Georgia Milestones Review- 8th Grade Social Studies

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What woman served as an interpreter for James Oglethorpe and Tomochichi? She was also a well known business woman.

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Mary Musgrove

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Which of the following men did NOT sign the Declaration of Independence for GA? Options: William Few, Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, George Walton

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William Few

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This Creek Indian chief signed the Treaty of Indian Springs giving away Creek land to white settlers.

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William McIntosh

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Which piece of legislation called for popular sovereignty in relation to slavery, allowing the state to choose whether they would be a free or slave state? Options: Kansas-Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850, Missouri Compromise, Georgia Platform

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Which amendment gave citizenship to African Americans during Reconstruction? Options: 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th

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14th

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This man was one of the first African Americans elected to the GA General Assembly after the Civil War. He and the others were expelled from the Assembly under the justification that blacks had the right to vote, but not hold office. Options: Leroy Johnson, Andrew Young, John Hope, Henry McNeal Turner

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Henry McNeal Turner

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He was a Harvard graduate and prominent leader of the NAACP. He believed that blacks should have immediate integration into white society.

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W. E. B DuBois

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Eugene Talmadge was a tremendous supporter of which group of people? Options: rural voters, urban voters, African Americans, women

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rural voters

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Which piece of legislation created by FDR aimed to artificially increase the price of cotton and was eventually declared unconstitutional? Options: CCC, AAA, SS, REA

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AAA

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This man was known as the "Father of the Two Ocean Navy," was a US House of Representatives member for 50 years, and has a US aircraft carrier named after him.

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Carl Vinson