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WorksheetsGA Studies Practice Test Part 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What Spanish explorer crossed Georgia hoping to find cities of gold?
Hernando de Soto
John Cabot
Ponce de Leon
Henry Hudson
Who established the colony of Georgia?
Samuel de Champlain
James Oglethorpe
John Reynolds
Tom Watson
What Indian chief helped early Georgia?
Yamacraw
Tomochichi
Sitting Bull
Geronimo
Who opposed restrictions on slavery, land, sales, and liquor in Georgia?
malcontents
Highland Scots
Salzburgers
James Oglethorpe
What stopped settlers from moving west beyond the Appalachain Mountains?
Colonization Law
Boundaries Act
Proclamation of 1763
Settlement Act
What punished colonists for rebellious activities like the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Molasses Act
Tea Act
Which Georgian signed the Declaration of Independence?
James Oglethorpe
Henry Hudson
Casimir Pulaski
Button Gwinnett
What Revolutionary War battle broke the British stronghold in Georgia
Siege of Savannah
Battle of Virginia
Battle of Kettle Creek
Battle of Brittain
What Georgia slave was freed to take his master's place in the Revolutionary War?
Elijah Clarke
Dred Scott
Austin Dabney
John Adams
In what year was Georgia's first constitution adopted?
1776
1800
1840
1777
What document was created in an attempt to revise the Articles of Confederation?
U.S. Constitution
Georgia Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Government
What was the first university established by a state government?
Oglethorpe University
University of Georgia
Augusta State University
Harvard University
Legislators were bribed to sell land at a very low price in the:
Yazoo Land Fraud
Yazoo Land Lottery
Georgia Land Scandal
Land Purchase Plan
What crop led to tremendous growth in the 19th century Georgia?
wheat
peanuts
cotton
carrots
What event eventually led to the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia?
murder of a Cherokee leader
spread of slavery in Georgia
burning of Atlanta courthouse
discovery of gold in north Georgia
What were Southerners objecting to in the "nullification controversy?"
tarriff on imported goods
slave trade in Georgia
taxation without representation
sale of liquor in Georgia
What compromise kept the balance between states and free states?
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Georgia Platform
Nebraska Agreement
General Sherman took his troops through the state of Georgia in the:
Atlanta Campaign
March to the Sea
Battle of Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek
What organization helped freed slaves after the Civil War?
Freedmen's Bureau
Freedom First Group
Reconstruction Bureau
Slavery Aid Society
Who led Georgia Farmers in the Populist Party
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Button Gwinnett
James Oglethorpe
Tom Watson
