WorksheetsGA Studies HISTORY Practice Part 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who were the first humans in Georgia?
European explorers
Paleo Indians
Seminole Indians
Nez Perce Indians
Georgia was important to England as a:
source of gold
buffer colony
place of adventure
tourist colony
Mary Musgrove was James Oglethorpe's:
wife
business partner
interpreter
housekeeper
Taxes from this act were to help pay for the French and Indian War:
Stamp Act
War Powers Act
Molasses Act
Tea Act
People who supported Britain during the Revolutionary War were called:
Patriots
Loyalists
Men of the Crown
Malcontents
Which Georgia hero used guerilla tactics during the Revolutionary War?
Austin Dabney
Button Gwinnett
Elijah Clarke
William McIntosh
The Articles of Confederation called for:
strong federal government
all children to go to school
a strong leader
weak federal government
What land distribution system gave settlers 200 acres of land plus 50 acres for each family member?
land lottery
Yazoo land system
headright system
fairness policy
Which form of transportation led to the growth of Atlanta?
railroads
wagons
flatboats
stagecoaches
Who was murdered by Creek Indians for ceding all of the remaining Creek lnd in Georgia?
John Ross
William McIntosh
Sequoyah
Tomochichi
Abolitionists wanted to:
get rid of slavery
give women the right to vote
limit slavery to large plantations
feed the hungry
Dred Scott was:
a black Revolutionary soldier
a slave who sued for his freedom
a mayor of Atlanta
a college professor
How many states seceded from the Union in the Civil War?
11
13
8
6
The first conflict of the Civil War was:
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Atlanta
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation:
once the Civil War was over
before the Civil War began
during the Civil War
after his election
Which battlefield was the site of a famous speech by President Lincoln?
Antietam
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Yorktown
What general burned Atlanta and marched his men to the Georgia coast?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
George Patton
What is the name for the period after the Civil War when the South came back into the Union?
Redevelopment
Reconstruction
Regeneration
Restoration
After the Civil War, many freed slaves became:
farm owners
sharecroppers
household servants
college students
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
21st Amendment
