Name: ______________________________________ Date: ______________ Period: _________
Lesson Four- Georgia’s State Government-Executive Branch
? The role of the executive branch of state government is to _____________ state programs and _____________ (enforce) laws enacted by the ________________.
? Georgia also has a number of ELECTED executive department heads know as _______________ ______________ because their positions are provided for in the state constitution.
? These offices are elected ______________and may be of different political parties.
As we tour the Governor’s mansion please fill out the following information
1. Who was the first Governor to live in the Mansion on West Paces Ferry Road?
2. When was the Governor’s Mansion built? How old does that make the Governor’s Mansion?
3. What Governor Commissioned the building of the Mansion on West Paces Ferry Road?
4. Where was the first Executive Mansion located from 1838-1868?
5. In what year was the first official Mansion in Atlanta purchased?
6. 1868
7. 1870
8. 1872
9. 1874
10. What hotel currently resides on the site of the first official Mansion in Atlanta?
11. The Mansion in Ansley Park was home to how many Governors from 1925 to 1968?
12. How many rooms, stories, acres, and square feet make up the current Governor’s Mansion?
i. Rooms
ii. Stories
iii. Acres
iv. Square feet
13. Who lives at the Governor’s Mansion?
1. was the architect of the Governor’s Mansion.
14. The portrait in the Library is of Georgian , the Vice President of the Confederate States of America.
15. The Governor’s Mansion is the home to which of the following antiques?
o Signed First Edition copy of Gone with the Wind
o Olympic Torch from the 1996 Games
o Old Paris Porcelain Vase with Benjamin Franklin medallion
o Copy of Charles Peale’s official portrait of George Washington
o All of the above
o None of the above
16. True or False: The 30 Doric columns surrounding the Governor’s Mansion are made from Magnolia trees, measure 24 feet high each, and are hollowed out and specially treated on the inside to handle water drainage from the roof.
17. The Gorham sterling silver punch bowl in the Entrance Hall and the candelabras and Epergne in the State Dining Room come from what ship?
18. The State Seal embedded in the floor at the base of the front door is made of what metal?
19. True or False: The table in the State Dining Room is an Accordion Table that can be adjusted to seat anywhere from 4 to 18 people.
20. Which Department Store gave the Mansion the glass covered compote in the State Dining Room etched with the State Seal and why? _______________
21. The mahogany sideboard in the Family Dining Room dates back to 1790. Where was it made?
22. True or False: The floor in the Entrance Hall is made from Tennessee marble.
23. True or False: The books in the Library contain the histories of all the 159 counties of Georgia.