8th Grade GA History End of Year Review

What played the MOST significant role in the growth of the slave population in the southern states?

• the Yazoo land fraud

• the invention of the cotton gin

• the development of railroads

• the Georgia Gold Rush

What impact did the Bell Bomber plant have on Georgia?

• The plant created numerous jobs and employed many people in the state.

• The construction of the plant displaced thousands of people from the area.

• The plant caused sever labor shortages on the state's largest farms.

• The construction of the plant increased opposition to World War II.

Why does the Georgia Constitution split the powers of government among different branches?

• to allow citizens to easily amend the document

• to make sure the lawmaking process is efficient

• to make it easier for lawmakers to enact new laws

• to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful

A company is purchased land from the city to build apartments. BethAnn has sued to city and company because the apartments are to be built on her favorite nature trail. The trial court ruled in favor of the company and city and against BethAnne. What is the next step BethAnne can take to try to save the natural trail

• get her friends to also sue to keep the nature trail

• take her case the Appeals Court

• put up a fence at the entrance to the trail

• nothing, her case cannot be heard in a higher court

How did the Georgia Colony fulfill one of the goals of the Charter of 1732?

• The majority of American Indians in the colony converted to Christianity.

• The colony produced enough wine and silk to meet the demands of the British.

• Georgian colonists defeated an invasion by Spanish forces based in Florida.

• Overcrowding in British prisons decreased due to immigration to the colony.

In the 1832 Worcester v. Georgia case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct community that had rights similar to the rights of a foreign country. Chief Justice John Marshall argued that the state and national governments had to respect those rights. President Andrew Jackson disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision. He refused to order troops to leave the Cherokee territory and worked instead to force the Cherokee to leave Georgia. Which statement BEST describes the significance of President Andrew Jackson’s response to the Supreme Court’s decision?

• It showed that the President does not have to uphold the Constitution.

• It showed how laws are made and enforced.

• It upheld checks and balances of the President's veto power.

• It ignored and went against the Supreme Court's decision of interpreting the Constitution.

How did white legislators justify their removal of duly-elected African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction?

• They claimed that African Americans had the right to vote but not to hold office.

• They claimed that recent election results were caused by voter fraud.

• They claimed that African Americans were US citizens but not citizens of Georgia.

• They claimed that recent election results were caused by unconstitutionalredistricting.

Why was Booker T. Washington often criticized by civil rights leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois?

• for encouraging African Americans to use violent tactics as a means by which to force changes in government policy

• for encouraging African Americans to emigrate from the United States to Africa and start new lives for themselves and their families

• for arguing that African Americans had not been citizens of the United States long enough to be entitled to the same rights awarded to others

• for arguing that African Americans should focus on establishing themselves in society through hard work and education before fighting for civil rights

One of the contributions of Georgians during World War I was the planting of victory gardens. What was the purpose of these gardens?

• to open agricultural land to build military and defense industry infrastructure

• to ensure the continued health and profitability of the domestic agriculture industry

• to meet domestic needs and make more resources available for troops serving overseas

• to eliminate the reliance on imported crops from other countries during a time of war

**Was elected partly as a reaction to Watergate

**Brokered Camp David Accords

**Negotiated Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

**Boycotted 1980 Olympic Games

Which president of the United States does the diagram describe?

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan