GA History Semester 1 Review

Question 1

American Revolution battle in GA, loss for GA, failed to retake its capital city from British

Accepted Answer

Siege of Savannah

Question 2

One of the major causes of the Civil War; belief that a state's interests are most important

Accepted Answer

States' Rights

Question 3

What region of GA is known for its textile and carpet industries?

Accepted Answer

Ridge & Valley

Question 4

What region of GA has the smallest land area?

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Plateau

Question 5

Built mounds between 1000 BCE and 1000 CE to use for burials and religious ceremonies:

Accepted Answer

Woodland

Question 6

New, faster, more efficient mode of transportation in GA, led to the establishment of Terminus

Accepted Answer

Railroad

Question 7

Speech made by Lincoln reinforcing that the North needed to win to restore the Union

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 8

Set of four laws created to punish Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party:

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts

Question 9

Civil War battle near Sharpsburg, MD, bloodiest single day of the Civil War, no clear winner

Accepted Answer

Antietam

Question 10

The discovery of gold in this GA city led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Indians

Accepted Answer

Dahlonega

Question 11

Document that stated the colonies were free of British control:

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 12

Main way people in the north made money during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Industry

Question 13

New political party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Republican Party

Question 14

Colonists who favored the colonies gaining independence from the British

Accepted Answer

Patriots/Whigs

Question 15

What region of GA has the largest population?

Accepted Answer

Piedmont

Question 16

Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court; ruled in Worcester v. GA

Accepted Answer

John Marshall

Question 17

On what continent is the state of GA located?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 18

Main Confederate General; led battles of Antietam & Gettysburg; surrendered at Appomattox, VA

Accepted Answer

Robert E. Lee

Question 19

Slave who argued that he was free because he had lived in a free state

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott

Question 20

Creek leader in the Oconee War, worked to centralize powers within Creek society & protect land

Accepted Answer

Alexander McGillivray

Question 21

This is the tallest peak in GA (part of the Appalachian Mountains):

Accepted Answer

Brasstown Bald

Question 22

This was the first land grant university; meant to educate all white men regardless of wealth:

Accepted Answer

UGA

Question 23

Northern war strategy to cut off southern ports and keep them from trading

Accepted Answer

Anaconda Plan/Union Blockade

Question 24

Led GA's militia to victory over 800 British soldiers:

Accepted Answer

Elijah Clark

Question 25

Most advanced (recent) prehistoric group of Native Americans:

Accepted Answer

Mississippian

Question 26

What is the name of the document formed by the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Bill of Rights

Question 27

Who is the female GA patriot who captured & killed a group of Tories during the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Nancy Hart

Question 28

Period of time after the Civil War when the South had to undergo change to re-enter the US

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction

Question 29

Union General that led the March to the Sea and the burning of Atlanta

Accepted Answer

William T. Sherman

Question 30

African American soldier wounded at Kettle Creek & responsible for saving Elijah Clark's life:

Accepted Answer

Austin Dabney

Question 31

American president during the Civil War; elected in 1860

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 32

Conflict between France & Great Britain where both sides allied with several native tribes:

Accepted Answer

French & Indian War

Question 33

GA's first constitution, adopted in Savannah and created GA's first unicameral gov't:

Accepted Answer

GA Constitution of 1777

Question 34

Where were Native Americans sent on the Trail of Tears taken?

Accepted Answer

Oklahoma

Question 35

Document issued by Lincoln declaring freedom for slaves in states who did not surrender by 1863

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 36

Law that placed a tax on all paper goods and products:

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 37

Forced labor; provided most of the labor in the south during Antebellum time

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 38

What compromise led to the formation of the upper and lower houses of Congress?

Accepted Answer

Great Compromise

Question 39

Agreement between northern & southern states; admitted CA as a free state

Accepted Answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 40

Cherokee Indian who created the written Cherokee language (syllabary)

Accepted Answer

Sequoyah (George Gist)

Question 41

Colonists who favored remaining under British control:

Accepted Answer

Loyalists/Tories

Question 42

Who were the representatives from GA that signed at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

Accepted Answer

Baldwin & Few

Question 43

Leader of the Creek Nation who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs & was murdered for doing so

Accepted Answer

William McIntosh

Question 44

American general who became US President; assisted in the forced removed of Creek & Cherokee

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson

Question 45

Organization created to help freed slaves and poor whites after the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Freedmen's Bureau

Question 46

GA politician who spoke against secession, later Vice-President of the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

Alexander Stephens

Question 47

Constitutional Amendment that granted citizenship to freedmen; required "equal protection"

Accepted Answer

14th Amendment

Question 48

This device was used by the Archaic people to throw spears farther distances:

Accepted Answer

AtlAtl

Question 49

Machine, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, that separated seeds from cotton

Accepted Answer

Cotton Gin

Question 50

What is the name for agricultural crops grown to sell at market?

Accepted Answer

Cash Crops

Question 51

What region of GA receives the most rainfall (80 inches per year)?

Accepted Answer

Blue Ridge

Question 52

What nation is GA a part of?

Accepted Answer

United States of America

Question 53

Confederate Civil War prison where thousands of Union soldiers died from poor conditions

Accepted Answer

Andersonville

Question 54

One of the first black men to win election to GA's General Assembly in 1867

Accepted Answer

Henry McNeal Turner

Question 55

What is the name of the river that forms a natural boundary between GA & SC?

Accepted Answer

Savannah River

Question 56

Document that awarded all land west of the Appalachian Mtns. to Native Americans:

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 57

In what region of the United States is GA located?

Accepted Answer

South East

Question 58

Established a written constitution for the Cherokee Nation using the syllabary

Accepted Answer

John Ross

Question 59

This was GA's third capital city from 1796-1807; moved to this location with westward expansion

Accepted Answer

Louisville

Question 60

What are the last names of the three GA signers of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Gwinnett, Hall, Walton

Question 61

What is the largest freshwater wetland in Georgia, containing more than 400 species of animals?

Accepted Answer

Okefenokee Swamp

Question 62

First US Constitution (federal), created a weak central government and was eventually replaced

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Question 63

Secret organization that terrorized African Americans to keep them from voting

Accepted Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Question 64

Main agricultural product of the south, basis of the South's economy

Accepted Answer

Cotton

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GA History Semester 1 Review

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