Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
A
B
C
D
1.
Who
represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
a.
John Treutlen,
George Matthews
b.
Wilson Lumpkin, John Hancock
c.
William Few,
Abraham Baldwin
d.
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington
A
B
C
D
2.
How
many houses for the legislative branch of government were established by the 1787 U.S.
Constitution?
a.
One
(unicameral)
b.
Two (bicameral)
c.
Three
(tricameral)
d.
Four (quadcameral)
A
B
C
D
3.
What
two Georgia cities served as the state’s capital during the late 1700s?
a.
Savannah and
Darien
b.
Brunswick and Darien
c.
Savannah and
Atlanta
d.
Savannah and Augusta
A
B
C
D
4.
What
scandal took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land
to private developers at below-market prices?
a.
Trail of Tears fraud
b.
Yazoo land
fraud
c.
Mississippi land fraud
d.
Georgia land
lottery
A
B
C
D
5.
After
the Revolutionary War, Georgia’s major crops were
a.
rice and
indigo.
b.
rice and wheat.
c.
cotton and
peanuts.
d.
cotton and tobacco.
A
B
C
D
6.
Before railroads were available, Georgia’s farmers moved their products to
markets by
a.
farm carts,
wagons, and horseback.
b.
riverboats, ferries, and wagon
trains.
c.
stagecoaches, horseback, and
riverboats.
d.
wagons and horseback.
A
B
C
D
7.
In
the mid-1800s, Georgia’s main railroad company was the
a.
Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
b.
Federal Railroad.
c.
Western and
Atlantic Railroad.
d.
Savannah and Augusta Railroad.
A
B
C
D
8.
The
most important mechanical invention to Georgia’s economy in the early 1800s was
the
a.
mechanical
reaper.
b.
telegraph.
c.
cotton
gin.
d.
railroad.
A
B
C
D
9.
Georgia’s earliest college for women was
a.
the University
of Georgia.
b.
Georgia Female College (Wesleyan).
c.
Franklin
College.
d.
Georgia Woman’s College.
A
B
C
D
10.
What
was George Gist’s ( Sequoyah) major contribution to the Cherokee culture?
a.
He signed the
treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.
b.
He signed the
treaty moving the Cherokee to the Indian Territory.
c.
He gained fame
as a hunter and trapper.
d.
He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written
language.
A
B
C
D
11.
The
first Native American newspaper was the
a.
Creek Eagle.
b.
Cherokee
Phoenix.
c.
Seminole Daily News.
d.
Cherokee
Syllabary.
A
B
C
D
12.
The
permanent Cherokee capital was located in
a.
Stephens County, Georgia.
b.
Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee.
c.
Phoenix City, Alabama.
d.
New Echota,
Georgia.
A
B
C
D
13.
What
nickname was given to the forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia?
a.
The Principal
People Migration
b.
The Trail of Tears
c.
The Oklahoma
Caravan
d.
The U.S. Indian Removal Act
A
B
C
D
14.
What
national “symbol” came out of the War of 1812?
a.
“The
Star-Spangled Banner”
b.
The nation’s battle flag
c.
The Fort McHenry
Memorial
d.
The U.S. White House
A
B
C
D
15.
Which
invention did not contribute directly to the industrialization of the United States during the
period of western expansion?
a.
The cotton gin
b.
The mechanical
reaper
c.
The Franklin pot-bellied stove
d.
The
water-powered spinning machine
Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement.
16.
The
Georgia legislature created by the Constitution of 1789 was officially called the
_________________________.
17.
Georgia’s new government had three branches with the most powerful branch being
the ____________________ branch.
18.
The
first amendments to the new U.S. Constitution, which were added shortly after the document was
ratified, were known as the ____________________.
19.
The
inventor of bifocal glasses was ____________________.
20.
Georgia’s farming changed forever with the invention of the cotton gin by
____________________.
21.
Growing grain was made much more profitable after the invention of the mechanical
grain reaper by _________________________.
22.
The
Panic of 1837 led to a sharp downturn in Georgia’s economy and caused a(n)
____________________.
23.
The
first land grant university in the country, founded in Athens in 1785, was the
_________________________, which was originally called Franklin College.
24.
The
first college primarily for women, ____________________ College, opened in Macon in
1836.
25.
The
_________________________, the national anthem, was written during the War of 1812 while a battle at
Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor was being fought.