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POWER 10

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the reason for chartering the University of Georgia?
a)
Make education available to all people, not just the wealthy
b)
educate GA's slave population
c)
educate GA's militia
d)
establish a women's only school
2.
Georgia continued to move its capital westward to Louisville, then Milledgeville, and finally Atlanta to
a)
avoid continued pirate raids on the east coast
b)
meet federal government requirements
c)
follow the growing population
d)
open eastern lands to the American Indians
3.
Andrew Jackson’s role in the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia was that he 
a)
ruled in favor of the Cherokee as a sovereign nation and prevented their removal.
b)
refused to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling and instead enforced the Indian Removal Act.
c)
accompanied the Cherokee people on the trail of tears and helped organize farms in the Oklahoma territory.
d)
organized the newly acquired Yazoo lands for their settlement, opening their land to gold miners.
4.

People bought a ticket for a chance to win land if their name was drawn from a barrel.

a)

Apple Barrel land system

b)

Land Lottery

c)

headright system

d)

Yazoo land act

5.
The MAIN purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to
a)
help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom.
b)
battle terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan.
c)
serve as a voice for freed slaves in Congress.
d)
establish black codes to limit freed slaves’ rights.
6.
What system of labor replaced slave labor following the Civil War?
a)
sharecropping
b)
indentured servitude
c)
government workers
d)
blockade running
7.

Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon were known as the

a)

3 Musketeers

b)

Bourbon Triumvirate

c)

Populists

d)

Henry Grady's Guys

8.

This man was a successful businessman and was born to a slave mother and a white father:

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Tom Watson

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Alonzo Herndon

9.

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.

a)

Anti-Semitism

b)

Atlanta Race Riot (1906)

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

d)

Separate but Equal

10.

What industrial fair highlighted the growth and improvements of Georgia’s textile industry?

a)

International Cotton Exposititon

b)

Cotton Warehouse

c)

Cotton Pickin Fair

d)

Georgia State Fair

11.
 Introduction and statement of goals and purposes of the government. (the first part of the Constitution)
a)
7 Articles
b)
Principle of the Constitution
c)
Federalism
d)
Preamble
12.
First official legitimate document of the the United States that was weak and did not allow Congress to collect tax.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Preamble 
c)
Constitution
d)
Articles of Confederation
13.

In Georgia's criminal justice system, what is the difference between a delinquent act and an unruly act committed by a minor?

a)

Cases involving delinquent acts are heard by juries, while those involving unruly acts are heard by judges.

b)

Cases involving unruly acts are heard by juries, while those involving delinquent acts are heard by judges.

c)

A delinquent act would be criminal if committed by an adult, but an unruly act would not.

d)

An unruly act would be criminal if committed by an adult, but a delinquent act would not.

14.

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

a)

an unruly act

b)

a delinquent act

c)

a felony crime

d)

a capital crime

15.

According to Georgia's criminal justice system, which of these actions would be considered delinquent behavior if committed by a minor?

a)

skipping school to go to a park

b)

assaulting another person

c)

disobeying an adult's command

.

d)

leaving home without permission

16.

Wisdom ______________ and moderation is Georgia's motto.

a)

Tolerance

b)

Liberty

c)

Patience

d)

Justice

17.

Each branch of government having a limit or check over the other is called....

a)

checks and balances

b)

separation of powers

18.

What is a right of a Georgian?

a)

the right to vote at 15

b)

the right to serve on a jury at 12

c)

freedom of religion and speech

d)

freedom of texting your friends at school

19.

What is a responsibility of a citizen in Georgia?

a)

To text your friends

b)

To serve on a jury

c)

To eat chocolate

d)

To go to church

20.

What is the name of Georgia's legislative branch?

a)

General Assembly

b)

Congress

c)

Georgia Supreme Court

d)

Department of Justice

21.

Who is the leader of the Senate?

a)

Lt. Governor

b)

Governor

c)

Majority Leader

d)

Speaker of the House

22.

Georgia has ___________ branches of government.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.
What financial responsibility (requirement) does a citizen have to the Federal and State Governments?
a)
pay debt
b)
pay taxes
c)
buy items on credit
d)
contribution to political partys
24.
According to the principle of Separation of Powers, what is major role of the executive branch?
a)
write laws
b)
impeach the governor
c)
enforce (carry out) laws
d)
interpret laws
25.
What is the primary function of the Legislative Branch?
a)
To make Laws
b)
To understand laws
c)
To protect the president
d)
To enforce laws
26.
Does Georgia's constitution include a Bill of Rights?
a)
Yes
b)
No
27.

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?

a)

to encourage cooperation between political parties

b)

to ensure that no branch of government becomes too powerful

c)

to guarantee that all citizens have equal rights

d)

to ensure that large states do not have more power than small states

28.

Button Gwinnett, George Walton, and __________________ were the three signers of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia.

a)

Lyman Hall

b)

James Wright

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

James Oglethorpe

29.

Which statement about GA regarding the French and Indian War is correct?

a)

Georgia gained new territory.

b)

Georgia’s colonists suffered great losses of life and property

c)

Georgia was a buffer zone in the fighting between the French and Indians

d)

Georgia was the only colony to support the French against the British in the war

30.
How did the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) contribute to the American Revolution? 
a)
France wanted revenge after losing the war and negotiated with the colonies to fight England.
b)
Indians that fought in the war supported the colonies and encouraged them to fight the British.
c)
England went into debt because of the war and decided to tax the colonies to get their money back.
d)
England was unhappy with the colonies performance in the war and punished them with taxes. 
31.
Who was the Patriot that led a militia during the Battle of Kettle Creek?
a)
Nancy Hart 
b)
Elijah Clarke 
c)
Austin Dabney 
d)
James Oglethorpe 
32.

Why did Great Britain impose the Proclamation of 1763?

a)

To make sure the colonists didn't have any fun.

b)

To anger the colonists.

c)

To limit conflict with the American Indians.

d)

To make a lot of money.

33.

This part of the Declaration of Independence is in the beginning and explains why the document is being written:

a)

Preamble

b)

Declaration

c)

Grievances

d)

Independence

34.

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
a)

Georgia has no technological industries.

b)

Georgia's main exports have been agricultural.

c)

Georgia is the world's leader in peanut production.

d)

Georgia's main exports have not changed in over 250 years.

35.

What type of colony was Georgia initially?

a)

Trustee Colony

b)

Proprietary Colony

c)

Religious-free Colony

d)

Temporary Colony

36.

The only true success the colony had under the Trustees

a)

Defend South Carolina from Spanish invasion

b)

Growing the best wine in the New World

c)

Exporting more silk than any other colony

d)

Growing many crops to send back to England

37.

3 reasons given for the creation of the Georgia colony

a)

God, Gold, and Glory

b)

Philanthropy, Economics, and Defense

c)

Religious, Social, and Economics

d)

Expansion, Exploration, and Execution

38.

Which Trustee was the only one to come to Georgia?

a)

John Musgrove

b)

George II

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

Robert Castell

39.
self-government, voting, no land limits, 1000s of slaves
a)
Trustee Colony
b)
Royal Colony
c)
Both trustee and royal
40.

-mixed Creek and British ancestry

-translator for Oglethorpe

-set up trading post

Who am I?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Tomochichi

c)

Mary Musgrove

d)

Hernando De Soto

41.

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...

a)

poor and indebted people in England

b)

slaves imported into the colonies

c)

wealthy English wanting to set up plantations

d)

those persecuted for religious beliefs