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Review questions to help students prepare for the eighth grade Georgia Milestones Test
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1
The precedent set in this case allowed for the mass expansion of Jim Crow laws
Plessy v. Ferguson
Worchester v. Georgia
Brown v. Board
The Dred Scott Case
2
From Plessy v. Ferguson until Brown v. Board what principle stood as the law in the U.S.
Separate but Equal
Separate is inherently unequal
Slaves are property
Cherokee have the right to their land
3
The separation of powers in this document gave most of the power to the original 13 states.
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Charter of 1732
4
Who would have said, "Let us sell our land and grow the crops we want!" during Trustee Georgia?
Spanish
Salzburgers
Malcontents
Highland Scots
5
The party that created the white primary as a form of disenfranchisement
Democratics
Whigs
Torries
Republicans
6
Georgia was home to many military bases built in WWII thanks to this politician
Carl Vinson
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Richard Russell
7
Georgia's White Primary was an indirect form of this practice?
Jim Crow laws
Candidate selection
Separate but Equal facilities
Disenfranchisment
8
This group hated the Trustees ban on alcohol, slavery and Catholicism (mostly slavery)
Twelve Angry Men
Highland Scots
Salzburgers
Malcontents
9
This man landed on the Yamcraw Bluff hoping to establish an English colony in Georgia
Tom Watson
Austin Dabney
James Oglethorpe
Hernando de Soto
10
One of the expanded roles of the Lt. Governor in Georgia gives the person power over these.
The state militia
The state budget
Committee chairs
Voting laws
11
In Georgia, this voting process was the only one the mattered for much of the 1900s
Governor's Election
County-unit voting
General Election
Primary
12
Colquitt, Brown and Gordon controlled the politics of Georgia in the 1900s and were called this
Georgia's Mighty Trio
Bourbon Triumvirate
The Three Peaches
The Triple Threat
13
Five states border Georgia, which one has the smallest border by area and no major interstate?
Alabama
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
14
Based on the picture, what might Manifest Destiny mean?
The march West is inevitable because of European power
Technology gives some power over others
Angels with guns lead the way
Moving West is good for all people
15
These forms of debt-based farming recreated slavery-type conditioned on southern farms
Farm subsidies
Tenant Farming
Sharecropping
Populism
16
The Bourbon Triumvirate help power by appealing to all but the following classes of people
White women voters
Big City Industrialists
New black voters
Southern Farmers
17
This group of people were the absentee rulers of Georgia for it's first two decades as a colony
The Georgia Council
Oglethorpe's legion
King George's Court
Trustees
18
Why was white Leo Frank lynched by the Knights of Mary Phagan
He made a white girl work with a black man
They hated that he killed a young white girl
He whistled at a white girl on the street
Antisemitism
19
This established the 36.30 parallel as the line separating free and slave states.
Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Georgia Platform
20
"God, Gold and Glory"
An equation for success in life
A chant shouted by Hernando de Soto
The three most important resources of Georgia
Three reasons for European exploration
21
When a bill is first presented in the legislature it first is sent where?
The governor's desk
To the floor for a vote
The other house for a vote
To a committee focused on the issue
22
This is the reason Atlanta was able to become the capital of Georgia.
Hosting the Olympics
Film Industry
Railroad lines
Peaceful School desegregation
23
Dressing like a man, spying and killing Torries got a county and lake named after this person
Mary Musgrove
Rosalyn Carter
Stephanie Gwinnett
Nancy Hart
24
This person presides over the larger legislative body in the General Assembly
Lt. Governor
Chair of the Senate
The governor
Speaker of the House
25
This allowed for new states the right to chose to be slave or free using popular sovereignty.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Georgia Platform
Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
26
To run for this office you must be at least 30 years old.
Supreme Court justice
State representative
State senator
Governor
27
To run for this office you must be at least 25 years old.
State representative
Governor
Supreme Court justice
State senator
28
This first black president of Morehouse College followed the philosophy of W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alonzo Herdon
John Hope
29
This document established charity, economy and military defense as the reasons for Georgia
Georgia Platform
The Tomochichi Accords
Emancipation Proclamation
Charter of 1732
30
William Hartsfield led a moderate coalition of Atlanta politicians and nicknamed Atlanta this.
The city open to all
A modern American city
The city too busy to hate
The peaceful Southern city
31
The man was active
result
of the efforts for blacks to vote during the Civil Rights Movement
Maynard Jackson
Lester Maddox
Ellis Arnall
Benjamin Mays
32
This Civil War plan aimed to hurt the economy of the Confederacy through trade restrictions
Naval blockade
Total war
Article of Secession
Cotton gin
33
In this land giveaway, people put their names in large barrels to be chosen at random
Headright system
Distribution of land
Land lottery
Land hand out
34
Billy takes a lawnmower from his neighbor. In what court would his neighbor complain?
Civil
Juvenile
Petty
Criminal
35
This man helped James Oglethorpe figure out the best place to found his first colony
Sequoyah
Pocahontas
Tomochichi
William McIntosh
36
This group built large religious and social mounds at places like Etowah.
Archaic Indians
Mississippian Indians
Woodland Indians
Paleo Indians
37
What U.S. president is best represented by the angel?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
38
This document did not allow the Federal government to tax the states and was changed
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Charter of 1732
39
This is the amount of money a person makes in a period of time
Savings
Debt
Profit
Income
40
Party of Lincoln that fell out of favor in the South until 1980
Whigs
Torries
Democratics
Republicans
41
This is how people build wealth and avoid debt on expensive purchases
Debt
Profit
Savings
Income
42
A moderate governor of Georgia who balanced the budget and increased voting rights
Nathan Deal
Ellis Arnall
Sonny Perdue
Eugene Talmadge
43
She ran an outpost selling to traders and spoke both Yamcraw and English.
Rosalyn Carter
Mary Musgrove
Rebecca Felton
Nancy Hart
44
Helped by the Freedmen's Bureau newly freed slaves voted primarily for what political party?
Whigs
Republicans
Democratics
Torries
45
This man pointed a gun at blacks to keep them from his store & later became Georgia's governor
Lester Maddox
Benjamin Mays
Hamilton Holmes
William Hartsfield
46
Spending more money than a person has creates this.
Savings
Profit
Income
Debt
47
Who might say, "Our people should focus on labor skills in order to improve our lives now."
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
John Hope
Martin Luther King, Jr.
48
Places like Rock Eagle were built by this early Native American group.
Paleo Indians
Woodland Indians
Mississippian Indians
Archaic Indians
49
The primary political parties in the United States (more than one correct answer)
Populists
Democratics
Republicans
Whigs
50
At Morehouse college this man helped Martin Luther King Jr. solidify his nonviolent ideas
Ghandi
Benjamin Mays
Nelson Mandela
W.E.B. DuBois
51
Cherokee became a written language when this leader created a syllabary for the spoken words
Sequoyah
William McIntosh
Austin Dabney
John Ross
52
The oldest public university in the United States
Harvard
Yale
Georgia Tech
University of Georgia
53
Required during Reconstruction for Confederate states to rejoin the U.S.
Adoptions of 13th, 14th and 15th admendments
Official apology for the Civil War
Payment of reparations
High voter turnout in a presidential election
54
An example of the total war philosophy of General William Sherman
Burning of Atlanta
Battle of Chickamauga
Gettysburg
Antietam
55
This was the most unsuccessful of the three reasons for the founding of Georgia
Military Defense
Charity
Religious freedom
Economy
56
The Sibley Commission rejected its findings and argued for what?
The full and complete integration of schools
The closing of all public schools
The integration of the University of Georgia
Token integration to avoid violence and nationwide scorn
57
Without this document written by Alexander Stephens, the Compromise of 1850 would have failed
The Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Georgia Platform
58
Under this system, workers use owners' land and give them the crops and share the profits
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming
Farm subsidies
Populism
59
Home of a deadly Confederate prison camp during the Civil War
Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga
Antietem
Andersonville
60
This group of Germans came to Georgia seeking religious freedom and established Ebenezer.
Malcontents
Highland Scots
Mississippians
Salzburgers
61
Slave who saved Elijah Clarke in Battle of Kettle Creek
Austin Dabney
Alonzo Herndon
Homer Plessy
Nancy Hart
62
This system is designed to apply laws to people under the age of 17 in Georgia
Judicial
Executive
Juvenile
Legislative
63
What New Deal program did Roosevelt conceive of on his visits to Warm Springs
AAA
FRD
CCC
REA
64
What is this image depicting?
Burning of the Emancipation Proclamation
Yazoo Land Fraud
Georgia's power as a state
The first meal at the capital
65
The man was worked with the King during and was a result of the Civil Rights Movement
Andrew Young
Benjamin Mays
Ellis Arnall
William Hartsfield
66
Gwinnett, Hall and Walton all committed treason when they did this.
Crossed the Appalachian Mountians
Signed the Declaration of Independence
Dumped Tea in Boston Harbor
Helped write the U.S. Constitution
67
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution granted all of the following except
Right to vote for all
Equal protection for all
Abolished slavery
Separate but equal
68
Georgia was the inspiration for many of this president's New Deal programs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Jimmy Carter
69
Why is it noteworthy that the Coastal Plains were once submerged under ocean water?
It explains why Georgia's state fossil is the sharkstooth
It explains the sharp elevation decline at the Fall Line
It's one reason the soil is so good for agriculture
70
Expanding business opportunities and keeping negative news at bay was the goal of this mayor
William Hartsfield
Ellis Arnall
Carl Vinson
Herman Talmadge
71
Former slave turned preacher and missionary following the Civil War
Austin Dabney
Booker T. Washinton
Henry McNeal Turner
Alonzo Herdon
72
This group improved pottery and began to settle down and develop religions focused on animal.
Paleo Indians
Archaic Indians
Mississippian Indians
Woodland Indians
73
Despite urging Georgia to stay in the U.S. at first, this man became VP of the Confederacy
Austin Dabney
Alexander Stephens
Jefferson Davis
William Sherman
74
"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
75
Breaking these laws could mean a juvenile is tried as an adult and can go to jail for life
Five Liftetime Laws
Seven Deadly Sins
Murder
Nine troublesome act
76
The Knights of Mary Phagan rose up following the murder conviction of what Jewish man
Homer Plessy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alonzo Herdon
Leo Frank
77
These two men debated and disagreed about how best to improve black lives in the early 1900s
John Hope
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr.
78
Led by Henry Grady, Georgia began to market what part of the state to Northern industrialists
Savannah
Augusta
Macon
Atlanta
79
This woman was a female suffragist and the first female U.S. Senator
Mary Musgrove
Nancy Hart
Rosalyn Carter
Rebecca Latimer Felton
80
When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act he enforced it against what branch
Juvenile
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
81
Martin Luther King, by demanding equality immediately for blacks, followed the beliefs of who?
William Hartsfield
W.E.B. DuBois
Lester Maddox
Booker T. Washington
82
He might have said, "We need to protect our farming way of life by protecting our farmers."
W.E.B. DuBois
Tom Watson
Booker T. Washington
Henry Grady
83
California is a free state, D.C. stops the slave trade and the fugitive slave law is enforced
The Compromise of 1850
The Georgia Platform
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
84
This system of awarding votes by county gave disproportionate power to south Georgia
County-based politics
Disenfranchisement
County-voting requirements
County-unit system
85
This founding reason for Georgia was moderately successful compared to South Carolina at first.
Religious freedom
Charity
Military Defense
Economy
86
This New Deal program gave farmers money to not grow food.
REA
CCC
FRD
AAA
87
What would be one of the best places in Georgia to move to harness hydroelectric power?
Atlanta
Savannah
Milledgeville
Macon
88
This three-day Civil War battle was the largest battle ever fought in Georgia
Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga
Antietem
Andersonville
89
This group invented the Atlatl hook and transformed hunting forever.
Archaic Indians
Woodland Indians
Paleo Indians
Mississippian Indians
90
Revolutionary War battle that gave hope to the American forces with a victory in Georgia
Battle of Atlanta
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Kettle Creek
Siege of Savannah
91
The mineral springs in Warm Springs Georgia helped Franklin Roosevelt's...
Fighting strength
Knee issues
Powerful speech voice
Polio
92
Adding this position to the executive branch partially led to the Three Governor's Controversy
President
Governor
Vice President
Lt. Governor
93
Vinson thought funding this military branch helped both the U.S. and Georgia economically
Navy
Marines
Army
Air Force
94
The whites-only primary allowed this political party to disenfranchise black voters in Georgia
Democrats
Independents
Tea Party
Republicans
95
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador best know for what?
Being the first European in Georgia
Training attack dogs
Leading a successful search for gold in Georgia
Assimilating the Mississipians into European culture
96
In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this what explicit reason?
To show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
As a sign of support of Massive Resistance
To celebrate the Civil War centennial
To honor Georgia's history
97
Checks and balances allows what to happen in Government?
It keeps allows each branch some power over another
It lets each branch balance their own budgets
It allows the courts the final say
It lets the executive write checks and balance the budget
98
Peaceful desegregation of schools helped this mayor sell major sports teams to come to Atlanta
Ivan Allen Jr.
Lester Maddox
William Hartsfield
Ellis Arnall
99
"Since my dad was elected governor, I should be appointed governor!" who might have said?
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Melvin Thompson
100
A political movement that supported farmers' rights against big-city idustrialists
Republicans
Whigs
Populists
Democratics
101
This was the second attempt at establishing a government following the American Revolution
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Charter of 1732
102
Reynolds, Ellis and Wright?
Georgia's Three Royal Governors
The first Trustees of Georgia
The outspoken leaders of the Malcontents
The Hawks' Big Three
103
This bug kept Georgia from enjoying the roaring 20s and worsened the Great Depression
Boll Weevil
War Weevil
Mosquito
Cotton Spiders
104
This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia and Congress in the U.S.
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Juvenile
105
Abraham Baldwin was the first president of this university
Georgia Tech
Harvard
University of Georgia
Yale
106
It costs Mr. B $7 to make a t-shirt and he sells it for $15. He made what on the sale?
Debt
Savings
Profit
Income
107
Helped by the Highland Scots, this founding reason for Georgia was a major help to England.
Religious freedom
Economy
Charity
Military Defense
108
Jim Crow Laws applied to what aspects of black life in the South
Schools
Family Relations
Theaters
Barbershops
109
Federal officials who came to the confederate states during Reconstruction to help freed slaves
Freedmen's Bureau
Carpetbagger Society
U.S. Marshalls
Lincoln's leaders
110
This region of Georgia is a great place to begin a hike to Maine
Ridge and Valley
Piedmont
Blue Ridge Mountains
Appalachian Plateau
111
William Sherman's path through Georgia following the battle of Atlanta
Battle of Chickamauga
Gettysburg
March to the Sea
Antietam
112
When a country keeps only certain powers in different branches it has what principle in action
Separation of Powers
Confederation System of Power
Checks and balance
A federal system
113
This Creek leader was killed by his own people for selling their land to the Americans.
Austin Dabney
John Ross
Sequoyah
William McIntosh
114
To keep the Union (U.S.) together, the Georgia Platform encouraged the acceptance of this
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
115
Georgia was late to join on to this fight for colonial independence.
Revolutionary War
French and Indian War
Boston Tea Party
Spanish American War
116
This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws and in Georgia sets the budget
Juvenile
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
117
This was the first way Georgia attempted to grand land to families of settlers
Headright system
Distribution of land
Land hand out
Land lottery
118
This branch of government decides if laws passed are constitutional
Judicial
Legislative
Juvenile
Executive
119
What court is needed to administer the last will and testimony in Georgia
Juvenile
Superior
Chancery
Probate
120
This war created the atmosphere of Americans vs. English in Colonial America
The French and Indian War
The War of 1812
Revolutionary War
The Civil War
121
The Intolerable Acts, The Stamp Act and the Proclamation of 1763 were all results of what?
The Post Office
French and Indian War
Merchantilism
King George III's anger at the colonies
122
The first peoples in North America who did most of their hunting by stabbing their food.
Woodland Indians
Mississippian Indians
Archaic Indians
Paleo Indians
123
Who might say, "Let our brightest lead the way to equality for all of us now."
John Hope
W.E.B. DuBois
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington
124
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
Technology allows many crops to grow in new places
Rich soil perfect for cotton
125
Led by Tom Watson in Georgia and supported poor farmers, initially both black and white
Democratics
Populists
Republicans
Whigs
126
This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia
Juvenile
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
127
This governor's death led to three people claiming Georgia's governorship in 1946.
Herman Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
128
Under this system, workers use owners' tools, land and provide labor to grow crops
Populism
Tenant Farming
Farm subsidies
Sharecropping
129
The party of Georgia's only U.S. president, Jimmy Carter
Democratics
Whigs
Republicans
Populists
130
These people take on debt and take a risk to start a business.
Investment Bankers
Debt Collectors
Risk managers
Entrepeneurs
131
Jim Crow is a fancy term for what behavior
Segregation
Disenfranchisement
Racial Violence
Antisemitism
132
This founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company also worked as a barber in Atlanta
Alonzo Herdon
Martin Luther King, Sr.
Henry McNeal Turner
John Hope
133
To run for this office you must be at least 21 years old.
State senator
Supreme Court justice
State representative
Governor
134
A statutory law is passed by the legislature and is adjudicated by what type of court?
Civil
Criminal
Supreme
Juvenile
135
Georgia provided which of the following the the U.S. war effort in WWII
Training Forts
Nuclear power
Liberty Ships
Bell Bombers
136
In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this what implicit reason?
To celebrate the Civil War centennial
To show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
To honor Georgia's history
As a sign of support of Massive Resistance
137
This group discovered 60 percent of Georgia's wanted no integration of schools
Integration of Schools Committee
Moderate Coalition
Organization for school desegregation
Sibley Commission
138
What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia once discovered?
All the land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi
The right to slaves
National respect as a pure state
The ability to vote for the next president
139
Democrats and Republicans are examples of what?
Political Parties
Presidents
Teams
Voters
140
During this post-Civil War period, Henry McNeal Turner was a successful politician
Antebellum
Centennial
Sharecropping
Reconstruction
141
The Trail of Tears happened under the watch of this Cherokee chief.
Sequoyah
Austin Dabney
John Ross
William McIntosh
142
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first black students where
Gwinnett County Schools
At any Georgia School
The University of Georgia
Atlanta public schools
143
Carl Vinson wanted the Navy to be big earning him this nickname.
Father of the Navy theaters
Father of the Two-Ocean Navy
Father of the U.S. Navy
Father of the Might Navy
