Georgia History Vocabulary Quiz #2

What is the definition of "drought"?

• To be sure, as in "No drought, he's right"
• To be dry due to lack of rainfall as in, "The drought has affected crops."

Brasstown Bald is

• A monument to Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander of the USS Enterprise
• At 4,784 feet above sea level, the highest point in Georgia

Define "economy" in the context of Georgia's history

• A plan for spending and saving money
• A series of bills proposed to save money for the state
• the process that develops over time of making, buying and selling goods and services
• the government system that controls where people live, where they can travel

What is the Fall Line?

• Where the Atlanta Falcons fail to win the championship 
• A sequence of scenic waterfalls in the Blue Ridge region
• the point at which the Piedmont region meets the Coastal Plain
• A wall, visible from space, that divides the state of Georgia in half

What is a "felony"?

• A crime committed by a juvenile
• A crime that is punishable by less than a year in jail
• A crime that is punishable by more than a year in jail, a fine or both
• A crime that does not involve damage to personal property

What did the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution accomplish?

• It assured civil rights to people born in the US and naturalized citizens
• It emancipated people held in slavery in the US
• It reversed the Prohibition Amendment
• It gave women the right to vote

What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution accomplish?

• It prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the US
• It gave women the right to vote
• It emancipated people held in slavery in the US
• It ensures freedom of speech in the US

What did the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution accomplish?

• It gave the right to vote to all male citizens of the US
• It was now illegal to be forced to quarter soldiers in your house
• It was now legal to separate schools due to the students' race
• It gave citizenship to former slaves and forbade states from denying "equal protection under the law".  

If you lived in a "free state" in the 1850s, what did that mean?

• In your state, there was free land to give away.
• In your state, slavery was not allowed.

The Freedmen's Bureau was established to 

• Move furniture after the Civil War to new buildings
• Give freedmen offices in Washington, DC
• Make work for unemployed people
• Help newly freed slaves find homes, unite their families and make a living.