Benchmark 2 Review

Question 1

Loyalists can best be described as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Colonists who supported the king

Question 2

-Forced to pay to vote -designed to limit African American voting rights -Usually enforced in addition to literacy tests

Accepted Answer

poll tax

Question 3

Which is a real state agency of the executive branch?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers

Question 4

Who was Tomochichi?

Accepted Answer

A Native American chief who befriended Oglethorpe and established Savannah

Question 5

This case stated that "separate, but equal" is fair for blacks and whites.

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 6

Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners

Question 7

Which feature is the most important for helping to protect the mainland from hurricanes and storms?

Accepted Answer

Barrier Islands

Question 8

Which of the following ended slavery throughout the United States?

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

Question 9

What was the name of the man who was accused of killing Mary Phagan?

Accepted Answer

Leo Frank

Question 10

Who was the African American minister that was elected to the Georgia House of Reps in 1868?

Accepted Answer

Henry McNeal Turner

Question 11

A cotton farmer in Georgia right after WWI would have been most concerned about

Accepted Answer

the boll weevil

Question 12

Approximately how many of all businesses fail to be productive within their first five years?

Accepted Answer

50%

Question 13

Which entrepreneur do we attribute to Coca-Cola?

Accepted Answer

Asa Candler

Question 14

Who were the Highland Scots?

Accepted Answer

Scotsmen who settled in GA during the colonial period

Question 15

In the 1700’s, why were the French, Spanish, and British interested in the region that would become Georgia?

Accepted Answer

All countries wanted to expand

Question 16

What did Georgia contribute to WWI?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers

Question 17

Which court settles anything done between the executive and legislative branches?

Accepted Answer

Georgia Supreme Court

Question 18

The qualifications for governor and lieutenant governor are the same.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Why would most of the settlements in Georgia be located on a river?

Accepted Answer

All of the answers

Question 20

Which of the following people would have most likely been a Malcontent?

Accepted Answer

A Georgian during the Trustee Period who wanted more land and slaves

Question 21

Who was the founder of Tuskegee Institute?

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 22

One of the major effects of the introduction and widespread usage of Eli Whitney's cotton gin was that

Accepted Answer

the demand for slaves grew to keep up with the increased production

Question 23

The Georgia state Constitution has 4 parts. What is the 1st part called?

Accepted Answer

Preamble

Question 24

"nor shall any State ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"

Accepted Answer

15th Amendment

Question 25

How many floor reading does a bill have to go through in the bill-to-a-law process?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 26

What party was Tom Watson a part of?

Accepted Answer

Populists

Question 27

Which of the following best describes the effects of the Civil War on Georgia?

Accepted Answer

1000s of GAns died fighting in the war while many others suffered at home

Question 28

The Charter of the University of Georgia was important to education MAINLY because it

Accepted Answer

It said that education was the responsibility of the state

Question 29

Who is considered the first Black millionaire?

Accepted Answer

Alonzo Herndon

Question 30

What divided FL into 2 British colonies, expanded GA, angered colonists who wanted to settle W of the Appalachian Mtns?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 31

What is the region that has the most amount of rainfall?

Accepted Answer

Blue Ridge

Question 32

Which of the following choices causes the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763 and Stamp Act

Question 33

What trend can be seen when studying the map?

Accepted Answer

The location of the capitals have shifted westward over time.

Question 34

Which of these men does not belong in the Bourbon Triumvirate?

Accepted Answer

Tom Watson

Question 35

Approximately how much does the music production industry bring to the state in revenue per year

Accepted Answer

$3.5 Billion

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