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8th Grade Georgia Studies Milestones Review
8th Grade Georgia Studies Milestones Review
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1
What are the most serious criminal crimes called?
torts
unrulies
felonies
misdemeanors
2
What did the GA General Assembly change to protest the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?
the 1956 state flag
the state capitol location
the GA Constitution
the GA pledge to the flag
3
One of the reasons for the colonization of Georgia was to serve as a buffer colony. Georgia was ...
an outpost for pirates attacking Spanish forts.
a military protective zone between British South Carolina & Spanish FL.
an agricultural station experimenting with cotton plants.
a colony for settlement for the poor.
4
Interpreter between James Oglethorpe & Chief of the Yamacraw, Tomochichi.
Sequoyah
Mary Musgrove
Nancy Hart
Charlayne Hunter
5
What was the 14th Amendment?
Granted citizenship to Blacks/African-Americans
Gave women the right to vote
Provided slaves with 40 acres & a mule
Abolished slavery
6
What was one of the events that led GA into a depression prior to the Stock Market Crash?
New Deal programs
boll weevil infestation
Cotton Exposition of 1895
typhoon of 1924
7
What is the separation of power for the judicial branch of government?
Interprets the law
Ignores the law
Enforces the law
Makes the law
8
The "Georgia Platform" was a statement supporting ...
slavery throughout the United States.
the Compromise of 1850.
popular sovereignty.
states' rights.
9
As founders of important Georgia businesses, J. Pemberton, T. Cathy, & A. Blank are called ...
employees
entrepreneurs
laborers
immigrants
10
Which are voting requirements for GA?
must be 18 years old & lived in GA at some time in your life
must live in the county where you vote & 25 years old
must be a Georgia resident & 18 years old
must be a citizen of the U.S. & 21 years old
11
What document, issued by Abraham Lincoln, freed all slaves in Confederate states?
Emancipation Proclamation
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
12
What is the time period after the Civil War that allowed the South to re-enter the U.S. if they met the conditions?
The Great Migration
The New South
Westward Expansion
Reconstruction
13
What was the U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled slaves weren't citizens & therefore couldn't sue?
Dred Scot v. Sanford
Worcester v. Georgia
Brown vs Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
14
Which describes Booker T. Washington's belief?
African Americans should improve lives through economic means
African Americans should improve lives by seeking Ph.Ds
African Americans should never want equality in society
African Americans should actively seek political office
15
He was famous for his March to the Sea during the Civil War that caused millions of dollars in damages in GA.
William Hartsfield
William T. Sherman
Jefferson Davis
John Marshall
16
What is the set of laws & governing document of the state?
Declaration of Independence
GA Bill of Rights
GA Constitution
U.S. Constitution
17
What is the largest expense for GA's government?
parks
education
health care
transportation
18
What was Franklin Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression? Did it end the Depression?
The New Deal; Yes
The Great Deal; No
The New Deal; No
The Best Deal; Yes
19
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is associated with the ...
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown v. BOE Supreme Court ruling
March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom
Albany Movement
20
Why did Hernando de Soto explore much of Georgia in 1540?
He believed he would find a passage to Asia through Georgia.
He was attracted by possible large gold deposits.
He was searching for the magical Fountain of Youth.
He wanted to build forts & missions in the area.
21
Who were the two main groups of Native Americans in Georgia during the early 1800s?
Osage Nation & Cherokee
Muscogee Creek & Cherokee
Seminole & Muscogee Creek
Cherokee & Aztec
22
Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Nancy Hart, George Walton, Lyman Hall
Lyman Hall, George Walton, & Button Gwinnet
Austin Dabney, Button Gwinnet, & Lyman Hall
William Few & Abraham Baldwin
23
Where does the government get most of its revenue?
federal grants
international business
exports
taxes
24
Who was taken from prison & lynched in public, after being accused of killing Mary Phagan?
Jim Crow
Button Gwinnett
Leo Frank
Jim Conley
25
Which are the major transportation systems in Georgia?
interstates, airports, ferry boats, & high-speed rail systems
Airports, interstates, Deepwater ports, & railroads
Deepwater ports, railroads, horses, & subways
subways, canoes, interstates, & airports
