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

To a committee focused on the issue

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

Adoptions of 13th, 14th and 15th admendments

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

A moderate climate with a cooler north and a warmer south

These two men debated and disagreed about how best to improve black lives in the early 1900s

W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington

What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia?

All the land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi

Georgia provided which of the following to the U.S. war effort in WWII?

Bell Bombers, Training Forts, Liberty Ships

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1
This governing document was created because the first one was virtually unchangeable.
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Charter of 1732
Articles of Confederation
2
Five states border Georgia, which one has the smallest border by area and no major interstate?
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
3
Led by Henry Grady, Georgia began to market what part of the state to Northern industrialists
Savannah
Atlanta
Macon
Augusta
4
When a country keeps only certain powers in different branches it has what principle in action
Checks and balance
A federal system
Separation of Powers
Confederation System of Power
5
Federal officials who came to the confederate states during Reconstruction to help freed slaves
Carpetbagger Society
U.S. Marshalls
Freedmen's Bureau
Lincoln's leaders
6
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
7
This Civil War plan aimed to hurt the economy of the Confederacy through trade restrictions
Total war
Cotton gin
Article of Secession
Naval blockade
8
What is this image depicting?
Georgia's power as a state
Yazoo Land Fraud
Burning of the Emancipation Proclamation
The first meal at the capital
9
Without this document written by Alexander Stephens, the Compromise of 1850 would have failed
Missouri Compromise
The Georgia Platform
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
10
After a bill is first presented in either body of the legislature it first is sent where?
To a committee focused on the issue
To the floor for a vote
The other house for a vote
The governor's desk
11
Cherokee became a written language when this leader created a syllabary for the spoken words
William McIntosh
John Ross
Sequoyah
Austin Dabney
12
This man landed on the Yamcraw Bluff hoping to establish an English colony in Georgia
Austin Dabney
James Oglethorpe
Hernando de Soto
Tom Watson
13
An example of the total war philosophy of General William Sherman
Antietam
Gettysburg
Burning of Atlanta
Battle of Chickamauga
14
The party of Georgia's only U.S. president, Jimmy Carter
Republican
Whig
Populist
Democratic
15
The Intolerable Acts, The Stamp Act and the Proclamation of 1763 were all results of what?
The Post Office
Merchantilism
French and Indian War
King George III's anger at the colonies
16
What court is needed to administer the last will and testimony in Georgia
Probate
Juvenile
Chancery
Superior
17
The mineral springs in Warm Springs Georgia helped Franklin Roosevelt's...
Polio
Fighting strength
Knee issues
Powerful speech voice
18
Required during Reconstruction for Confederate states to rejoin the U.S.
Adoptions of 13th, 14th and 15th admendments
High voter turnout in a presidential election
Official apology for the Civil War
Payment of reparations
19
Which city would be one of the best places in Georgia to harness hydroelectric power?
Savannah
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Macon
20
The oldest public, and state land grant, university in the United States
Georgia Tech
Harvard
University of Georgia
Yale
21
This war created the atmosphere of Americans vs. English in Colonial America
The French and Indian War
The Civil War
The War of 1812
Revolutionary War
22
This man worked with Dr. King in the Civil Rights Movement, and was Atlanta's 2nd black mayor
Andrew Young
Benjamin Mays
William Hartsfield
Ellis Arnall
23
When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act he enforced it against what branch
Executive
Juvenile
Judicial
Legislative
24
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 Two-Ocean Navy
Father of the U.S. Navy
25
Georgia was home to many military bases built in WWII thanks to this politician
Carl Vinson
Ellis Arnall
Richard Russell
Herman Talmadge
26
Peaceful desegregation of schools helped this mayor sell major sports teams to come to Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Ellis Arnall
Ivan Allen Jr.
William Hartsfield
27
This group of Germans came to Georgia seeking religious freedom and established Ebenezer.
Salzburgers
Malcontents
Mississippians
Highland Scots
28
In this land giveaway, people put their names in large barrels to be chosen at random
Land lottery
Distribution of land
Headright system
Land hand out
29
To keep the Union (U.S.) together, the Georgia Platform encouraged the acceptance of this
The Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Emancipation Proclamation
Kansas-Nebraska Act
30
To run for this office you must be at least 21 years old.
State senator
Governor
Supreme Court justice
State representative
31
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution granted all of the following except
Equal protection for all
Right to vote for all
Separate but equal
Abolished slavery
32
This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws and in Georgia sets the budget
Juvenile
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
33
This first black president of Morehouse College followed the philosophy of W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herdon
John Hope
Martin Luther King, Jr.
34
A political movement that supported farmers' rights against big-city idustrialists
Populist
Democratic
Republican
Whig
35
These forms of debt-based farming recreated slavery-type conditioned on southern farms
Farm subsidies
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming
Populism
36
This is the reason Atlanta was able to become the capital of Georgia.
Peaceful School desegregation
Hosting the Olympics
Film Industry
Railroad lines
37
The party that created the white primary as a form of disenfranchisement
Tory
Democratic
Republican
Whig
38
Adding this position to the executive branch partially led to the Three Governor's Controversy
Vice President
Lt. Governor
President
Governor
39
She ran an outpost selling to traders and spoke both Yamcraw and English.
Mary Musgrove
Rosalyn Carter
Rebecca Felton
Nancy Hart
40
This document established charity, economy and military defense as the reasons for Georgia
Georgia Platform
Emancipation Proclamation
The Tomochichi Accords
Charter of 1732
41
Who might say, "Let our brightest lead the way to equality for all of us now."
W.E.B. DuBois
John Hope
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
42
Why is Georgia able to grow a large variety of crops across the whole state?
Large bodies of water located throughout the state
A moderate climate with a cooler north and a warmer south
Rich soil perfect for cotton
Technology allows many crops to grow in new places
43
This New Deal program gave farmers money to not grow certain foods and diversify crops.
FRD
CCC
AAA
REA
44
These two men debated and disagreed about how best to improve black lives in the early 1900s
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
John Hope
Martin Luther King, Jr.
45
The primary political parties in the United States (more than one correct answer)
Whig
Populist
Democratic
Republican
46
This branch of government decides if laws passed are constitutional
Juvenile
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
47
What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia?
The right to slaves
The ability to vote for the next president
All the land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi
National respect as a pure state
48
Georgia provided which of the following to the U.S. war effort in WWII?
Nuclear power
Bell Bombers
Training Forts
Liberty Ships
49
Led by Tom Watson in Georgia and supported poor farmers, initially both black and white
Democratic
Populist
Republican
Whig
50
"Since my dad was elected governor, I should be appointed governor!" who might have said?
Melvin Thompson
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
51
A moderate governor of Georgia who balanced the budget and changed voting age to 18.
Sonny Perdue
Eugene Talmadge
Nathan Deal
Ellis Arnall
52
Helped by the Highland Scots, this founding reason for Georgia was a major help to England.
Religious freedom
Charity
Military Defense
Economy
53
It costs Mr. B $7 to make a t-shirt and he sells it for $15. He made what on the sale?
Debt
Income
Profit
Savings
54
In Georgia, this voting process was the only one the mattered for much of the 1900s
Primary
General Election
Governor's Election
County-unit voting
55
This man chased blacks out of his restaurant & later became Georgia's governor
Lester Maddox
Benjamin Mays
William Hartsfield
Hamilton Holmes
56
During the post-Civil War period, these men were elected to the General Assembly, but kept out.
White Democrats
African-American Republicans
African-American Democrats
White Republicans
57
Who might say, "Our people should focus on labor skills in order to improve our lives now."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Hope
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
58
William Hartsfield led a moderate coalition of Atlanta politicians and nicknamed Atlanta this.
The city too busy to hate
The peaceful Southern city
A modern American city
The city open to all
59
Despite urging Georgia to stay in the U.S. at first, this man became VP of the Confederacy
Austin Dabney
Jefferson Davis
William Sherman
Alexander Stephens
60
Gwinnett, Hall and Walton all committed treason when they did this.
Crossed the Appalachian Mountians
Dumped Tea in Boston Harbor
Helped write the U.S. Constitution
Signed the Declaration of Independence
61
Colquitt, Brown and Gordon controlled the politics of Georgia in the 1900s and were called this
Bourbon Triumvirate
Georgia's Mighty Trio
The Triple Threat
The Three Peaches
62
Georgia was the inspiration for many of this president's New Deal programs
Jimmy Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
63
"God, Gold and Glory"
The three most important resources of Georgia
A chant shouted by Hernando de Soto
An equation for success in life
Three reasons for European exploration
64
The Trail of Tears happened under the watch of this Cherokee chief.
William McIntosh
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
John Ross
65
Billy takes a lawnmower from his neighbor. In what court would his neighbor complain?
Petty
Criminal
Juvenile
Civil
66
Under this system, workers used their own tools to grow crops on someone else's land.
Sharecropping
Farm subsidies
Tenant Farming
Populism
67
The separation of powers in this document gave most of the power to the original 13 states.
Charter of 1732
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
68
William Sherman's path through Georgia following the battle of Atlanta
Antietam
Battle of Chickamauga
March to the Sea
Gettysburg
69
This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia and Congress in the U.S.
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Juvenile
70
This is the amount of money a person makes in a period of time
Debt
Income
Profit
Savings
71
In 1956, Georgia changed its state flag for what implicit reason?
To honor Georgia's history
To celebrate the Civil War centennial
To resist changes brought on by the Brown v. BOE decision
To show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
72
This established the 36.30 parallel as the line separating free and slave states.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
The Georgia Platform
73
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first black students where
The University of Georgia
Atlanta public schools
At any Georgia School
Gwinnett County Schools
74
Why is it noteworthy that the Coastal Plains were once submerged under ocean water?
All of the above
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
75
What New Deal program did Roosevelt conceive of on his visits to Warm Springs
REA
CCC
FRD
AAA
76
This system is designed to apply laws to people under the age of 17 in Georgia
Juvenile
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
77
The man was a result of the efforts for blacks to vote during the Civil Rights Movement
Maynard Jackson
Benjamin Mays
Lester Maddox
Ellis Arnall
78
In 1956, Georgia changed its state flag for this explicit reason...
To honor Georgia's history
To show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
To celebrate the Civil War centennial
To resist changes brought on by the Brown v. BOE decision
79
Slave who saved Elijah Clarke in Battle of Kettle Creek
Nancy Hart
Homer Plessy
Austin Dabney
Alonzo Herndon
80
This Civil War battle was the last major victory for the CSA in Georgia, and led to Sherman.
Andersonville
Battle of Chickamauga
Antietem
Gettysburg
81
Revolutionary War battle that gave hope to the American forces with a victory in Georgia
Siege of Savannah
Battle of Atlanta
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Kettle Creek
82
At Morehouse college this man helped Martin Luther King Jr. solidify his nonviolent ideas
Benjamin Mays
Ghandi
W.E.B. DuBois
Nelson Mandela
83
This was the most unsuccessful of the three reasons for the founding of Georgia
Charity
Economy
Religious freedom
Military Defense
84
He might have said, "We need to protect our farming way of life by protecting our farmers."
Tom Watson
W.E.B. DuBois
Henry Grady
Booker T. Washington
85
To run for this office you must be at least 30 years old.
State representative
Governor
Supreme Court justice
State senator
86
This founding reason for Georgia did not become a full reality until the Royal Governor period.
Religious freedom
Military Defense
Charity
Economy
87
Helped by the Freedmen's Bureau newly freed slaves voted primarily for what political party?
Whig
Tory
Democratic
Republican
88
In this system, workers used the owner's land, tools, and animals for a "share" of the harvest.
Tenant Farming
Sharecropping
Farm subsidies
Populism
89
Georgia was late to join on to this fight for colonial independence.
Spanish American War
Boston Tea Party
Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
90
The whites-only primary allowed this political party to disenfranchise black voters in Georgia
Democrats
Tea Party
Independents
Republicans
91
This person presides over the larger legislative body in the General Assembly
The governor
Speaker of the House
Chair of the Senate
Lt. Governor
92
"People in each state should vote to pick whether to have slaves," is an example of what idea?
One man-one vote
Popular sovereignty
County-unit system
Electoral politics
93
Breaking these laws could mean a juvenile is tried as an adult and can go to jail for life
Five Liftetime Laws
Murder
Nine troublesome act
Seven Deadly Sins
94
Why was Leo Frank broken out of prison and lynched by the Knights of Mary Phagan?
Antisemitic beliefs
They hated that he killed a young white girl
He whistled at a white girl on the street
He made a white girl work with a black man
95
This group hated the Trustees ban on alcohol, slavery and land ownership restrictions.
Highland Scots
Twelve Angry Men
Malcontents
Salzburgers
96
This was the first way Georgia attempted to grant land to families of settlers
Headright system
Distribution of land
Land lottery
Land hand out
97
A statutory law is passed by the legislature and is adjudicated by what type of court?
Criminal
Civil
Juvenile
Supreme
98
These people take on debt and take a risk to start a business.
Risk managers
Entrepeneurs
Investment Bankers
Debt Collectors
99
Checks and balances allows what to happen in Government?
It allows the courts the final say
It lets each branch balance their own budgets
It lets the executive write checks and balance the budget
It keeps allows each branch some power over another
100
This Creek leader was killed by his own people for selling their land to the Americans.
William McIntosh
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
John Ross
101
This group discovered 60 percent of Georgians wanted no integration of schools
Moderate Coalition
Sibley Commission
Integration of Schools Committee
Organization for school desegregation
102
To run for this office you must be at least 25 years old.
Governor
State representative
Supreme Court justice
State senator
103
Our nation's first governing document. It did not allow the government to tax the states.
Declaration of Independence
Charter of 1732
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
104
Martin Luther King, by demanding equality immediately for blacks, followed the beliefs of who?
W.E.B. DuBois
William Hartsfield
Booker T. Washington
Lester Maddox
105
Georgia's White Primary system was an indirect form of this practice...
Candidate selection
Jim Crow laws
Separate but Equal facilities
Disenfranchisment
106
Expanding business opportunities and keeping negative news at bay was the goal of this mayor
Herman Talmadge
Carl Vinson
Ellis Arnall
William Hartsfield
107
This group of people were the absentee rulers of Georgia for its first two decades as a colony
King George's Court
Oglethorpe's legion
Trustees
The Georgia Council
108
The Sibley Commission rejected its findings and argued for what?
The closing of all public schools
Token integration to avoid violence and nationwide scorn
The integration of the University of Georgia
The full and complete integration of schools
109
This man helped James Oglethorpe figure out the best place to found his colony.
William McIntosh
Tomochichi
Sequoyah
Pocahontas
110
The Bourbon Triumvirate help power by appealing to all but the following classes of people
Big City Industrialists
Southern Farmers
New black voters
White women voters
111
Home of a deadly Confederate prison camp during the Civil War
Battle of Chickamauga
Andersonville
Antietem
Gettysburg
112
These leaders of the colony eventually ended the restrictions put in place by the Trustees.
The first Trustees of Georgia
The Hawks' Big Three
The outspoken leaders of the Malcontents
Georgia's Three Royal Governors
113
One of the expanded roles of the Lt. Governor in Georgia gives the person power over these.
Committee chairs
The state budget
Voting laws
The state militia
114
Jim Crow Laws applied to what aspects of black life in the South
Family Relations
Theaters
Barbershops
Schools
115
This allowed for new states the right to chose to be slave or free using popular sovereignty.
The Georgia Platform
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
116
This governor's death led to three people claiming Georgia's governorship in 1946.
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
Ellis Arnall
117
Vinson thought funding this military branch helped both the U.S. and Georgia economically
Navy
Air Force
Army
Marines
118
This bug kept Georgia from enjoying the roaring 20s and worsened the Great Depression
War Weevil
Boll Weevil
Mosquito
Cotton Spiders
119
Who would have said, "Let us sell our land and grow the crops we want!" during Trustee Georgia?
Malcontents
Spanish
Highland Scots
Salzburgers
120
This region of Georgia is a great place to begin a hike to Maine
Ridge and Valley
Piedmont
Blue Ridge Mountains
Appalachian Plateau
121
This is how people build wealth and avoid debt on expensive purchases
Profit
Income
Debt
Savings
122
Party of Lincoln that fell out of favor in the South until 1980
Republicans
Torries
Democratics
Whigs
123
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador best know for what?
Assimilating the Mississipians into European culture
Leading a successful search for gold in Georgia
Being the first European in Georgia
Training attack dogs
124
Spending more money than a person has saved creates this.
Savings
Profit
Income
Debt
125
This group built large religious and social mounds at places like Etowah.
Woodland Indians
Mississippian Indians
Paleo Indians
Archaic Indians
126
Jim Crow is a fancy term for what behavior
Disenfranchisement
Antisemitism
Segregation
Racial Violence
127
This founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company also worked as a barber in Atlanta
Martin Luther King, Sr.
John Hope
Alonzo Herdon
Henry McNeal Turner
128
Abraham Baldwin was the first president of this university
Harvard
University of Georgia
Yale
Georgia Tech
129
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

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