What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia once discovered?

All land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi rivers

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1
William Hartsfield led a moderate coalition of Atlanta politicians and nicknamed Atlanta this.
A modern American city
The peaceful Southern city
The city open to all
The city too busy to hate
2
The Knights of Mary Phagan rose up following the murder conviction of what Jewish man
Alonzo Herdon
Leo Frank
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Homer Plessy
3
This three-day Civil War battle was the largest battle fought in Georgia and a Confederate win
Battle of Atlanta
Sherman's March to the Sea
Andersonville
Battle of Chickamauga
4
When a country keeps only certain powers in different branches it has what principle in action
Confederation System of Power
Separation of Powers
A federal system
Checks and balance
5
The man was active result of the efforts for blacks to vote during the Civil Rights Movement
Ellis Arnall
Benjamin Mays
Maynard Jackson
Lester Maddox
6
This war created the atmosphere of Americans vs. English in Colonial America
Revolutionary War
The French and Indian War
The Civil War
The War of 1812
7
Type of local Government created by Georgia's constitution.
County
Special Purpose
State
City
8
Under this system, workers provided own tools and labor to grow crops and rented land.
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming
Farm subsidies
Populism
9
Why was white Leo Frank lynched by the Knights of Mary Phagan
Antisemitism
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
10
Spending more money than a person has saved creates this.
Debt
Profit
Savings
Income
11
This branch of government decides if laws passed are constitutional
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Juvenile
12
Martin Luther King, by demanding equality immediately for blacks, followed the beliefs of who?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
William Hartsfield
Lester Maddox
13
Georgia was home to many military bases built in WWII thanks to this politician
Herman Talmadge
Carl Vinson
Ellis Arnall
Richard Russell
14
Cherokee became a written language when this leader created a syllabary for the spoken words
John Ross
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
William McIntosh
15
The oldest public university in the United States
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Harvard
Yale
16
In Georgia, this voting process was the only one the mattered for much of the 1900s
Governor's Election
Primary
General Election
County-unit voting
17
Led by Tom Watson in Georgia and supported poor farmers, initially both black and white
Whigs
Republicans
Democratics
Populists
18
This Creek leader was killed by his own people for selling their land to the Americans.
William McIntosh
John Ross
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
19
To keep the Union (U.S.) together, the Georgia Platform encouraged the acceptance of this
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
20
He might have said, "We need to protect our farming way of life by protecting our farmers."
Tom Watson
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Henry Grady
21
Revolutionary War battle that gave hope to the American forces with a victory in Georgia
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Kettle Creek
Siege of Savannah
Lexington and Concord
22
This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia and Congress in the U.S.
Juvenile
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
23
This document established philanthropy, economy and military defense as the reasons for Georgia
Georgia Platform
Emancipation Proclamation
The Tomochichi Accords
Charter of 1732
24
Jim Crow is a fancy term for what behavior
Disenfranchisement
Racial Violence
Segregation
Antisemitism
25
When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act he enforced it against what branch
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Juvenile
26
This founding reason for Georgia was modestly successful compared to South Carolina at first.
Military Defense
Economy
Religious freedom
Charity
27
Georgia was late to join on to this fight for colonial independence.
Revolutionary War
Spanish American War
French and Indian War
Boston Tea Party
28
Which of the following were Georgia's two biggest contributions to WWII?
Liberty Ships/Bell Bombers
Liberty Ships/Nuclear Bombs
Bell Bombers/Victory Gardens
Bell Bombers/Cotton
29
What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia once discovered?
The ability to vote for the next president
National respect as a founding U.S. state
All land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi rivers
The right to own slaves
30
Georgia's White Primary was an indirect form of this practice?
Disenfranchisment
Candidate selection
Separate but Equal facilities
Jim Crow laws
31
Agencies in this branch of government include Secretary of State and Department of Education.
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Federal
32
Georgia's first black U.S. Representative since Reconstruction and Atlanta mayor.
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
William Hartsfield
Ellis Arnall
33
This was the most unsuccessful of the three reasons for the founding of Georgia
Military Defense
Philanthropy
Economy
Religious freedom
34
This document did not allow the central government to tax the states and was changed.
Charter of 1732
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
35
The precedent set in this case allowed for the mass expansion of Jim Crow laws
Worchester v. Georgia
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Dred Scott Case
Brown v. Board
36
Helped by the Freedmen's Bureau newly freed slaves voted primarily for what political party?
Republicans
Torries
Democratics
Whigs
37
Five states border Georgia, which one has the smallest border by area and no major interstate?
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
38
Why is it noteworthy that the Coastal Plains were once submerged under ocean water?
All of the above
It's one reason the soil is so good for agriculture
It explains the sharp elevation decline at the Fall Line
It explains why Georgia's state fossil is the sharkstooth
39
A moderate governor of Georgia who balanced the budget and increased voting rights?
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Lester Maddox
40
What would be one of the best places in Georgia to move to harness hydroelectric power?
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Savannah
Macon
41
In this land giveaway, people put their names in large barrels to be chosen at random
Headright system
Land lottery
Distribution of land
Land hand out
42
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
43
Originally banned, this group was allowed into Georgia because of its doctors.
Highland Scots
Malcontents
Jews
Salzburgers
44
In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this to send the message that is would do what?
Resist school integration
Honor Georgia's history
Show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
Celebrate the Civil War centennial
45
This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws and in Georgia sets the budget
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Juvenile
46
This was the second attempt at establishing a government following the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Federal Constitution
Charter of 1732
Articles of Confederation
47
A political movement that supported farmers' rights against big-city idustrialists
Populists
Whigs
Republicans
Democratics
48
This is the amount of money a person makes in a period of time
Savings
Income
Profit
Debt
49
This region of Georgia is a great place to begin a hike to Maine
Appalachian Plateau
Ridge and Valley
Piedmont
Blue Ridge Mountains
50
The separation of powers in this document gave most of the power to the original 13 states.
Declaration of Independence
Charter of 1732
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
51
The party of Georgia's only U.S. president, Jimmy Carter
Republicans
Whigs
Populists
Democratics
52
These people take on debt and take a risk to start a business.
Entrepeneurs
Risk managers
Debt Collectors
Investment Bankers
53
Under this system, workers use owners' land and give them the crops and share the profits
Populism
Sharecropping
Farm subsidies
Tenant Farming
54
This Civil War plan aimed to hurt the economy of the Confederacy through trade restrictions
Cotton gin
Total war
Naval blockade
Article of Secession
55
Federal officials who came to the confederate states during Reconstruction to help freed slaves
U.S. Marshalls
Freedmen's Bureau
Carpetbagger Society
Lincoln's leaders
56
This man pointed a gun at blacks to keep them from his store & later became Georgia's governor
Hamilton Holmes
Benjamin Mays
Lester Maddox
William Hartsfield
57
To run for this office you must be at least 25 years old.
State senator
Governor
Supreme Court justice
State representative
58
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
59
Who might say, "Let our brightest lead the way to equality for all of us now."
W.E.B. DuBois
John Hope
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington
60
Why is Georgia able to grow a large variety of crops across the whole state?
Large bodies of water located throughout the state
Rich soil perfect for cotton
A moderate climate with a cooler north and a warmer south
Technology allows many crops to grow in new places
61
Led by Henry Grady, Georgia began to market what part of the state to Northern industrialists
Macon
Atlanta
Augusta
Savannah
62
This is the reason Atlanta was able to become the capital of Georgia.
Hosting the Olympics
Film Industry
Railroad lines
Peaceful School desegregation
63
This man landed on the Yamcraw Bluff hoping to establish an English colony in Georgia
Hernando de Soto
Tom Watson
James Oglethorpe
Austin Dabney
64
Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta, Helped bring the Olympics to Atlanta
Ivan Allen, Jr.
Andrew Young
William Hartsfield
Maynard Jackson
65
To run for this office you must be at least 21 years old.
Governor
State representative
State senator
Supreme Court justice
66
Helped by the Highland Scots, this founding reason for Georgia was a major help to England.
Military Defense
Charity
Economy
Religious freedom
67
What court is needed to administer the last will and testimony in Georgia
Juvenile
Chancery
Probate
Superior
68
Which New Deal program did Roosevelt think of in the darkness of Warm Springs?
AAA
FRD
CCC
REA
69
Georgia was the inspiration for many of this president's New Deal programs
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
70
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
71
What is this image depicting?
Burning the Charter of 1732
Burning of the Yazoo Land Fraud
Cooking the first meal at the capital
Burning of the Emancipation Proclamation
72
The Trail of Tears happened under the watch of this Cherokee chief.
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
John Ross
William McIntosh
73
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution granted all of the following except
Separate but equal
Equal protection for all
Abolished slavery
Right to vote for all
74
It costs Mr. B $7 to make a t-shirt and he sells it for $15. He made what on the sale?
Profit
Debt
Savings
Income
75
The Stamp Act and the Proclamation of 1763 were both results of what?
King George III's anger at the colonies
French and Indian War
Merchantilism
The Post Office
76
This group hated the Trustees ban on alcohol, slavery and Catholicism (mostly slavery)?
Highland Scots
Malcontents
Salzburgers
Jews
77
The mineral springs in Warm Springs Georgia helped Franklin Roosevelt's...
Polio
Fighting strength
Knee issues
Powerful speech voice
78
Colquitt, Brown and Gordon controlled the politics of Georgia in the 1900s and were called this
The Triple Threat
Georgia's Mighty Trio
The Three Peaches
Bourbon Triumvirate
79
These forms (2) of debt-based farming recreated slavery-type conditioned on southern farms.
Tenant Farming/Sharecropping
Sharecropping/Rural Free Mail Delivery
Tenant Farming/Farm subsidies
Sharecropping/Populism
80
Party of Lincoln that fell out of favor in the South until 1980
Republicans
Whigs
Democratics
Torries
81
Expanding business opportunities and keeping negative news at bay was the goal of this mayor
Carl Vinson
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
William Hartsfield
82
This group of people were the absentee rulers of Georgia for its first two decades as a colony
Trustees
Oglethorpe's legion
The Georgia Council
King George's Court
83
Who would have said, "Let us sell our land and grow the crops we want!" during Trustee Georgia?
Jews
Malcontents
Salzburgers
Highland Scots
84
This was the first way Georgia attempted to grant land to families of settlers
Headright system
Distribution of land
Land lottery
Land hand out
85
Breaking these laws could mean a juvenile is tried as an adult and can go to jail for life
Murder
Five Liftetime Laws
Seven Deadly Sins
Nine troublesome act
86
Focus on industrialization, low taxes, low services and white supremacy.
Henry Grady
Eugene Talmadge
Tom Watson and the Populists
Bourbon Triumvirate
87
The party that created the white primary as a form of disenfranchisement
Whigs
Torries
Republicans
Democratics
88
This New Deal program gave farmers money to not grow food.
REA
FRD
AAA
CCC
89
"Since my dad was elected governor, I should be appointed governor!" who might have said?
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
90
Without this document written by Alexander Stephens, the Compromise of 1850 would have failed
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Georgia Platform
91
Type of local Government created for a specific and limited purpose, often funded by fees.
County
City
State
Special Purpose
92
She ran an outpost selling to traders and spoke both Yamcraw and English.
Nancy Hart
Mary Musgrove
Rebecca Felton
Margaret Mitchell
93
This founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company also worked as a barber in Atlanta
W.E.B. DuBois
Leo Frank
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herdon
94
This is how people build wealth and avoid debt on expensive purchases
Debt
Income
Profit
Savings
95
To run for this office you must be at least 30 years old.
Governor
State senator
State representative
Supreme Court justice
96
Jim Crow Laws applied to what aspects of black life in the South, choose the BEST answer.
Theaters
Streetcars
Schools
Barbershops
97
An example of the total war philosophy of General William Sherman
Antietam
Burning of Atlanta
Battle of Chickamauga
Gettysburg
98
These two men debated and disagreed about how best to improve black lives in the early 1900s
W.E.B. DuBois/Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington/Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington/Alonzo Herndon
W.E.B. DuBois/Alonzo Herndon
99
Vinson thought funding this military branch helped both the U.S. and Georgia economically
Air Force
Marines
Navy
Army
100
Type of local Government created to provide added, tax-funded services.
Special Purpose
City
State
County
101
Checks and balances allows what to happen in Government?
It allows the courts the final say
It lets the executive write checks and balance the budget
It lets each branch balance their own budgets
It keeps allows each branch some power over another
102
Required during Reconstruction for Confederate states to rejoin the U.S.
Adoptions of 13th, 14th and 15th admendments
Payment of reparations
High voter turnout in a presidential election
Official apology for the Civil War
103
This group of Germans came to Georgia seeking religious freedom and established Ebenezer.
Malcontents
Jews
Salzburgers
Highland Scots
104
Billy takes a lawnmower from his neighbor. In what court would his neighbor complain?
Civil
Juvenile
Criminal
Petty
105
This man helped James Oglethorpe figure out the best place to found his first colony
Tomochichi
William McIntosh
John Ross
Sequoyah
106
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador best know for what?
Being the first European in Georgia
Assimilating the Mississipians into European culture
Leading a successful search for gold in Georgia
Training attack dogs
107
Gwinnett, Hall and Walton all committed treason when they did this.
Signed the Declaration of Independence
Crossed the Appalachian Mountians
Dumped Tea in Boston Harbor
Helped write the U.S. Constitution
108
A statutory law is passed by the legislature and is adjudicated by what type of court?
Civil
Juvenile
Criminal
Supreme
109
Peaceful desegregation of schools helped this mayor sell major sports teams to come to Atlanta
Lester Maddox
William Hartsfield
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ellis Arnall
110
Home of a deadly Confederate prison camp during the Civil War
Andersonville
Gettysburg
Antietem
Battle of Chickamauga
111
Democrats and Republicans are examples of what?
Voters
Presidents
Political Parties
Teams
112
This governor's death led to three people claiming Georgia's governorship in 1946.
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
113
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 full and complete integration of schools
The integration of the University of Georgia
114
Carl Vinson wanted the Navy to be big earning him this nickname.
Father of the U.S. Navy
Father of the Navy theaters
Father of the Two-Ocean Navy
Father of the Might Navy
115
This system is designed to apply laws to people under the age of 17 in Georgia
Executive
Legislative
Juvenile
Judicial
116
William Sherman's path through Georgia following the battle of Atlanta
Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga
March to the Sea
Antietam
117
This bug kept Georgia from enjoying the roaring 20s and worsened the Great Depression
Mosquito
Cotton Spiders
War Weevil
Boll Weevil
118
Adding this position to the executive branch partially led to the Three Governor's Controversy
Governor
Vice President
Lt. Governor
President
119
This group discovered 60 percent of Georgia's wanted no integration of schools
Integration of Schools Committee
Organization for school desegregation
Moderate Coalition
Sibley Commission
120
From Plessy v. Ferguson until Brown v. Board what principle stood as the law in the U.S.
Slaves are property
Separate but Equal
Cherokee have the right to their land
Separate is inherently unequal

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Questions 120

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1
William Hartsfield led a moderate coalition of Atlanta politicians and nicknamed Atlanta this.
A modern American city
The peaceful Southern city
The city open to all
The city too busy to hate
2
The Knights of Mary Phagan rose up following the murder conviction of what Jewish man
Alonzo Herdon
Leo Frank
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Homer Plessy
3
This three-day Civil War battle was the largest battle fought in Georgia and a Confederate win
Battle of Atlanta
Sherman's March to the Sea
Andersonville
Battle of Chickamauga
4
When a country keeps only certain powers in different branches it has what principle in action
Confederation System of Power
Separation of Powers
A federal system
Checks and balance
5
The man was active result of the efforts for blacks to vote during the Civil Rights Movement
Ellis Arnall
Benjamin Mays
Maynard Jackson
Lester Maddox
6
This war created the atmosphere of Americans vs. English in Colonial America
Revolutionary War
The French and Indian War
The Civil War
The War of 1812
7
Type of local Government created by Georgia's constitution.
County
Special Purpose
State
City
8
Under this system, workers provided own tools and labor to grow crops and rented land.
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming
Farm subsidies
Populism
9
Why was white Leo Frank lynched by the Knights of Mary Phagan
Antisemitism
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
10
Spending more money than a person has saved creates this.
Debt
Profit
Savings
Income
11
This branch of government decides if laws passed are constitutional
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Juvenile
12
Martin Luther King, by demanding equality immediately for blacks, followed the beliefs of who?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
William Hartsfield
Lester Maddox
13
Georgia was home to many military bases built in WWII thanks to this politician
Herman Talmadge
Carl Vinson
Ellis Arnall
Richard Russell
14
Cherokee became a written language when this leader created a syllabary for the spoken words
John Ross
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
William McIntosh
15
The oldest public university in the United States
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Harvard
Yale
16
In Georgia, this voting process was the only one the mattered for much of the 1900s
Governor's Election
Primary
General Election
County-unit voting
17
Led by Tom Watson in Georgia and supported poor farmers, initially both black and white
Whigs
Republicans
Democratics
Populists
18
This Creek leader was killed by his own people for selling their land to the Americans.
William McIntosh
John Ross
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
19
To keep the Union (U.S.) together, the Georgia Platform encouraged the acceptance of this
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
20
He might have said, "We need to protect our farming way of life by protecting our farmers."
Tom Watson
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Henry Grady
21
Revolutionary War battle that gave hope to the American forces with a victory in Georgia
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Kettle Creek
Siege of Savannah
Lexington and Concord
22
This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia and Congress in the U.S.
Juvenile
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
23
This document established philanthropy, economy and military defense as the reasons for Georgia
Georgia Platform
Emancipation Proclamation
The Tomochichi Accords
Charter of 1732
24
Jim Crow is a fancy term for what behavior
Disenfranchisement
Racial Violence
Segregation
Antisemitism
25
When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act he enforced it against what branch
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Juvenile
26
This founding reason for Georgia was modestly successful compared to South Carolina at first.
Military Defense
Economy
Religious freedom
Charity
27
Georgia was late to join on to this fight for colonial independence.
Revolutionary War
Spanish American War
French and Indian War
Boston Tea Party
28
Which of the following were Georgia's two biggest contributions to WWII?
Liberty Ships/Bell Bombers
Liberty Ships/Nuclear Bombs
Bell Bombers/Victory Gardens
Bell Bombers/Cotton
29
What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia once discovered?
The ability to vote for the next president
National respect as a founding U.S. state
All land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi rivers
The right to own slaves
30
Georgia's White Primary was an indirect form of this practice?
Disenfranchisment
Candidate selection
Separate but Equal facilities
Jim Crow laws
31
Agencies in this branch of government include Secretary of State and Department of Education.
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
Federal
32
Georgia's first black U.S. Representative since Reconstruction and Atlanta mayor.
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Young
William Hartsfield
Ellis Arnall
33
This was the most unsuccessful of the three reasons for the founding of Georgia
Military Defense
Philanthropy
Economy
Religious freedom
34
This document did not allow the central government to tax the states and was changed.
Charter of 1732
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
35
The precedent set in this case allowed for the mass expansion of Jim Crow laws
Worchester v. Georgia
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Dred Scott Case
Brown v. Board
36
Helped by the Freedmen's Bureau newly freed slaves voted primarily for what political party?
Republicans
Torries
Democratics
Whigs
37
Five states border Georgia, which one has the smallest border by area and no major interstate?
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
38
Why is it noteworthy that the Coastal Plains were once submerged under ocean water?
All of the above
It's one reason the soil is so good for agriculture
It explains the sharp elevation decline at the Fall Line
It explains why Georgia's state fossil is the sharkstooth
39
A moderate governor of Georgia who balanced the budget and increased voting rights?
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Lester Maddox
40
What would be one of the best places in Georgia to move to harness hydroelectric power?
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Savannah
Macon
41
In this land giveaway, people put their names in large barrels to be chosen at random
Headright system
Land lottery
Distribution of land
Land hand out
42
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
43
Originally banned, this group was allowed into Georgia because of its doctors.
Highland Scots
Malcontents
Jews
Salzburgers
44
In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this to send the message that is would do what?
Resist school integration
Honor Georgia's history
Show Georgia as an open, welcoming state
Celebrate the Civil War centennial
45
This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws and in Georgia sets the budget
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Juvenile
46
This was the second attempt at establishing a government following the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Federal Constitution
Charter of 1732
Articles of Confederation
47
A political movement that supported farmers' rights against big-city idustrialists
Populists
Whigs
Republicans
Democratics
48
This is the amount of money a person makes in a period of time
Savings
Income
Profit
Debt
49
This region of Georgia is a great place to begin a hike to Maine
Appalachian Plateau
Ridge and Valley
Piedmont
Blue Ridge Mountains
50
The separation of powers in this document gave most of the power to the original 13 states.
Declaration of Independence
Charter of 1732
U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
51
The party of Georgia's only U.S. president, Jimmy Carter
Republicans
Whigs
Populists
Democratics
52
These people take on debt and take a risk to start a business.
Entrepeneurs
Risk managers
Debt Collectors
Investment Bankers
53
Under this system, workers use owners' land and give them the crops and share the profits
Populism
Sharecropping
Farm subsidies
Tenant Farming
54
This Civil War plan aimed to hurt the economy of the Confederacy through trade restrictions
Cotton gin
Total war
Naval blockade
Article of Secession
55
Federal officials who came to the confederate states during Reconstruction to help freed slaves
U.S. Marshalls
Freedmen's Bureau
Carpetbagger Society
Lincoln's leaders
56
This man pointed a gun at blacks to keep them from his store & later became Georgia's governor
Hamilton Holmes
Benjamin Mays
Lester Maddox
William Hartsfield
57
To run for this office you must be at least 25 years old.
State senator
Governor
Supreme Court justice
State representative
58
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
59
Who might say, "Let our brightest lead the way to equality for all of us now."
W.E.B. DuBois
John Hope
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington
60
Why is Georgia able to grow a large variety of crops across the whole state?
Large bodies of water located throughout the state
Rich soil perfect for cotton
A moderate climate with a cooler north and a warmer south
Technology allows many crops to grow in new places
61
Led by Henry Grady, Georgia began to market what part of the state to Northern industrialists
Macon
Atlanta
Augusta
Savannah
62
This is the reason Atlanta was able to become the capital of Georgia.
Hosting the Olympics
Film Industry
Railroad lines
Peaceful School desegregation
63
This man landed on the Yamcraw Bluff hoping to establish an English colony in Georgia
Hernando de Soto
Tom Watson
James Oglethorpe
Austin Dabney
64
Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta, Helped bring the Olympics to Atlanta
Ivan Allen, Jr.
Andrew Young
William Hartsfield
Maynard Jackson
65
To run for this office you must be at least 21 years old.
Governor
State representative
State senator
Supreme Court justice
66
Helped by the Highland Scots, this founding reason for Georgia was a major help to England.
Military Defense
Charity
Economy
Religious freedom
67
What court is needed to administer the last will and testimony in Georgia
Juvenile
Chancery
Probate
Superior
68
Which New Deal program did Roosevelt think of in the darkness of Warm Springs?
AAA
FRD
CCC
REA
69
Georgia was the inspiration for many of this president's New Deal programs
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
Teddy Roosevelt
70
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
71
What is this image depicting?
Burning the Charter of 1732
Burning of the Yazoo Land Fraud
Cooking the first meal at the capital
Burning of the Emancipation Proclamation
72
The Trail of Tears happened under the watch of this Cherokee chief.
Austin Dabney
Sequoyah
John Ross
William McIntosh
73
The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution granted all of the following except
Separate but equal
Equal protection for all
Abolished slavery
Right to vote for all
74
It costs Mr. B $7 to make a t-shirt and he sells it for $15. He made what on the sale?
Profit
Debt
Savings
Income
75
The Stamp Act and the Proclamation of 1763 were both results of what?
King George III's anger at the colonies
French and Indian War
Merchantilism
The Post Office
76
This group hated the Trustees ban on alcohol, slavery and Catholicism (mostly slavery)?
Highland Scots
Malcontents
Salzburgers
Jews
77
The mineral springs in Warm Springs Georgia helped Franklin Roosevelt's...
Polio
Fighting strength
Knee issues
Powerful speech voice
78
Colquitt, Brown and Gordon controlled the politics of Georgia in the 1900s and were called this
The Triple Threat
Georgia's Mighty Trio
The Three Peaches
Bourbon Triumvirate
79
These forms (2) of debt-based farming recreated slavery-type conditioned on southern farms.
Tenant Farming/Sharecropping
Sharecropping/Rural Free Mail Delivery
Tenant Farming/Farm subsidies
Sharecropping/Populism
80
Party of Lincoln that fell out of favor in the South until 1980
Republicans
Whigs
Democratics
Torries
81
Expanding business opportunities and keeping negative news at bay was the goal of this mayor
Carl Vinson
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
William Hartsfield
82
This group of people were the absentee rulers of Georgia for its first two decades as a colony
Trustees
Oglethorpe's legion
The Georgia Council
King George's Court
83
Who would have said, "Let us sell our land and grow the crops we want!" during Trustee Georgia?
Jews
Malcontents
Salzburgers
Highland Scots
84
This was the first way Georgia attempted to grant land to families of settlers
Headright system
Distribution of land
Land lottery
Land hand out
85
Breaking these laws could mean a juvenile is tried as an adult and can go to jail for life
Murder
Five Liftetime Laws
Seven Deadly Sins
Nine troublesome act
86
Focus on industrialization, low taxes, low services and white supremacy.
Henry Grady
Eugene Talmadge
Tom Watson and the Populists
Bourbon Triumvirate
87
The party that created the white primary as a form of disenfranchisement
Whigs
Torries
Republicans
Democratics
88
This New Deal program gave farmers money to not grow food.
REA
FRD
AAA
CCC
89
"Since my dad was elected governor, I should be appointed governor!" who might have said?
Herman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
90
Without this document written by Alexander Stephens, the Compromise of 1850 would have failed
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Georgia Platform
91
Type of local Government created for a specific and limited purpose, often funded by fees.
County
City
State
Special Purpose
92
She ran an outpost selling to traders and spoke both Yamcraw and English.
Nancy Hart
Mary Musgrove
Rebecca Felton
Margaret Mitchell
93
This founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company also worked as a barber in Atlanta
W.E.B. DuBois
Leo Frank
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herdon
94
This is how people build wealth and avoid debt on expensive purchases
Debt
Income
Profit
Savings
95
To run for this office you must be at least 30 years old.
Governor
State senator
State representative
Supreme Court justice
96
Jim Crow Laws applied to what aspects of black life in the South, choose the BEST answer.
Theaters
Streetcars
Schools
Barbershops
97
An example of the total war philosophy of General William Sherman
Antietam
Burning of Atlanta
Battle of Chickamauga
Gettysburg
98
These two men debated and disagreed about how best to improve black lives in the early 1900s
W.E.B. DuBois/Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington/Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington/Alonzo Herndon
W.E.B. DuBois/Alonzo Herndon
99
Vinson thought funding this military branch helped both the U.S. and Georgia economically
Air Force
Marines
Navy
Army
100
Type of local Government created to provide added, tax-funded services.
Special Purpose
City
State
County
101
Checks and balances allows what to happen in Government?
It allows the courts the final say
It lets the executive write checks and balance the budget
It lets each branch balance their own budgets
It keeps allows each branch some power over another
102
Required during Reconstruction for Confederate states to rejoin the U.S.
Adoptions of 13th, 14th and 15th admendments
Payment of reparations
High voter turnout in a presidential election
Official apology for the Civil War
103
This group of Germans came to Georgia seeking religious freedom and established Ebenezer.
Malcontents
Jews
Salzburgers
Highland Scots
104
Billy takes a lawnmower from his neighbor. In what court would his neighbor complain?
Civil
Juvenile
Criminal
Petty
105
This man helped James Oglethorpe figure out the best place to found his first colony
Tomochichi
William McIntosh
John Ross
Sequoyah
106
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador best know for what?
Being the first European in Georgia
Assimilating the Mississipians into European culture
Leading a successful search for gold in Georgia
Training attack dogs
107
Gwinnett, Hall and Walton all committed treason when they did this.
Signed the Declaration of Independence
Crossed the Appalachian Mountians
Dumped Tea in Boston Harbor
Helped write the U.S. Constitution
108
A statutory law is passed by the legislature and is adjudicated by what type of court?
Civil
Juvenile
Criminal
Supreme
109
Peaceful desegregation of schools helped this mayor sell major sports teams to come to Atlanta
Lester Maddox
William Hartsfield
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ellis Arnall
110
Home of a deadly Confederate prison camp during the Civil War
Andersonville
Gettysburg
Antietem
Battle of Chickamauga
111
Democrats and Republicans are examples of what?
Voters
Presidents
Political Parties
Teams
112
This governor's death led to three people claiming Georgia's governorship in 1946.
Ellis Arnall
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
113
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 full and complete integration of schools
The integration of the University of Georgia
114
Carl Vinson wanted the Navy to be big earning him this nickname.
Father of the U.S. Navy
Father of the Navy theaters
Father of the Two-Ocean Navy
Father of the Might Navy
115
This system is designed to apply laws to people under the age of 17 in Georgia
Executive
Legislative
Juvenile
Judicial
116
William Sherman's path through Georgia following the battle of Atlanta
Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga
March to the Sea
Antietam
117
This bug kept Georgia from enjoying the roaring 20s and worsened the Great Depression
Mosquito
Cotton Spiders
War Weevil
Boll Weevil
118
Adding this position to the executive branch partially led to the Three Governor's Controversy
Governor
Vice President
Lt. Governor
President
119
This group discovered 60 percent of Georgia's wanted no integration of schools
Integration of Schools Committee
Organization for school desegregation
Moderate Coalition
Sibley Commission
120
From Plessy v. Ferguson until Brown v. Board what principle stood as the law in the U.S.
Slaves are property
Separate but Equal
Cherokee have the right to their land
Separate is inherently unequal