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WorksheetsPOWER 10
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins
People bought a ticket for a chance to win land if their name was drawn from a barrel.
Apple Barrel land system
Land Lottery
headright system
Yazoo land act
Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon were known as the
3 Musketeers
Bourbon Triumvirate
Populists
Henry Grady's Guys
This man was a successful businessman and was born to a slave mother and a white father:
Booker T. Washington
Tom Watson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Alonzo Herndon
48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American or Black men attacking white women; several African-Americans or Blacks were killed during the riot.
Anti-Semitism
Atlanta Race Riot (1906)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
Separate but Equal
What industrial fair highlighted the growth and improvements of Georgia’s textile industry?
International Cotton Exposititon
Cotton Warehouse
Cotton Pickin Fair
Georgia State Fair
In Georgia's criminal justice system, what is the difference between a delinquent act and an unruly act committed by a minor?
Cases involving delinquent acts are heard by juries, while those involving unruly acts are heard by judges.
Cases involving unruly acts are heard by juries, while those involving delinquent acts are heard by judges.
A delinquent act would be criminal if committed by an adult, but an unruly act would not.
An unruly act would be criminal if committed by an adult, but a delinquent act would not.
Use the text to answer the question. It was a really nice day outside, so Nora and her brother Jake skipped school and went to the local park. While they were sitting in the park a police officer approached them and asked why they were not in school. The officer threatened to call their parents, or worse, charge them with truancy. If the officer charges Nora and Jake with truancy, they will be charged with committing
an unruly act
a delinquent act
a felony crime
a capital crime
According to Georgia's criminal justice system, which of these actions would be considered delinquent behavior if committed by a minor?
skipping school to go to a park
assaulting another person
disobeying an adult's command
.
leaving home without permission
Wisdom ______________ and moderation is Georgia's motto.
Tolerance
Liberty
Patience
Justice
Each branch of government having a limit or check over the other is called....
checks and balances
separation of powers
What is a right of a Georgian?
the right to vote at 15
the right to serve on a jury at 12
freedom of religion and speech
freedom of texting your friends at school
What is a responsibility of a citizen in Georgia?
To text your friends
To serve on a jury
To eat chocolate
To go to church
What is the name of Georgia's legislative branch?
General Assembly
Congress
Georgia Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Who is the leader of the Senate?
Lt. Governor
Governor
Majority Leader
Speaker of the House
Georgia has ___________ branches of government.
1
2
3
4
Both the United States Constitution and Georgia's Constitution provide for a system of checks and balances. Why did the authors of both constitutions include this system?
to encourage cooperation between political parties
to ensure that no branch of government becomes too powerful
to guarantee that all citizens have equal rights
to ensure that large states do not have more power than small states
Button Gwinnett, George Walton, and __________________ were the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.
Lyman Hall
James Wright
Thomas Jefferson
James Oglethorpe
Which statement about GA regarding the French and Indian War is correct?
Georgia gained new territory.
Georgia’s colonists suffered great losses of life and property
Georgia was a buffer zone in the fighting between the French and Indians
Georgia was the only colony to support the French against the British in the war
Why did Great Britain impose the Proclamation of 1763?
To make sure the colonists didn't have any fun.
To anger the colonists.
To limit conflict with the American Indians.
To make a lot of money.
This part of the Declaration of Independence is in the beginning and explains why the document is being written:
Preamble
Declaration
Grievances
Independence
What similarities can you see in these two lists?
Georgia's Primary Exports in the Colonial Era
- Wine
- Rice
- Indigo
- Silk
- Tobacco
Georgia's Primary Exports in the Modern Era
- Peaches
- Pecans
- Poultry
- Pine trees
- Peanuts
Georgia has no technological industries.
Georgia's main exports have been agricultural.
Georgia is the world's leader in peanut production.
Georgia's main exports have not changed in over 250 years.
What type of colony was Georgia initially?
Trustee Colony
Proprietary Colony
Religious-free Colony
Temporary Colony
The only true success the colony had under the Trustees
Defend South Carolina from Spanish invasion
Growing the best wine in the New World
Exporting more silk than any other colony
Growing many crops to send back to England
3 reasons given for the creation of the Georgia colony
God, Gold, and Glory
Philanthropy, Economics, and Defense
Religious, Social, and Economics
Expansion, Exploration, and Execution
Which Trustee was the only one to come to Georgia?
John Musgrove
George II
James Oglethorpe
Robert Castell
-mixed Creek and British ancestry
-translator for Oglethorpe
-set up trading post
Who am I?
James Oglethorpe
Tomochichi
Mary Musgrove
Hernando De Soto
Read the following excerpt from the Charter of 1732. Who is it talking about?
...many of our poor subjects are, through misfortunes and want of employment, reduced to great necessity, insomuch as by their labor they are not able to provide a maintenance for themselves and families...
poor and indebted people in England
slaves imported into the colonies
wealthy English wanting to set up plantations
those persecuted for religious beliefs
