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8th Grade Georgia History Milestones Review (American Revolution, Early Statehood, Causes Of Civil War)
Test Description: Questions that cover the 8th Grade Georgia History Standards for Milestones Test
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1) Which American Indian group lived in Georgia at the time of European contact?
A
Nez Perce Tribe
B
Seminole Tribe
C
Mississippian Tribe
D
Paleo American Indians
2) What Spanish explorer crossed Georgia hoping to find cities of gold?
A
Ponce de Leon
B
John Cabot
C
Hernando de Soto
D
James Oglethorpe
3) How did early Spanish contact impact American Indians in Georgia?
A
Spain enslaved African Americans and forced them to work on large sugar plantations.
B
Spain tried to convert America Indians to Christianity by building missions.
C
Spain cooperated with Americn Indians in building a settlement at Yamacraw Bluff.
D
Spain forced America Indians to relocate.
4) Who established the colony of Georgia?
A
Samuel de Champlain
B
James Oglethorpe
C
John Reynolds
D
Tom Watson
5) What American Indian chief helped James Oglethorpe and early Georgia settlers?
A
Yamacraw
B
Sitting Bull
C
Tomochichi
D
Geronimo
6) Which act prohibited American colonists from moving west beyond the Appalachian Mountains?
A
Emancipation Proclamation
B
Trustee Period
C
Proclamation of 1763
D
Declaration of Independence
7) What document listed reasons American colonists wanted to be free from British rule?
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Declaration of Sentiments
C
Emancipation Proclamation
D
Proclamation of 1763
8) Which word best describes how American colonists viewed rule by the British king and Parliament?
A
weak
B
fair
C
representative
D
tyrant
9) Which Georgian delegates signed the Declaration of Independence
A
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
B
Lyman Hall, George Walton, Henry Grady
C
Button Gwinnett, Henry Grady, George Walton
D
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, Henry Grady
10) People who supported Great Britain during the Revolution War were called:
A
Malcontents
B
Salzburgers
C
Patriot
D
Loyalists
11) Why did Georgia's first capital become inconvenient as a state capital during the early 1800's.
A
Atlanta was too far north, while the population began moving east.
B
Cherokee Indians continued raiding the settlements around the captial.
C
Savannah was too far east, while the population began moving west.
D
Louisville was too far west, while the population began moving east.
12) Which statement describes the relationship between the movement of Georgia's settlers and the relocation of Georgia's capital cities from 1789 to 1840?
A
Georgia's capital relocated westward to follow the movement of Georgia settlers.
B
Georgis's capital relocated westward, forcing settlers to explore uncharted territory.
C
Georgia's settlers moved westward to remain close to the state's capital.
D
Cherokee Indians continued raiding the settlements around the captial.
13) What was the first university in the United STates established by a state governement?
A
University of Georgia
B
Augusta State University
C
Oglethorpe University
D
University of Tennessee
14) Why was the University of Georgia -a revolutionary idea- in 1785?
A
It was founded to provide higher education for the rich elite.
B
It was founded to provide education to slaves and free blacks.
C
It was founded to provide the citizens of Georgia a national championship football team.
D
It was founded to provide higher education at a cost afforable to many Georgians?
15) What was the purpose of the cotton gin?
A
to pick cotton balls from the cotton plant
B
to remove seeds from the cotton ball
C
to turn cotton fibers into thread and yarn
D
to easily sow cotton seeds into the soil
16) How did the invention of the cotton gin directly impact farming in Georgia?
A
Georgian's switched their farms from growing cotton to grow indigo and rice.
B
Georgian's refused to use the technology and continued to remove cotton seeds by hand.
C
Georgian's switched their farms from growing tobacco or other crops to cotton.
D
Georgia famers began to move to cities to get jobs in factories.
17) What statement accurately describes the impact of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
A
Slavery stayed the same.
B
Slavery decreased.
C
Slavery increased.
D
Slaves were freed.
18) Why did many railroads get built beginning in the 1830's?
A
to force the Cherokee Nation to move west
B
to prepare for the Civil War
C
to connect rural Southerners with backs and hospitals and schools in the cities.
D
to allow farmers to more easily transport their crops to market
19) The Nullification Controversy showed how strongly Southerners felt about ________
A
slavery
B
checks and balances
C
religious freedom
D
states rights
20) The __________ allowed California to join the Union as a free state, and it banned the slaveholding in Washington D. C.
A
U.S. Constitution
B
Georgia Platform
C
Missouri Compromise
D
Compromise of 1850
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