Griffin SS8H4 Test

In SS8H4, we covered...

• the American Revolution

• Bull Run

• Westward Expansion

This university was the first public university in America. It was established January 27, 1785.

• University of West Georgia

• University of South Georgia

• University of Georgia

UGA was possible because a land grant was given for the school.

• True

• False

What was the purpose of the University of Georgia?

• To educate the rich and wealthy.

• To educate everyone, not just the wealthy.

• To educate only blacks.

This person was the first president of the University of Georgia. He also signed the Constitution of the United States.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Abraham Baldwin

• Abraham Jones

This man was the first person to use ether as an anaesthetic during surgery. There was a hospital named in his honor, Emory Crawford Long Hospital.

• Emory Long

• Crawford Emory

• Crawford W. Long

This person was the first editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper and has Grady Hospital named after him.

• James A Grady

• Michael Grady

• Henry W Grady

• John Grady

Who was John Ross and what business did he own?

• John Ross was the Principal Chief of the Muscogee nation and he owned a ferry business.

• John Ross was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation and he owned a ferry business.

• John Ross was the Principal Chief of the Chicken nation and he owned a ferry business.

Why was Atlanta formed?

• Because they felt like it.

• It was easy to form.

• They did not like horses playing in the water when they tried to go uphill.

• It made transporting goods from Augusta easier and faster.

He was the founder of Georgia Tech. Who was he?

• Harry James

• Nathaniel Jones

• Nathaniel Harris

• Harry Norris