Duplicate of GA History Semester 1 Review

Question 1

What is the name for agricultural crops grown to sell at market?

Accepted Answer

Cash Crops

Question 2

What region of GA has the largest land area?

Accepted Answer

Coastal Plain

Question 3

What is the name of the document formed by the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Bill of Rights

Question 4

Constitutional amendment that gave all males the right to vote regardless of race/ethnicity

Accepted Answer

15th Amendment

Question 5

Machine, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, that separated seeds from cotton

Accepted Answer

Cotton Gin

Question 6

New, faster, more efficient mode of transportation in GA, led to the establishment of Terminus

Accepted Answer

Railroad

Question 7

American Revolution battle in GA, victory for GA, GA gained supplies and morale boost:

Accepted Answer

Battle of Kettle Creek

Question 8

Document issued by Lincoln declaring freedom for slaves in states who did not surrender by 1863

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 9

Colonists who favored the colonies gaining independence from the British

Accepted Answer

Patriots/Whigs

Question 10

Method used to distribute land by giving up to 1000 acres of land to white men:

Accepted Answer

Headright System

Question 11

One of the first black men to win election to GA's General Assembly in 1867

Accepted Answer

Henry McNeal Turner

Question 12

GA's first constitution, adopted in Savannah and created GA's first unicameral gov't:

Accepted Answer

GA Constitution of 1777

Question 13

Conflict between France & Great Britain where both sides allied with several native tribes:

Accepted Answer

French & Indian War

Question 14

This is the tallest peak in GA (part of the Appalachian Mountains):

Accepted Answer

Brasstown Bald

Question 15

Civil War battle over 3 days, bloodiest battle of the Civil War, Union won

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 16

What region of GA has the smallest land area?

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Plateau

Question 17

On what continent is the state of GA located?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 18

Organization created to help freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Freedmen's Bureau

Question 19

GA politician who spoke against secession, later Vice-President of the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

Alexander Stephens

Question 20

Forced labor; provided most of the labor in the south during Antebellum time

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 21

Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Question 22

Set of four laws created to punish Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party:

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts

Question 23

Period of time after the Civil War when the South had to undergo change to re-enter the US

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 24

This was the first land grant university; meant to educate all white men regardless of wealth:

Accepted Answer

UGA

Question 25

Creek leader in the Oconee War, worked to centralize powers within Creek society & protect land

Accepted Answer

Alexander McGillivray

Question 26

Confederate Civil War prison where thousands of Union soldiers died from poor conditions

Accepted Answer

Andersonville

Question 27

List the 5 capitals of GA in order:

Accepted Answer

Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

Question 28

Northern war strategy to cut off southern ports and keep them from trading

Accepted Answer

Anaconda Plan/Union Blockade

Question 29

American Revolution battle in GA, loss for GA, failed to retake its capital city from British

Accepted Answer

Siege of Savannah

Question 30

St. Simons & Tybee are examples of this physical feature:

Accepted Answer

Barrier Islands

Question 31

Union General that led the March to the Sea and the burning of Atlanta

Accepted Answer

William T. Sherman

Question 32

One of the major causes of the Civil War; belief that a state's interests are most important

Accepted Answer

States' Rights

Question 33

Colonists who favored remaining under British control:

Accepted Answer

Loyalists/Tories

Question 34

Main way people in the north made money during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Industry

Question 35

First US Constitution (federal), created a weak central government and was eventually replaced

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Question 36

Speech made by Lincoln reinforcing that the North needed to win to restore the Union

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 37

Civil War battle near Sharpsburg, MD, bloodiest single day of the Civil War, no clear winner

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 38

What nation is GA a part of?

Accepted Answer

United States of America

Question 39

Cherokee Indian who created the written Cherokee language (syllabary)

Accepted Answer

Sequoyah (George Gist)

Question 40

Secret organization that terrorized African Americans to keep them from voting

Accepted Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Question 41

What is the name of the river that forms a natural boundary between GA & SC?

Accepted Answer

Savannah River

Question 42

What is the largest freshwater wetland in Georgia, containing more than 400 species of animals?

Accepted Answer

Okefenokee Swamp

Question 43

Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court; ruled in Worcester v. GA

Accepted Answer

John Marshall

Question 44

Method used to distribute land; white men, orphans, and widows could buy tickets and win land

Accepted Answer

Land Lottery

Question 45

What region of GA has the largest population?

Accepted Answer

Piedmont

Question 46

In what region of the United States is GA located?

Accepted Answer

South East

Question 47

Led GA's militia to victory over 800 British soldiers:

Accepted Answer

Elijah Clark

Question 48

Document that stated the colonies were free of British control:

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 49

New political party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Republican Party

Question 50

What compromise led to the formation of the upper and lower houses of Congress?

Accepted Answer

Great Compromise

Question 51

Two largest denominations in GA after the American Revolution; spread across the state

Accepted Answer

Methodist & Baptist

Question 52

American president during the Civil War; elected in 1860

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 53

Document that awarded all land west of the Appalachian Mtns. to Native Americans:

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 54

Who were the representatives from GA that signed at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

Accepted Answer

Baldwin & Few

Question 55

In what two hemispheres is GA located?

Accepted Answer

Northern & Western

Question 56

Main Confederate General; led battles of Antietam & Gettysburg; surrendered at Appomattox, VA

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 57

Law that placed a tax on all paper goods and products:

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 58

Legal theory that states had the right to invalidate any law they believed was unconstitutional

Accepted Answer

Nullification

Question 59

Agreement between northern & southern states; admitted CA as a free state

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 60

African American soldier wounded at Kettle Creek & responsible for saving Elijah Clark's life:

Accepted Answer

Austin Dabney

Question 61

Leader of the Creek Nation who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs & was murdered for doing so

Accepted Answer

William McIntosh

Question 62

What are the last names of the three GA signers of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Gwinnett, Hall, Walton

Question 63

American general who became US President; assisted in the forced removed of Creek & Cherokee

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 64

Who is the female GA patriot who captured & killed a group of Tories during the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Nancy Hart

Duplicate of GA History Semester 1 Review

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Duplicate of GA History Semester 1 Review

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