2023 4 9 Weeks Exam Review

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

What land scandal caused Georgia to give up its claims to land in Alabama and Mississippi?

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

What major home improvement chain of stores began in Atlanta and is one of Georgia's largest economic industries?

Who was the Yamacraw Indian chief who gave the colonists permission to settle at Yamacraw Bluff?

What Georgia town was gold discovered forcing Native Americans off their land?

What was Georgia's 1st system of giving out land to the head of each household?

What was the earlier name for the city of Atlanta?

What city is the University of Georgia located?

At what age do you become an adult in the eyes of the law in Georgia?

What was the 1st state to secede from the Union?

How many counties are in Georgia?

Which group of modern Indians lived in what today is Coweta County?

Who was the founder of the Georgia colony?

What branch of the US Government makes the laws?

After the Treaty of 1763. what natural feature became Georgia's western boundary?

What geographic region is Coweta County located in?

Jimmy Carter

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

Who is Georgia's current governor?

Who invented the cotton gin?

Name all of the capitals of Georgia?

What river serves as a partial border between Georgia and South Carolina?

What Civil War general burned a path on his famous march from Atlanta to Savannah?

Who were the three people from Georgia that signed the Declaration of Independence?

What famous Civil rights leader and pastor was from Georgia?

What Atlanta mayor brought major league sports to Atlanta?

Who was the 1st black mayor of Atlanta, the first in any major southern city?

What president's election was the beginning of the separation of the states?

Who was the first European to explore what later became Georgia?

Who became president of the Confederate States of America?

What president led the United States out of the Great Depression?

What amendment outlawed slavery in the United States?

What is Georgia's highest court?

What was the method of labor that former slave owners used in order to farm their land?

What river serves as a major border between Georgia and Alabama?

What Atlanta based company is Georgia's #1 employer and the leader in the airline industry?

What was the name of the Georgia Civil War prison camp where 13,000 captured Union soldiers died?

What New Deal program brought electricity to rural areas of the South?

What is the 1st step in trying to get a new law introduced in our state?

What did the Cherokee Indians call their forced removal from Georgia to Oklahoma?

What act brought the United States into WW2

William Hartsfield

What is the county seat of Georgia?

What was the 1st capital of Georgia?

Where was President roosevelt's 2nd home, "The Little White House" located?

Who is the Georgia colony named for?

What was the main reason for the American Revolution?

What year did Atlanta host the Summer Olympics?