8th Grade Georgia Studies Milestones Review

This group of people were the absentee rulers of Georgia for its first two decades as a colony

This group discovered 60 percent of Georgia's wanted no integration of schools

Home of a deadly Confederate prison camp during the Civil War

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

Joe takes a lawnmower from his neighbor and breaks it. Which court would his neighbor complain?

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

When Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act he enforced it against what branch

Who might say, "Our people should focus on labor skills in order to improve our lives now."

To run for this office you must be at least 30 years old. 

This governor's death led to three people claiming Georgia's governorship in 1946.

Federal officials who came to the confederate states during Reconstruction to help freed slaves

Why was white Leo Frank lynched by the Knights of Mary Phagan

The separation of powers in this document gave most of the power to the original 13 states.

To run for this office you must be at least 25 years old. 

Vinson thought funding this military branch helped both the U.S. and Georgia economically

The Intolerable Acts, The Stamp Act and the Proclamation of 1763 were all results of what?

This war created the atmosphere of Americans vs. English in Colonial America

This was the first way Georgia attempted to grant land to families of settlers

Under this system, workers use owners' land and give them the crops and share the profits

Originally banned, this group was allowed into Georgia because of its doctors.

The party of Georgia's only U.S. president, Jimmy Carter

This Civil War plan aimed to hurt the economy of the Confederacy through trade restrictions

The whites-only primary allowed this political party to disenfranchise black voters in Georgia

From Plessy v. Ferguson until Brown v. Board what principle stood as the law in the U.S. 

This document established philanthropy, economy and military defense as the reasons for Georgia

The mineral springs in Warm Springs Georgia helped Franklin Roosevelt's...

A moderate governor of Georgia who balanced the budget and increased voting rights

This group hated the Trustees ban on alcohol, slavery and Catholicism (mostly slavery)?

This branch of government is in charge of enforcing the laws and in Georgia sets the budget

Who might say, "Let our brightest lead the way to equality for all of us now."

Cherokee became a written language when this leader created a syllabary for the spoken words

What New Deal program did Roosevelt conceive of on his visits to Warm Springs

"Since my dad was elected governor, I should be appointed governor!" who might have said?

In 1956, Georgia changed its flag to this to sent what message?

This person presides over the larger legislative body in the General Assembly

Adding this position to the executive branch partially led to the Three Governor's Controversy

In this land giveaway, people put their names in large barrels to be chosen at random

Led by Tom Watson in Georgia and supported poor farmers, initially both black and white

This bug kept Georgia from enjoying the roaring 20s and worsened the Great Depression

The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution granted all of the following except

The Sibley Commission rejected its findings and argued for what?

The Trail of Tears happened under the watch of this Cherokee chief.

When a country keeps only certain powers in different branches it has what principle in action

Carl Vinson wanted the Navy to be big earning him this nickname.

It costs Mr. B $7 to make a t-shirt and he sells it for $15. He made what on the sale?

In Georgia, this voting process was the only one the mattered for much of the 1900s

Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter were the first black students where

Led by Henry Grady, Georgia began to market what part of the state to Northern industrialists

Helped by the Freedmen's Bureau newly freed slaves voted primarily for what political party?

Under this system, workers provided own tools and labor to grow crops and rented land.

Colquitt, Brown and Gordon controlled the politics of Georgia in the 1800s and were called this

Type of local Government created for a specific and limited purpose, often funded by fees.

Jim Crow is a fancy term for what behavior

This document did not allow the Federal government to tax the states and was changed

These people take on debt and take a risk to start a business.

William Sherman's path through Georgia following the battle of Atlanta

This is the reason Atlanta was able to become the capital of Georgia.

This founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company also worked as a barber in Atlanta

This man used ax handles to keep blackfrom entering his store & later became Georgia's governor

This group of Germans came to Georgia seeking religious freedom and established Ebenezer.

The precedent set in this case allowed for the mass expansion of Jim Crow laws

Why is it noteworthy that the Coastal Plains were once submerged under ocean water?

This was the most unsuccessful of the three reasons for the founding of Georgia

Georgia was the inspiration for many of this president's New Deal programs

A statutory law is passed by the legislature and is adjudicated by what type of court?

To run for this office you must be at least 21 years old. 

A political movement that supported farmers' rights against big-city idustrialists

Spending more money than a person has saved creates this.

He might have said, "We need to protect our farming way of life by protecting our farmers."

Democrats and Republicans are examples of what?

Party of Lincoln that fell out of favor in the South until 1980

This is how people build wealth and avoid debt on expensive purchases

Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta, Helped bring the Olympics to Atlanta

This system of awarding votes by county gave disproportionate power to south Georgia

This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia and Congress in the U.S.

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador best know for what?

To keep the Union (U.S.) together, the Georgia Platform encouraged the acceptance of this

This region of Georgia is a great place to begin a hike to Maine

An example of the total war philosophy of General William Sherman

The oldest public university in the United States

Helped by the Highland Scots, this founding reason for Georgia was a major help to England.

This was the second attempt at establishing a government following the American Revolution

Martin Luther King, by demanding equality immediately for blacks, followed the beliefs of who?

What is this image depicting?

This Creek leader was killed by his own people for selling their land to the Americans.

Georgia's White Primary was an indirect form of this practice?

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

Breaking these laws could mean a juvenile is tried as an adult and can go to jail for life

Expanding business opportunities and keeping negative news at bay was the goal of this mayor

What court is needed to administer the last will and testimony in Georgia

This three-day Civil War battle was the largest battle ever fought in Georgia

Type of local Government created by Georgia's constitution.

Checks and balances allows what to happen in Government?

Revolutionary War battle that gave hope to the American forces with a victory in Georgia

This is the amount of money a person makes in a period of time

The Knights of Mary Phagan rose up following the murder conviction of what Jewish man

This founding reason for Georgia was modestly successful compared to South Carolina at first.

This man helped James Oglethorpe figure out the best place to found his first colony

These forms (2) of debt-based farming recreated slavery-type conditioned on southern farms.

Without this document written by Alexander Stephens, the Compromise of 1850 would have failed

Gwinnett, Hall and Walton all committed treason when they did this.

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

This branch of government decides if laws passed are constitutional

This New Deal program gave farmers money to not grow food.

What would be one of the best places in Georgia to move to harness hydroelectric power?

This man landed on the Yamcraw Bluff hoping to establish an English colony in Georgia

The man was active result of the efforts for blacks to vote during the Civil Rights Movement

Type of local Government created to provide added, tax-funded services.

Who would have said, "Let us sell our land and grow the crops we want!" during Trustee Georgia?

She ran an outpost selling to traders and spoke both Yamcraw and English.

Agencies in this branch of government include Secretary of State and Department of Education.

This first black president of Morehouse College followed the philosophy of W.E.B. DuBois

This branch is called the General Assembly in Georgia

This system is designed to apply laws to people under the age of 17 in Georgia

Focus on industrialization, low taxes, low services and white supremacy.

The man who worked with King during, and directly benefited from, the Civil Rights Movement.

One of the expanded roles of the Lt. Governor in Georgia gives the person power over these.

California is a free state, D.C. stops the slave trade and the fugitive slave law is enforced

Georgia was late to join on to this fight for colonial independence.

Georgia was home to many military bases built in WWII thanks to this politician

Jim Crow Laws applied to what aspects of black life in the South

Peaceful desegregation of schools helped this mayor sell major sports teams to come to Atlanta

William Hartsfield led a moderate coalition of Atlanta politicians and nicknamed Atlanta this.

What did the Yazoo Land Fraud cost Georgia once discovered?

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

The party that created the white primary as a form of disenfranchisement