Georgia Government L1-2 Check In

How did Georgia citizens respond to the Yazoo Land Fraud in 1795?

• They voted corrupt legislators out of office

• They adopted the Declaration of Independence

• They ratified the Nineteenth Amendment

• They organized a national women's suffrage movement

What was the impact of the Nineteenth Amendment as mentioned in the passage?

• It gave women the right to vote

• It ended the Yazoo Land Fraud

• It led to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence

• It allowed Georgia citizens to vote corrupt legislators out of office

According to the passage, what does the ability to change the government indicate?

• Government is powered by the people themselves

• Government is separate from the people

• Government is unchangeable

• Government is only influenced by leaders

If a government is shaped by what the people believe and what the people do, what does that tell us?

• The government is solely based on historical traditions.
• The government operates independently of the people's beliefs.
• The government is a reflection of the people's beliefs and actions.
• The government is a dictatorship that ignores public opinion.

Our community's formal rules are enforced by our governments. Example: students must stay in school until age 16. This is a(n) _____.

• option

• suggestion

• law

• custom

Georgia citizens have both rights and responsibilities under the law.

Which of these is a right under Georgia law?

• Ride a bike on the sidewalk

• Drive a car

• Have access to a free public education

Georgia citizens have both rights and responsibilities under the law.

Which of these is a responsibility under Georgia law?

• Take out the trash on garbage pick up day.

• Pay taxes to support public schools.

• Replace the caps on Sharpie markers so they don't dry out.

The United States is a nation of many governments. You live within the jurisdiction (area of legal control or authority) of several governments, including:

• United States of America - our national government

• Georgia - our state government

• Your county government

• Your post office zip code

In Georgia’s 1776 Rules and Regulations, the leaders of the new state said that all their power “originates” from the people. That means that all government authority comes from the people themselves. Authority does not come from a king’s claim of “divine right” to rule.

It means that people have given their consent to the governing officials to run the government.

"Consent" means ____________

• permission

• approval

• authorization

• dissent

From Connexus: Voting is one very important right that citizens have. To vote in Georgia, you must be a citizen of the United States, ______ by the day of the election, and a _________ of both Georgia and the county in which you participate in the election.

• 25 years old; legal resident

• 21 years old; legal resident

• 18 years old; legal resident

• 16 years old; legal resident