8th Grade GA Vocabulary

The first written plan for the government of the United States was called the

• American Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Colonial Confederation
• Constitution of the United States

How did Eli Whitney’s invention influence the growth of slavery in the South?

• It made it easier for slaves to pick cotton.
• It increased the profits from growing cotton.
• It made it easier to produce cloth from cotton
• It replenished the soil so that more cotton could be grown.

Georgia’s legislature is officially known as the 

• Congress
• General Assembly
• State Legislature
• State House of Government

As the leader of the New South movement, what was Henry Grady supporting?

• Blacks leaving the South to work in the North
• Northern investment in southern industry
• Southern investment in northern factories
• Southerners growing more cotton for export

The U. S. Constitution was actually signed by only two of Georgia’s four delegates.  The two signers were William Few and

• Abraham Baldwin
• Button Gwinnett
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Walton

The primary function of the state judicial branch is to 

• make laws for the state.
• implement laws of the state.
• interpret the laws of the state.
• none of the above.

Which two transportation networks handle most of the cargo moved between markets in Georgia and other countries around the world?

• Air and road  
  
  
• Road and Railroad
• Railroad and sea
• Air and sea

The purpose of the head right system and land lottery in Georgia was to encourage settlers to

• move out of the state.
• settle near major Georgia cities.
• settle in and around Georgia’s ports.
• move into unsettled parts of the state.

The railroads in Georgia gave rise to the town of Terminus, which later grew into the city of

• Savannah
• Charleston
• Atlanta
• Roanoke

Which of the following issues divided the North and the South in the years leading up to the Civil War?

• Native American land rights and taxes on trade.
• Slavery and states’ rights
• Constitutional reform and westward expansion
• Industrial growth and voting rights for African Americans