1st Semester Final Exam 8th Grade Social Studies

Question 1

What was the Indian Removal Act?

Accepted Answer

Ceded a lot of Creek land to GA

Question 2

What are the requirements to vote in Georgia?

Accepted Answer

18 yrs of age, a US citizen, resident of GA

Question 3

How has climate impacted the growth of GA?

Accepted Answer

Mild climate led to rise of agriculture

Question 4

Reasons for Spanish exploration of the New World?

Accepted Answer

God, Gold and Glory

Question 5

Name of the city in GA for gold to first be discovered?

Accepted Answer

Dahlonega

Question 6

What were the reasons listed in the Charter of 1732 for the founding of GA?

Accepted Answer

Charity, economics and defense

Question 7

What was the Yazoo Land Case?

Accepted Answer

GA gov't sold land to businesses to make money

Question 8

Who was the Confederate general?

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 9

Name the three branches of government

Accepted Answer

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

Question 10

What were the 2 ways to distribute land after the Yazoo Land Fraud?

Accepted Answer

Headright System and Land Lottery

Question 11

In what year did the Civil War end?

Accepted Answer

1865

Question 12

Who was chief of the Yamacraw Indians that befriended Oglethorpe?

Accepted Answer

Tomochichi

Question 13

Describe the conditions for prisoners of war kept at Andersonville :

Accepted Answer

Little food, polluted water, horrible sanitation

Question 14

How did the Congressional plan for Reconstruction differ from the Presidential Plan?

Accepted Answer

Pres wanted to make it easier for Conf to join but Con didnt

Question 15

What is the KKK?

Accepted Answer

a group of white men who want Democrats in control

Question 16

What were some problems with GA's Constitution of 1777?

Accepted Answer

Too much power in the Legislative Branch

Question 17

What were black codes?

Accepted Answer

Laws created by Southern states to limit rights of freedmen.

Question 18

What's the difference between tenant farming and sharecroppers?

Accepted Answer

Shrecrpers borrowed everything but Tenant farmers owned some

Question 19

What is the order of GA's capitals? (ACRONYM)

Accepted Answer

SALMA

Question 20

What region of GA has the highest mountains?

Accepted Answer

Blue Ridge Region

Question 21

What did the Proclamation of 1763 forbid colonists to do?

Accepted Answer

To move west of the Appalachian Mtns

Question 22

Why is Nancy Hart a famous war heroine?

Accepted Answer

Legend is that she captured several British soldiers.

Question 23

Who was James Oglethorpe?

Accepted Answer

Founder of GA, Head of the Trustees

Question 24

What was Worcester Vs. GA?

Accepted Answer

Case tht ruled US gov't didn't have power over Cherokee land

Question 25

What is the 13th amendment?

Accepted Answer

Slavery is illegal.

Question 26

Who was the vice president of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Stephens

1st Semester Final Exam 8th Grade Social Studies

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1st Semester Final Exam 8th Grade Social Studies

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