NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsGeorgia Studies History Milestone Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following groups settled in GA and founded the city of Ebenezer. This group was a Protestant group from Austria who was being persecuted by the Catholics of the country.
a)
Highland Scots
b)
Malcontents
c)
Salzburgers
d)
Puritans
2.
What lasting effect of the French and Indian War helped lead to the American Revolution?
a)
debt from financing the war led to taxes on the colonists
b)
the British defeat meant France would own more land in America
c)
King George used the French to spy on the colonist's meetings
d)
Britain signed a treaty with the French that angered the colonists
3.
What document declared the colonists no longer wanted to be part of the British empire?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
U.S. Constitution
d)
Declaration of Independence
4.
The Proclamation of 1763 forbade the colonists from settling where?
a)
South of the Mason-Dixon line
b)
West of the Appalachian Mts
c)
In Florida
d)
In Canada
5.
During the American Revolution, what city in Georgia quickly fell to the British?
a)
Augusta
b)
Savannah
c)
Athens
d)
Milledgeville
6.
Which of these accurately reflects a WEAKNESS in the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress taxed citizens too much.
b)
There was no separation of powers.
c)
The document was too easily amended by the states.
d)
The central government held too much power over the states.
7.
Which Georgia institution is being described by these statements?
-chartered in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly
-founded by Abraham Baldwin who also served as the university's first president
-the oldest public university in the nation
-the largest of the state's institutions of higher learning
-chartered in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly
-founded by Abraham Baldwin who also served as the university's first president
-the oldest public university in the nation
-the largest of the state's institutions of higher learning
a)
Georgia State University
b)
The University of Georgia
c)
Georgia Southern University
d)
The Georgia Institute of Technology
8.
Which is the correct order of Georgia's capitals?
a)
Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Milledgeville, Louisville
b)
Augusta, Savannah, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
c)
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
d)
Louisville, Savannah, Augusta, Milledgeville, Atlanta
9.
Law that gave the President the power to make treaties with Native Americans exchanging their land for unsettled western land
a)
Native American Treatise
b)
Indian Land Grant
c)
Indian Removal Act
d)
Georgia Native Doctrine
10.
1832 Supreme Court case which ruled that Cherokee had federal protection from the actions of state governments. President Jackson did not enforce the ruling.
a)
Worcester v Georgia
b)
Troup v U.S.
c)
Brown v Board of Education
d)
Plessey v Ferguson
11.
What group of three men supported the New South movement and dominated Georgia politics in the late 1800’s?
a)
Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
Atlanta Triumvirate
c)
Populist Party
d)
Farmers Alliance
12.
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
13.
Which two events are examples of heightened racial tension during the New South Era?
a)
Atlanta Riot of 1906 and the Leo Frank Case
b)
Passing of the 13th and 14th Amendments
c)
Jim Crow Laws and Atlanta Riot of 1906
14.
Which terms best describes the Piedmont region of Georgia today?
a)
broad treeless plains, richest soil in Georgia
b)
heavily forested, highest elevation in Georgia
c)
gently sloping land, lowest elevation in Georgia
d)
rolling farmland, most heavily populated region of Georgia
15.
What earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision did the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturn?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
Dred Scott v. Sanford decision
d)
Cummings v. Richmond County BOE
16.
What happened to Leo Frank after his trial?
a)
He was sentenced and put to death
b)
He was taken from jail and lynched
c)
He spent the rest of his life in prison
d)
He was found guilty, but later released.
17.
The main goal of the KKK was to......
a)
prevent African Americans from voting.
b)
force the carpetbaggers to move back north.
c)
attract members from all social classes.
d)
return land to former confederates.
18.
The Yazoo Land fraud is considered to be the worst political scandal in GA history because land speculators.....
a)
sold land that was not theirs to sell.
b)
sold land for very high prices that they bought for very cheap.
c)
bribed members of the General Assembly to sell public land to them for low prices.
d)
sold land to the Indians.
19.
Which amendment abolished slavery?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
13th
d)
19th
20.
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
a)
banks closed
b)
banks gave away their money
c)
they couldn't remember where they put it
d)
someone stole it
21.
What was the name of the journey that Cherokee made when they were forced to leave their land?
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Indian Removal Act
c)
Trail of Tears
d)
Wilderness Road
22.
Which Georgian was an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., was an ambassador to the United Nations under President Jimmy Carter, served as mayor of Atlanta, and was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to Atlanta?
a)
John Lewis
b)
Roy Barnes
c)
Richard Russell
d)
Andrew Young
23.
Which industry is most affected by Georgia's climate?
a)
agriculture
b)
chemical
c)
mining
d)
transportation
Reset
