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  • Question 1
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the first method that Georgia used to distribute land?
    answer choices
    Headright system
    Land Lottery
    Price adjustment
    Yazoo Land Fraud
  • Question 2
    30 seconds
    Q. What describes a corrupt system that happened in Georgia in which Government officials were bribed in order to sell land cheap. The cheap land was then sold to others at a large profit
    answer choices
    Land Lottery
    Yazoo Land Fraud
    Equal Opportunity Housing Authority
    Homeowners Association
  • Question 3
    30 seconds
    Q. Which Native American group developed the Bow and Arrow?
    answer choices
    Paleo
    Archaic
    Woodland
    Mississippian
  • Question 4
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the unintended result of the growth of the "King Cotton" in the south?
    answer choices
    decrease of slavery
    increase of slavery
    Wall Street crashes
    Georgia's economy fails
  • Question 5
    20 seconds
    Q.    Which region is in the northeast corner of Georgia?
    answer choices
       Appalachian Plateau regionBlue Ridge Mountains 
     Valley and Ridge region
      Appalachian Plateau region
    Coastal Plains
  • Question 6
    30 seconds
    Q.  The _____________________________________ is the most populated region.  Atlanta is located here. 
    answer choices
    Coastal Plain region
    Blue Ridge Mountain
    Piedmont region
    Valley and Ridge region
  • Question 7
    30 seconds
    Q. Which war led England to begin taxing its colonies in the Americas?
    answer choices
    the War of 1812
    the First World War
    the French and Indian War
    the Mexican-American War
  • Question 8
    30 seconds
    Q. Which Georgia city is known for producing approximately 1/3 of the world's supply of carpet?
    answer choices
    Macon
    Atlanta
    Dalton
    Blue Ridge
  • Question 9
    30 seconds
    Q. For what purpose did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act? 
    answer choices
    to force the colonists to register their names 
    for raising money to pay England's war debt
    for ensuring that English merchants were used
    to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  • Question 10
    30 seconds
    Q. The Chattahoochee River serves as part of Georgia's border with what state?
    answer choices
    Florida
    Alabama
    South Carolina
    Tennessee
  • Question 11
    30 seconds
    Q. The Spanish set up _____ which were used to convert the Natives to Christianity.
    answer choices
    Mocamas
    Guales
    Forts
    Missions
  • Question 12
    30 seconds
    Q. The two Georgians that signed the U.S. Constitution were...?
    answer choices
    Abraham Baldwin and William Few
    Abraham Baldwin and James Wright
    James Wright and Henry Ellis
    Henry Ellis and John Reynolds
  • Question 13
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the main weakness of the Georgia Constitution of 1777?
    answer choices
    It placed too much importance on checks and balances.
    It gave too much power to the legislative branch.
    It established two houses in the legislature.
    It created a powerful executive branch.
  • Question 14
    20 seconds
    Q. When the Georgia colony was established, which religious group was not allowed to settle in it?
    answer choices
    Jews
    Puritans
    Catholics
    Protestants
  • Question 15
    30 seconds
    Q. Hart County, Georgia, was named for Nancy Hart. What role did Nancy Hart play in Georgia history?
    answer choices
    She started the first public school in Georgia.
    She was the first female senator from Georgia.
    She was a legendary heroine of the Revolutionary War.
    She was the wife of the first elected governor of Georgia.
  • Question 16
    20 seconds
    Q. Who traveled on the Trail of Tears into Oklahoma?
    answer choices
    Creeks
    Hopis
    Seminoles
    Cherokees
  • Question 17
    30 seconds
    Q. Colonists ready to cut ties with Great Britain and be independent.
    answer choices
    Loyalists
    Patriots
    Malcontents
    Confederates
  • Question 18
    30 seconds
    Q. The Malcontents were 
    answer choices
    The first settlers of Georgia who named the first city
    Wealthy settlers who complained about the trustees' rules
    A group of warriors sent to protect Georgia
    The first group of Catholics to be allowed to settle in Georgia
  • Question 19
    30 seconds
    Q. By 1860, Georgia two largest church denomination were
    answer choices
    Baptist and Jewish
    Methodist and Baptist
    Episcopal and Catholic
    Episcopal and Methodist
  • Question 20
    30 seconds
    Q. Why did Georgia invest heavily in railroads before the Civil War?
    answer choices
    to transport slaves
    as a preparation for war
    to attract Northern industry
    to transport agricultural products
  • Question 21
    30 seconds
    Q. Georgia's third capital
    answer choices
    Savannah
    Atlanta
    Augusta
    Louisville
  • Question 22
    30 seconds
    Q. What is a land grant university?
    answer choices
    The land for the college was donated by the federal government
    a university that specializes in land management.
    the first university of each state is designated a land grant university
  • Question 23
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the most important mechanical invention to Georgia's economy in the early 1800's?
    answer choices
    telegraph
    cotton gin
    railroad
  • Question 24
    30 seconds
    Q. What were the original names of Atlanta?
    answer choices
    Terminus and Marthasville
    Lumpkinville and Fayetteville
    Atlanta and Marthasville
  • Question 25
    30 seconds
    Q. What system replaced the headright system as a way to distribute land?
    answer choices
    Settlers Land Give Away
    Land Lottery
    Homesteading
  • Question 26
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was the Creek leader who was murdered because he signed the treaty of Indian Springs?
    answer choices
    Tomochichi
    William McIntosh
    Chief John Ross
  • Question 27
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the most damaging result of the Yazoo Land Fraud?
    answer choices
    The records were burned
    The nation lost confidence in Georgia
    Georgia lost valuable land and money in the scandal
  • Question 28
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was Hernando de Soto?
    answer choices
    Spanish explorer who brought disease and destruction to Georgia.
    Spanish explorer looking for the fountain of youth.
    French explorer who explored modern day Canada.
    English explorer who looked for a passage to India.
  • Question 29
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the role of the Salzburgers in Trustee Georgia?
    answer choices
    First settlers to successfully produce silk
    Helped defend Georgia against the Spanish
    Created missions to spread Catholic beliefs
    Inventors of the hamburger
  • Question 30
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the role of the Highland Scots in Trustee Georgia?
    answer choices
    Helped defend Georgia against the Spanish
    Developed a successful silk industry
    Provided support in setting up Georgia's government
    Created Georgia's first currency
  • Question 31
    30 seconds
    Q. Who did American colonists send the Declaration of Independence to?
    answer choices
    King George II
    King Louis IX
    King George III
    Queen Elizabeth
  • Question 32
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was Elijah Clarke?
    answer choices
    A war hero in the American Revolution, who fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek
    Signed the Declaration of Independence
    Started a mission on St. Catherines Island
    Helped create the House of Representatives
  • Question 33
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was Austin Dabney?
    answer choices
    One of Georgia Royal Governors
    Helped spread the idea of the "New South"
    Slave who fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek; gained his  freedom after the American Revolution
    Head of Georgia's Democratic Party in the 1960s
  • Question 34
    30 seconds
    Q. What Creek Chief signed the Treaty of New York, which gave away much of the Creek lands east of the Oconee River?
    answer choices
    William McIntosh
    Alexander McGillivray
    Elijah Clarke
    Sequoya Gist
  • Question 35
    30 seconds
    Q. Why was William McIntosh killed by his people? (The Creeks)
    answer choices
    He gave away their land with the Treaty of Indian Springs
    He discovered gold near Dahlonega
    He signed the Indian Removal Act
    He supported the county unit system
  • Question 36
    30 seconds
    Q. Why was Sequoyah an important Cherokee figure?
    answer choices
    He spoke out against the Indian Removal Act
    He helped set up the Sioux Reservation National Park
    He signed the Treaty of New York
    Created the Cherokee syllabary
  • Question 37
    30 seconds
    Q. Which president helped pass the Indian Removal Act?
    answer choices
    Abraham Lincoln
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Andrew Jackson
    George Washington
  • Question 38
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was the Supreme Court Justice who ruled that the Cherokee did not fall under Georgia law in Worcester v. Georgia?
    answer choices
    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Young
    John Marshall
    Alexander Stephens
  • Question 39
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was from Georgia, supported the Georgia Platform, and became the Vice President of the Confederacy?
    answer choices
    Alexander Stephens
    Alexander Graham Bell
    Carl Vinson
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Question 40
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the role of the Ku Klux Klan?
    answer choices
    Helped disenfranchise African Americans and discouraged voting for Republicans
    Tried to prevent racial inequality
    Helped disenfranchise African Americans, discouraged voting for Democrats
    Slowed the transition from agriculture to industry
  • Question 41
    30 seconds
    Q. Who were the Bourbon Triumvirate?
    answer choices
    A group of Georgia governors who supported segregation, but wanted to industrialize the state
    They developed the term "New South"
    Created the triathlon
    Brought the Olympics to Georgia
  • Question 42
    30 seconds
    Q. Who coined the term "New South", which was the idea of bringing more industry to Georgia and diversifying crop production?
    answer choices
    WEB DuBois
    Henry Grady
    Alexander Stephens
    William Sherman
  • Question 43
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was the leader of the Populist Party in Georgia?
    answer choices
    Jim Brown
    Tom Watson
    Eugene Talmadge
    Henry Grady
  • Question 44
    30 seconds
    Q. What were Jim Crow Laws?
    answer choices
    Laws to disenfranchise African Americans and to enforce segregation
    Laws restricting international trade
    Laws that prevented people from suing the government
    Laws restricting the overpricing of land for sale
  • Question 45
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of these court cases supported the idea of "separate but equal"?
    answer choices
    Worcester v. Georgia
    Brown v. Board of Education
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Roe v. Wade
  • Question 46
    30 seconds
    Q. Which civil rights movement leader felt that African Americans should get an education and separate themselves economically to gain equality?
    answer choices
    WEB DuBois
    Booker T. Washington
    MLK, Jr.
    Alonzo Herndon
  • Question 47
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was the founder of the NAACP and felt that African Americans should work actively to gain equality?
    answer choices
    Booker T. Washington
    Richard Russell
    WEB DuBois
    Andrew Young
  • Question 48
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of the following helped African Americans in Atlanta develop basic skills to make them more marketable in the workforce?
    answer choices
    John and Lugenia Burn Hope
    Henry McNeal Turner
    Richard Russell and Carl Vinson
    James Oglethorpe
  • Question 49
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of the following is true about Eugene Talmadge?
    answer choices
    He supported segregation
    He supported farmers
    He opposed FDR's New Deal
    All choices are correct
  • Question 50
    30 seconds
    Q. Who is known as the "Father of the Two Ocean Navy", and helped bring military bases to Georgia?
    answer choices
    Richard Russell
    Carl Vinson
    William Hartsfield
    Jimmy Carter
  • Question 51
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of the following supported bringing military bases to Georgia during World War II?
    answer choices
    James Oglethorpe and King George III
    Ellis Arnall and Herman Talmadge
    Carl Vinson and Richard Russell
    Hamilton Holmes and Lestor Maddox
  • Question 52
    30 seconds
    Q. Why did President Franklin Roosevelt visit Georgia often?
    answer choices
    To campaign because he needed Georgia's votes to become president
    Visiting Warm Springs for Polio treatment
  • Question 53
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of the following correctly identifies Benjamin Mays?
    answer choices
    President of Morehouse College
    Leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    All of the above
  • Question 54
    30 seconds
    Q. Which Georgia Governor once owned a restaurant and shut down his business rather than allow for integration?
    answer choices
    Lester Maddox
    Ivan Allen, Jr.
    John Reynolds
    Jimmy Carter
  • Question 55
    30 seconds
    Q. Which Georgia Governor lowered the voting age, eliminated the poll tax, reformed education and the prison system, and helped pay off the state's debt?
    answer choices
    William Hartsfield
    John Hope
    Charlayne Hunter
    Ellis Arnall
  • Question 56
    30 seconds
    Q. Which court case said that separate was NOT equal?
    answer choices
    Brown v. Board of Education
    Worcester v. Georgia
    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Miranda v. Arizona
  • Question 57
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of the following were NOT involved in the three governors controversy in 1946? 
    answer choices
    Melvin Thompson
    Herman Talmadge
    Ellis Arnall
    Richard Russell
  • Question 58
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of the following laws said that it was illegal to discriminate based on a persons race, gender, religion, national origin, or color?
    answer choices
    Disenfranchisement Act of 1887
    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Social Security Act of 1936
    Equality Act of 1970
  • Question 59
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the purpose of the March on Washington?
    answer choices
    To display the tremendous support for the Civil Rights Movement
    To prevent the end of segregation
    To call for Georgia to change it's state flag
    To increase minimum wage in the textile industry
  • Question 60
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta, who was also known for renovating Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta and developing MARTA . The Atlanta airport was later renamed to recognize this man. 
    answer choices
    William Hartsfield
    Ivan Allen, Jr.
    Maynard Jackson
    Franklin Roosevelt
  • Question 61
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during Jimmy Carter's presidency?
    answer choices
    Andrew Young
    Franklin Roosvelt
    Maynard Jackson
    Richard Russell
  • Question 62
    30 seconds
    Q. Which two political figures helped bring the Olympics to Atlanta?
    answer choices
    Richard Russell and Carl Vinson
    W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington
    William Few and Abraham Baldwin
    Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young
  • Question 63
    30 seconds
    Q. Who is the governor of Georgia?
    answer choices
    Zaxby Chambliss
    Nathan Deal
    Richard Russell
    Zach Wamp
  • Question 64
    30 seconds
    Q. Would is the Lt. Governor of Georgia?
    answer choices
    Nathan Deal
    Casey Cagle
    Marco Rubio
    Newt Gingrich
  • Question 65
    30 seconds
    Q. What is Georgia's state motto?
    answer choices
    Wisdom, Justice, Moderation
    Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
    Discrimination, Disenfranchisement, Disparity
    Respect, Responsibility, Determination
  • Question 66
    30 seconds
    Q. John Pemberton and Asa Candler helped create which Georgia company?
    answer choices
    Georgia Pacific
    Home Depot
    Delta Airlines
    Coca-Cola
  • Question 67
    30 seconds
    Q. Which major aireline company has its headquarters in Atlanta?
    answer choices
    American Airlines
    Delta Airlines
    Hartsfield-Jackson Airlines
    Malaysian Airlines
  • Question 68
    30 seconds
    Q. What country bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which led to the United States joining World War II?
    answer choices
    Germany
    Soviet Union
    Japan
    China
  • Question 69
    30 seconds
    Q. What Georgian had a county named for her and was known for capturing Tories/Loyalists?
    answer choices
    Nancy Hart
    Mary Musgrove
    Pochahantas
    Clara Barton
  • Question 70
    30 seconds
    Q. During which prehistoric time period would you find the mound builders?
    answer choices
    Paleo
    Archaic
    Woodland
    Mississippian
  • Question 71
    30 seconds
    Q. What conflict led to the American Revolution because it left Great Britain in debt and resulted in increased taxes?
    answer choices
    Proclamation of 1763
    Stamp Act
    Intolerable Acts
    French and Indian War
  • Question 72
    30 seconds
    Q. What items did Oglethorpe promise the colonists would produce in the Georgia Colony?
    answer choices
    rice, cotton, tobacco
    wine, indigo, silk
    cloth, ammunition, cotton
    peanuts, peaches cotton
  • Question 73
    30 seconds
    Q. How was Atlanta important to the South during the Civil War?
    answer choices
    capital of the Confederacy
    most populated city
    slave trading center
    major industrial and transportation center in the South
  • Question 74
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was the Georgian who helped bring about the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
    answer choices
    Abraham Baldwin
    Lyman Hall
    William Sherman
    John Ross
  • Question 75
    30 seconds
    Q. What happens to a bill if the governor doesn't sign it or veto it?
    answer choices
    it goes back to the Senate
    it goes back to the House
    the bill is dead
    it becomes law anyways
  • Question 76
    30 seconds
    Q. Which of the following is the first step for a bill to become a law?
    answer choices
    it is considered by a committee
    the legislators vote on it
    the Governor vetoes it
    the people vote
  • Question 77
    30 seconds
    Q. Who is the presiding officer (person in charge) of the Georgia Senate?
    answer choices
    President
    Lieutenant Governor
    Speaker of the House
    Secretary of State
  • Question 78
    30 seconds
    Q. How does the executive branch keep the legislative branch in check?
    answer choices
    by making laws
    by educating them
    through impeachment
    with veto power
  • Question 79
    30 seconds
    Q. What was the Lend- Lease policy?
    answer choices
    Policy in which the U.S gov't  used mercenaries
    Housing project bill created by FDR
    Policy that allowed the U.S gov't to rent weapons to there allies
  • Question 80
    30 seconds
    Q.  Georgia supported a strong national government because Georgians wanted Congress to be able to
    answer choices
    enforce laws and collect taxes
    collect taxes and regulate trade.
    enforce laws and create an army.
    regulate trade and create an army.
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