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Review for 8th Grade GA History GA Milestones
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These three people were present at Georgia's founding on Yamacraw Bluff:
John Ross, Andrew McGillvery, & Sequoyah
John Reynolds, James Wright, & Henry Ellis
Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, & George Walton
Mary Musgrove, Tomochichi, & James Oglethorpe
2
This ultimately forced the Cherokee out of Georgia:
Trail of Tears
John Marshall
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Indian Removal Act
3
List the 5 capitals of GA in order:
Milledgeville, Savannah, Louisville, Atlanta, Augusta
Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta
Atlanta, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Savannah
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
4
He was the first African American Mayor of Atlanta:
Andrew Young
Lester Maddox
Maynard Jackson
Hamilton Holmes
5
After the French & Indian War the king said colonists couldn't move past App Mtns What was this
Indian Removal Act
Declaration of Independence
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
6
A tenant farmer is different than a sharecropper because:
He has little chance of every doing anything else
He produces more
He produces less
He owns his own tools or land
7
A delinquent behavior is one in which a juvenile:
habitually disrespects their parents
commits one of GA's 7 Deadly Sins
runs away from home
commits a crime
8
In 1820 this law made the number of slave & free states even:
Missouri Compromise 1820
Nullification Crisis
Nebraska-Kansas Act
Georgia Platform
9
This group of settlers who came to GA to help defend it. They settled in town of Darien.
Cherokee
Highland Scots
Saltzbergers
Malcontents
10
This Georgia business was founded in Macon, Georgia and got it's start crop dusting:
Coca-Cola
Georgia Pacific
Delta
Home Depot
11
GA has 2 deep water ports. Where are they located?
Marietta & Dahlonega
Savannah & Brunswick
Augusta & Lousville
Milledgeville & Atlanta
12
What did the Dredd Scott Decision decide?
Slaves were property, not people
Nullification was possibile in the case of a slave's freedom
Slaves were property down South but people up North
A slave who moved to a free state would be considered free
13
Two delegates from Georgia who signed the United States Constitution:
John Ross & Andrew McGillvary
William Few & Abraham Baldwin
Elijah Clarke & Nancy Hart
Button Gwinnett & Lyman Hall
14
This man was credited with creating a written alphabet of the Cherokee language:
John Ross
Tomochichi
Andrew McGillvary
Sequoyah
15
She was an advocate for woman's rights and served one day as Georgia's Senator:
Mary Musgrove
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Lugenia Burns Hope
Nancy Hart
16
This man led the Battle of Kettle Creek.
Elijah Clarke
Austin Dabney
James Wright
James Oglethorpe
17
PALEO, ARCHAIC, WOODLAND AND
CREEK
CHEROKEE
MISSISSIPPIAN
MESO
18
This is the name of the legislative branch in Georgia:
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Senate
Congress
19
Siege of Savannah
Patriot victory led by Elijah Clarke
England lost to the Patriots
Georgia signer of the U.S. Constitution; was also a judge and legislator fo
a failed attempt by the Patriots & French to recapture Savannah
20
This conflict was one of the contributing factors that led to the Revolutionary War.
Siege of Savannah
Battle of Kettle Creek
French Indian War
Battle of Bloody Marsh
21
Which political party won its first election in 1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln
Democrat
Whig
Populist
Republican
22
These laws were enacted to punish Boston; only then did other colonies talked about revolution.
Tea Acts
Stamp Acts
Intolerable Acts
Quartering Acts
23
Who was involved in the Three Governors Controversy? (Pick Three)
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Melvin Thompson
24
Spending money with the promise to pay it back later...
Interest
Saving
Credit
Income
25
What made Atlanta a viable city?
Railroad
Access to ports
King Cotton
Slave Trade
26
The 14th Amendment
Gave Freedmen the right to vote
Made Freedmen Citizens; due process of the law
Gave Freedmen the right to bare arms
Freed the Slaves
27
This geographic region has the most rainfall and the highest peak in GA, Brasstown Bald.
Appalachian Plateu
Blue Ridge
Ridge & Valley
Coastal Plains
28
Cities in GA were established along this geographic. Settlers harnessed the power of waterfalls
Barrier Islands
Savannah River
Deep Water Ports
Fall Line
29
During World War I, the United States allied with: (pick 3)
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
France
30
The beginning of the Great Depression was marked by the Stock Market Crash, also known as:
Black Tuesday
D-Day
VJ Day
Black Friday
31
This man was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution at the rise of The New South:
Henry Grady
John Hope
Tom Watson
Alonzo Herndon
32
What are the physical features of Georgia?
Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Blue Ridge, Fall Line
SALMA
Fall Line, Okefenokee Swamp, Appalachian Mtns.
Chattahoochee River, Savannah River, Barrier Islands
33
Austin Dabney fought in this GA battle. Patriots victory gave them hope they could win the war.
Battle of Savannah
Battle of Kettle Creek
Battle of Bloody Marsh
Siege of Savannah
34
The Trail of Tears...
Is a race track for the clinically depressed.
Was a forced migration of the Cherokee Natives.
Was an awesome water slide at Carrowinds.
Was a trail to Oregon
35
What year did Atlanta schools integrate?
1963
1962
1960
1961
36
The Georgia Platform:
Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Supported Popular Sovereignty
Expected the Fugitive Slave Law to be strongly enforced
Supported the Comp of 1850 but wanted the Fugitive Slave Law
37
After the Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts. How did colonists get this repealed?
They boycotted British goods
They sent a letter to King George
They fought battles against England
They asked England to repeal it
38
He was GA's 3rd and most successful governor during the Royal Colony.
John Reynolds
Henry Ellis
John Ross
James Wright
39
During Reconstruction, the Freedman's Bureau helped freedmen (pick 2):
Find Housing
Vote
Avoid persecution from the KKK
Move to northern states
40
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War:(hint: battle did not occur in GA).
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamagau
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Antietam
41
Prior to the Revolutionary War, most Georgians were:
Patriots
Loyalists
Whigs
Malcontents
42
This Creek leader was murdered for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs:
Sequoyah
John Ross
Andrew McGillvary
William McInstosh
43
This piece of legislation allowed states to use popular sovereignty, thus voting on slavery:
Georgia Platform
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
44
These were the first two African Americans to attend the University of Georgia (pick 2):
Lugenia Burns Hope
Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes
Tom Watson
45
This General marched through Georgia, burning a 60 mile wide path from Kennesaw to Savannah.
McCulumn
Grant
Lincoln
Sherman
46
This law returned run away slaves back to their owners:
Dred Scott Law
Runaway Law
Plessey vs. Ferguson
Fugitive Slave Law