Georgia Studies Milestones Review #1
Questions with Complete Solutions
Georgia General Assembly Georgia's legislative body, made up of the Senate and House
of Representatives
Committees in House & Senate Research bills, debate their good and bad points, and
make recommendations to the larger legislative body
7 Number of justices serving on the Georgia Supreme Court
Geoff Duncan Current Lt. Governor, who is also a Republican
Department of Education responsible for all faucets of public education
Mayor Council most common form of government
Special Purpose Government A part of the government that serves a special purpose
,House 21, Senate 25 Age requirement for GA House of Representatives and the Georgia
Senate
Commissioners In charge of a county government
Attack on Fort Sumter This attack official started the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg Union won, but there were heavy losses on both sides. This battle
inspired Abe Lincoln to give the Gettysburg Address.
The Atlanta Campaign A series of Civil War battles that were fought in Georgia
March to Sea This was led by William T. Sherman. He believed in total war and meant to
burn everything from Atlanta to Savannah.
Appomattox Court House Location where Robert E. Lee surrendered Confederate forces;
ended Civil War.
,Abraham Lincoln President during the Civil War
Robert E. Lee Confederate General during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant Union General during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America
13th Amendment Amendment that abolished slavery forever
14th Amendment Amendment that gave African Americans citizenship
15th Amendment Amendment that gave all MEN the right to vote
Freedmen's Bureau Organization created during Reconstruction that helped former slaves
and poor whites after the Civil War.
, sharecropping When poor farmers rent land from landowners and pay with a portion of
the crops.
Jim Crow Laws Laws established in the south after the Civil War that kept African
Americans "separate but equal"
Treaty of Versailles Written in 1919 to end World War I - mainly blamed Germany.
Stock Market Crash of 1929 This event started the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover President during the Great Depression who believed that the government
who was blamed for "not doing enough to help"
Franklin D. Roosevelt Served as president during the Great Depression and World War II
Dust Bowl A period of severe droughts and dust storms on the Great Plains during the
1930s
Questions with Complete Solutions
Georgia General Assembly Georgia's legislative body, made up of the Senate and House
of Representatives
Committees in House & Senate Research bills, debate their good and bad points, and
make recommendations to the larger legislative body
7 Number of justices serving on the Georgia Supreme Court
Geoff Duncan Current Lt. Governor, who is also a Republican
Department of Education responsible for all faucets of public education
Mayor Council most common form of government
Special Purpose Government A part of the government that serves a special purpose
,House 21, Senate 25 Age requirement for GA House of Representatives and the Georgia
Senate
Commissioners In charge of a county government
Attack on Fort Sumter This attack official started the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg Union won, but there were heavy losses on both sides. This battle
inspired Abe Lincoln to give the Gettysburg Address.
The Atlanta Campaign A series of Civil War battles that were fought in Georgia
March to Sea This was led by William T. Sherman. He believed in total war and meant to
burn everything from Atlanta to Savannah.
Appomattox Court House Location where Robert E. Lee surrendered Confederate forces;
ended Civil War.
,Abraham Lincoln President during the Civil War
Robert E. Lee Confederate General during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant Union General during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America
13th Amendment Amendment that abolished slavery forever
14th Amendment Amendment that gave African Americans citizenship
15th Amendment Amendment that gave all MEN the right to vote
Freedmen's Bureau Organization created during Reconstruction that helped former slaves
and poor whites after the Civil War.
, sharecropping When poor farmers rent land from landowners and pay with a portion of
the crops.
Jim Crow Laws Laws established in the south after the Civil War that kept African
Americans "separate but equal"
Treaty of Versailles Written in 1919 to end World War I - mainly blamed Germany.
Stock Market Crash of 1929 This event started the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover President during the Great Depression who believed that the government
who was blamed for "not doing enough to help"
Franklin D. Roosevelt Served as president during the Great Depression and World War II
Dust Bowl A period of severe droughts and dust storms on the Great Plains during the
1930s
