navy
Army
Air Force
123
This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia
Judicial
Juvenile
Legislative
Executive
124
This system is designed to apply laws to people under the age of 17 in Georgia
Judicial
Juvenile
Legislative
Executive
125
This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia and Congress in the U.S.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Juvenile
126
This New Deal program gave farmers money to not grow food.
AAA
REA
CCC
FRD
127
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution granted all of the following except
Right to vote for all
Equal protection for all
Abolished slavery
Separate but equal
128
Expanding business opportunities and keeping negative news at bay was the goal of this mayor
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Carl Vinson
William Hartsfield
129
This is the reason Atlanta was able to become the capital of Georgia.
Film Industry
Hosting the Olympics
Railroad lines
Peaceful School desegregation
130
Former slave turned preacher and missionary following the Civil War
Alonzo Herdon
Austin Dabney
Booker T. Washinton
Henry McNeal Turner
131
He might have said, "We need to protect our farming way of life by protecting our farmers."
Tom Watson
Booker T. Washington
Henry Grady
W.E.B. DuBois
132
Adding this position to the executive branch partially led to the Three Governor's Controversy
Governor
Vice President
President
Lt. Governor
133
The precedent set in this case allowed for the mass expansion of Jim Crow laws
The Dred Scott Case
Worchester v. Georgia
Brown v. Board
Plessy v. Ferguson
134
What would be one of the best places in Georgia to move to harness hydroelectric power?
Atlanta
Savannah
Milledgeville
Macon
135
At Morehouse college this man helped Martin Luther King Jr. solidify his nonviolent ideas
Nelson Mandela
Ghandi
Benjamin Mays
W.E.B. DuBois
136
A statutory law is passed by the legislature and is adjudicated by what type of court?
Criminal
Supreme
Juvenile
Civil
137
Breaking these laws could mean a juvenile is tried as an adult and can go to jail for life
Nine troublesome act
Seven Deadly Sins
Murder
Five Liftetime Laws
138
This group improved pottery and began to settle down and develop religions focused on animal.
Archaic Indians
Mississippian Indians
Paleo Indians
Woodland Indians
139
This Creek leader was killed by his own people for selling their land to the Americans.
William McIntosh
John Ross
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
140
A moderate governor of Georgia who balanced the budget and increased voting rights
Sonny Perdue
Ellis Arnall
Nathan Deal
Eugene Talmadge
141
Revolutionary War battle that gave hope to the American forces with a victory in Georgia
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Kettle Creek
Siege of Savannah
142
William Hartsfield led a moderate coalition of Atlanta politicians and nicknamed Atlanta this.
A modern American city
The city open to all
The peaceful Southern city
The city too busy to hate
143
The man was worked with the King during and was a result of the Civil Rights Movement
Benjamin Mays
William Hartsfield
Andrew Young
Ellis Arnall
