2nd 9 weeks benchmark review 2013-2014
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Georgia Performance Standard / QuestionsSS8H3 a.Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia – include the French and Indian War (7 Years’ War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of Independence / 1. How did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolutionary War?+ taxes by King George>colonists upset/unfair/unconstitutional>colonists revolted/independence
2. How did the French and Indian War affect Georgia’s growth and development?Although Ga didn’t participate, they received land (increased boundaries)
3. What was the Proclamation of 1763?Formally ended the French and Indian war
4. What are the elements/components of the Intolerable Acts?Quartering act, Port of Boston closed until tea is paid for, can’t have a town meeting w/o Gov permission and presence (Massachusetts), any capital crimes are tried in England
5. Why did many Georgians remain loyal to Great Britain?Fear retaliation, still receive $ from king, loyalty (King owns)
6. Who were Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence?Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, and George Walton
SS8H3b. Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia on the Revolutionary War, including Loyalists, patriots, Elijah Clarke, Austin Dabney, Nancy Hart, Battle of Kettle Creek, siege of Savannah. / 1. Define loyalist.Bka Tory- wanted to remain loyal to King George/Great Britain
2. Define patriot.bka Whig- wanted independence from King George/Great Britain
3. What did Austin Dabney do during the Revolution?Black which fought in the Revolutionary War
4. What did Nancy Hart do during the Revolution?Captured and killed Tories> a county is named after
SS8H4a: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the GA constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles. / 1.What was the main weakness of the Georgia Constitution of 1777?WWM in power, not for everyday citizens
2.Why was the national government given few powers in the Articles of Confederation?Power remained w/states
SS8H4b: Describe the role of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787; include the role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and reasons why Georgia ratified the new Constitution / 1.Who represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention?Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett, George Walton
2.The Constitutional Convention created a bicameral national legislature. How many houses does it have?2 houses Senate & House of Representatives
3. What meeting was held in order to revise the Articles of Confederation?Constitutional Covention
SS8H5a: Explain the establishment of the University of Georgia, Louisville and the spread of the Baptist and Methodist churches. / 1.The University of Georgia is the nation’s first land grant university. What is a land grant university?Land is donate and regulated by the gov’t for educational purposes
2.What were the 2 largest religious groups in Georgia in the late 1700s?Baptists and Methodists
SSH5b: Evaluate the impact of land policies pursued by Georgia, including the headright system and land lotteries and the Yazoo land fraud? / 1. What was the purpose of the headright system?
Originally give land to white veterans > inhabit vacant available land ( tax $, produce +, natural defense)
2.What land was given away by the land lottery?
Indian territory (Creek )
3. Explain the Yazoo Land Fraud. General Assembly Legislators who sold land far from fair market value and received monetary bribes from land companies. Illegal : elected officials can’t benefit politically, financially, etc from their assigned duties
SS8H5c: Explain how technological developments, including the cotton gin and railroads, had an impact on Georgia’s growth. / 1. Explain the relationship between the cotton gin and the growth of slavery.Cotton gin = + production + sales + increased profit= + slaves + land + level of hierarchy
2. What was the most important mechanical invention to Georgia’s economy in the early 1800s? cotton gin
3.What city was developed to connect Georgia’s rail lines to the rail lines in Chattanooga?Atlanta
4.How were items shipped long distances before railroads?wagons
5. What railroad companies were predominant in the mid 1800’s?
Western and Atlantic
SS8H5d.: Analyze the events that led to the removal of the Creeks and Cherokees; include the roles of Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh, Sequoyah, John Ross, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, and the Trail of Tears / 1.Who was Alexander McGillivray?Led the Creek during the Oconee War
2.Who was William McIntosh?Creek Chief that sold Creek land w/o tribes’ permission. Result-death
3.Who was Sequoyah?Bka George Gist; created the Syllabary (first written alphabet for the Cherokee) >unite the Cherokee tribes, create a language comparable to English
4. Where was America’s first gold rush? Dahlonega
5. Describe Andrew Jackson’s attitude toward Indians, including groups of Indians he used in the War of 1812 and how he treated the Cherokee. At first, he was friendly; fought together. When he rose politically, he sided w/greedy white settlers (wanted + land)
6. What was the Trail of Tears?Forced removal of the Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma
7. Explain the significance of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.Legalized and Congress initiated and approved theft of Indian land w/o regard to health, ancestral land, religion, or basic survival of the Indians.
SS8H6a.: Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War – include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia and the role of Alexander Stephens. /
- What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?Kansas attempt to enter the Union. Kansas was rejected due to “bleeding Kansas”
- Describe the major components of the Compromise of 1850.
2. slave trade ended in District of Columbia
3. Texas would not annex New Mexico
South’s Benefits-
1. New Mexico & Utah would decide whether they wanted to be slave or free (popular sovereignty)
2. residents of District of Columbia could keep the slaves they already had (just couldn’t import more)
3. Congress passed a law 4 runaway slaves to be returned to their owner (fugitive slave act)
- What role did Alexander Stephens play in the government of the Confederate States of America?VP of the Confederacy
- What was the significance of the Dred Scott Case?Dred Scott is slave from Missouri. 1. illegal to sue/go to court; Scott is a slave and slaves are not citizens (slave codes)
Affects north & south- further divides the north and south and pushes them closer to war
SS8H6b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War – include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville / 1.What is the bloodiest one-day of the Civil War?Antietam
2.The two major cities in Georgia that were the subjects of Civil War campaigns were _Savannah___ and Atlanta__.
3.Why did southern port cities, such as Savannah, have to remain open during the Civil War?Export goods = $ and Import= war supplies
- Why did Gen. Sherman decide not to burn Savannah when he reached the city at the end of his March to the Sea?Gave to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift
- What was Sherman’s purpose is destroying civilian targets on the march to the sea?Destroy civilians’ loyalty to the Confederacy. Bring them to their knees emotionally and financially
- What was Andersonville?Confederate prison – one of the worst
- What was the Emancipation Proclamation?Political strategy of President Lincoln in attempts to end the Civil War by Jan. 1, 1863
SS8CG1.: Explain the basic structure of the Georgia state constitution.
Explain the concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances. Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
Explain voting qualifications and elections in Georgia.
Explain the role of political parties in government /
- Define separation of powers.
2. Define checks and balances.A method in which each branch of gov’t has the power/authority to ensure the other branches do not misuse their authority
- What are the qualifications to vote in Georgia?18 yrs., citizen of the United States; A legal resident of Georgia and of the county in which you wish to vote.
- What are the two major political parties in America today?Democratic and Republican