8th Grade Social Studies Practice crct multiple Choice Questions


Which development had a significant, positive impact on Georgia’s growth?



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Which development had a significant, positive impact on Georgia’s growth?

  1. banjo

  2. railroad

  3. civil war

  4. boll weevil

(correct answer B)
SS8H5 The student will explain significant factors that affected the development of Georgia as part of the growth of the United States between 1789 and 1840.

d. Analyze the events that led to the removal of 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.


How did William McIntosh aid in the removal of Native American tribes from Georgia in the 19th century?

  1. He informed white settlers about gold on Creek lands.

  2. He attacked white settlers, forcing them to remove the Creeks.

  3. He signed a treaty giving Creek lands to the United States.

  4. His outbursts in court turned Congressmen against the Creeks.

(correct answer C)
The Cherokee Indians, Andrew Jackson, and John Marshall are all related to which Supreme Court case?

  1. Brown vs. Board of Education

  2. The Dred Scott case

  3. Furman vs. Georgia

  4. Worcester vs. Georgia

(correct answer D)
Use the following graphic for question #___:


Which historical figure BEST fits in the circle?

  1. Alexander McGillivray

  2. Andrew Jackson

  3. Alexander Stephens

  4. Alonzo Herndon

(correct answer A)
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.

a. 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.


Which term is used when a state attempts to ignore or refuse to accept a law from the Federal government?

  1. nullification

  2. compromise

  3. emancipation

  4. sharecropping

(correct answer A)
Which describes the relationship between the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?

  1. They are the same event just known by two different names in Georgia.

  2. Both events were trying to resolve the differences people had over the results of the Dred Scott case.

  3. The Georgia Platform, which upheld Georgia’s right to slavery, led to a need for the Compromise of 1850.

  4. It was the Georgia Platform, many believe, that saved the union because it showed southern support for the Compromise of 1850.

(correct answer D)
Southern states considered the Dred Scott case a victory because according the decision in the case slaves were

  1. treated like all other citizens.

  2. considered to be property without rights.

  3. to be released within the next fifty years.

  4. able to kept as slaves in every state of the country.

(correct answer B)
Which event was a key issue that led to the Civil War?

  1. land lotteries

  2. states’ rights

  3. the Townsend Acts

  4. taxation without representation

(correct answer B)
Use the following list to answer question #___:

  • Signed Georgia’s secession ordinance

  • Elected a Senator and Governor after the Civil War

  • Served as Vice President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

The list above refers to which person?

  1. Jefferson Davis

  2. Alexander Stephens

  3. Henry McNeal Turner

  4. Alexander McGillivray

(correct answer B)

SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.

b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.


Which battle was important because it temporarily kept the Union army out of Georgia after they had taken Chattanooga?

  1. Gettysburg

  2. Antietam

  3. Andersonville

  4. Chickamauga

(correct answer D)
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important during the Civil War?

  1. It was the document that officially ended the war after the Battle of Antietam.

  2. It was an official statement from the Union banning the practice of slavery.

  3. It stated voting rights could not be denied based on race.

  4. It allowed blacks to officially join the Confederate army.

(correct answer B)
Why was the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast significant during the Civil War?

  1. The blockade delayed or prevented international help from reaching the Confederacy.

  2. It meant that to end the blockade, most of the Civil War battles would be fought at sea.

  3. With the blockade, there was no way to retreat from battles so surrender was the only option.

  4. Union resources were wasted on the ineffective blockade, thus delaying their victory in the war.

(correct answer A)
Use the following quote to answer question #___:

I only regarded the march from Atlanta to Savannah as a shift of base, as the transfer of a strong army...from the interior to a point on the sea coast, from which it could achieve other important results.” - William T. Sherman, Memoirs

What “important results” did Sherman achieve in his March to the Sea?

  1. he was able to conduct trade with other countries from this location

  2. he was able to free all of the Northern prisoners of war on his march

  3. he disrupted the economy and major infrastructure of the confederacy

  4. he relocated the northern armies to Savannah, where they finished the war

(correct answer C)
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.

c. Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.


Which practices were used to keep freed slaves under control of local land owners after the Civil War?

  1. nullification and slavery

  2. blockades and secession

  3. reconstruction and the 13th amendment

  4. sharecropping and tenant farming

(correct answer D)
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

  1. To provide former slaves with basic needs

  2. To fight for the freedom of Southern slaves

  3. To oppose federal troops in Reconstruction Georgia

  4. To make sure former slaves did not exercise their rights

(correct answer A)
Immediately following the Civil War southern states tried to limit the civil rights of blacks. How did the federal government eventually respond?

  1. They started the KKK to help blacks fight racism.

  2. Congress worked to pass the 13th – 15th amendments.

  3. The laws were allowed under Reconstruction compromises.

  4. Andrew Johnson forced southern states to revoke their laws.

(correct answer B)
Use the following list to answer question #___:

  • Opposed to Racial Integration

  • Violent displays of racism

  • Formed in 1860’s to protest rights for slaves


The list in the box above describes which group?

  1. Dred Scots

  2. Highland Scots

  3. Ku Klux Klan

  4. Freedmen’s Bureau

(correct answer C)
SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918.

a. Evaluate the impact the Bourbon Triumvirate, Henry Grady, International Cotton Exposition, Tom Watson and the Populists, Rebecca Latimer Felton, the 1906 Atlanta Riot, the Leo Frank Case, and the county unit system had on Georgia during this period.


How did the Bourbon Triumvirate affect 19th century Georgia?

  1. They promoted industrial and commercial development in Georgia.

  2. They created laws that protected the rights of sharecroppers.

  3. They reformed state politics so women could run for office.

  4. They expanded government programs in order to help the poor.

(correct answer A)
The Leo Frank Case was important for Georgia because it showed how

  1. widespread prejudice against Jews could prevent a fair trial.

  2. rich defendants could easily bribe judges to avoid punishment.

  3. witnesses would be ignored simply because they were black.

  4. murder victims were often ignored if they were of a lower class.

(correct answer A)
Use the following list to answer question #___:

  • Spokesman of the New South”

  • Managing Editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s

  • Worked to bring in investment and diversify farming in Georgia

The list above describes which person?

  1. Jim Crow

  2. Leo Frank

  3. Henry Grady

  4. Tom Watson

(correct answer C)
In which areas did the International Cotton Exposition have the largest impact on Georgia?

  1. religious and historical

  2. race and reconstruction

  3. geographic and political

  4. economic and agricultural

(correct answer D)
Rebecca Latimer Felton would be most associated with which social movement?

  1. women’s rights

  2. freeing slaves

  3. anti-industry

  4. civil rights

(correct answer A)
The riots in Atlanta in 1906 were proof that which issue was still a major concern in the south?

  1. religion

  2. education

  3. county units

  4. racial tension

(correct answer D)
A politician campaigning after the development of the county unit system in 1917 was smart to spend most of their time in which parts of Georgia?

  1. rural

  2. urban

  3. coastal

  4. Atlanta

(correct answer A)

SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918.

b. Analyze how rights were denied to African-Americans through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, disenfranchisement, and racial violence.


Following the decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, many states in the south, including Georgia, began creating laws that intentionally segregated blacks from whites in most parts of society. In Georgia, specific laws were passed mandating that blacks and whites have different restaurants and baseball fields. Why were these laws allowed after the 14th amendment had been passed and ratified?

  1. The Supreme Court said that Jim Crow laws did not fall under the Constitution.

  2. No one was fighting against these laws since the majority of people wanted them.

  3. According to Plessy vs. Ferguson, as long as the facilities were “equal” it was okay to separate them.

  4. Since this was only happening in southern states like Georgia, many blacks simply moved north to avoid the laws.

(correct answer C)
Things like Jim Crow laws, disenfranchisement, and groups like the Ku Klux Klan led to which result in the south after the Civil War?

  1. an increase in slavery

  2. an increase in racial violence

  3. more jobs for blacks in the south

  4. decrease in the use of sharecropping

(correct answer B)
Disenfranchisement denied which right to blacks in the South following the Civil War?

  1. transportation

  2. employment

  3. education

  4. voting

(correct answer D)

SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918.

c. Explain the roles of Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. DuBois, John and Lugenia Burns Hope, and Alonzo Herndon.


During his first extended stay in Georgia, W.E.B. DuBois had which impact on race relations?

  1. His barbershop and investment in real estate helped to unify blacks and whites.

  2. He conducted several important research projects on blacks and crime and helped to found the NAACP.

  3. He realized through his research that a peaceful, non-threatening approach was the way to unify blacks and whites.

  4. He used his status as the “Great Accommodator” to build relationships with white leaders and get invited to the White House.

(correct answer B)
Which award would be most appropriate to give Alonzo Herndon?

  1. “Most successful businessman”

  2. “Most popular religious figure”

  3. “Best educator in Atlanta”

  4. “Best Governor of Georgia”

(correct answer A)
Booker T. Washington’s speeches in Atlanta were controversial because they advocated that blacks should do what to improve their condition?

  1. leave the south and move north or return to Africa

  2. get skills and education to get jobs that white people had

  3. form violent protest groups to rebel against the government

  4. conduct non-violent protests like sit-ins to earn government welfare

(correct answer B)
SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918.

d. Explain reasons for World War I and describe Georgia’s contributions.


Why was Georgia important to the World War I effort?

  1. The Lusitania was sunk just off the coast of Georgia.

  2. Georgia was the most outspoken state against the war.

  3. Many US Soldiers trained in Georgia training camps.

  4. The treaty that ended the war was signed in Georgia.

(correct answer C)
SS8H8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia.

a. Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia.


For an extended period of time from 1915 through the 1980s, cotton farmers in Georgia were having unprofitable years because they were having to spend much money on pesticide while at the same time reducing the number of acres on which they could farm. What was a primary cause of this negative consequence?

  1. the cotton gin

  2. the boll weevil

  3. new legislation

  4. railroad construction

(correct answer B)
Which two words describe the impact of the boll weevil on Georgia?

  1. positive, political

  2. negative, economic

  3. negative, irrigation

  4. positive, agricultural

(correct answer B)


SS8H8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia.

b. Explain economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression.


Multiple farming disasters, a major stock market crash, and runs on many banks in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s resulted in

  1. World War I.

  2. the Yazoo Land Fraud.

  3. the Great Depression.

  4. more Civil Rights action.

(correct answer C)
SS8H8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia.

c. Discuss the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge.


Why is the political career of Eugene Talmadge significant to Georgia?

  1. He is the only politician to get enough support from both major political parties to run for office 3 times.

  2. Eugene Talmadge’s career was the primary inspiration for Jimmy Carter to get into politics and their career paths are nearly identical.

  3. His career is the perfect example of how someone can move from small town politics to state politics and eventually to national politics as a State Senator.

  4. His uses of executive orders, removal of elected officials, and declarations of martial law are an example of how a strong governor can have a tremendous impact on the state in positive and negative ways.

(correct answer D)
SS8H8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia.

d. Discuss the effect of the New Deal in terms of the impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural electrification, and Social Security.


How were Georgia’s farmers helped by the New Deal?

  1. Cotton prices were reduced to the lowest they have been in years.

  2. The Social Security Agency agreed to pay them for any land they could not use.

  3. The Agricultural Adjustment Act combined many smaller farms into fewer, larger ones.

  4. Electricity was finally provided for many farms due to the push for rural electricfication.

(correct answer D)
Which was a direct impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps?

  1. it created more jobs and parks for Georgians

  2. it provided retirement pay for the elderly

  3. farmers were paid to produce less cotton

  4. racial segregation was greatly reduced

(correct answer A)
SS8H9 The student will describe the impact of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically.

a. Describe the impact of events leading up to American involvement in World War II; include Lend-Lease and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.


Why was the bombing of Pearl Harbor a significant event during World War II?

  1. It prevented Japan from invading the United States.

  2. It put an end to the lend lease program.

  3. It caused the United States to get involved in the war.

  4. It was the first use of nuclear weapons in war.

(correct answer C)
What was the importance of Pearl Harbor during World War II?

  1. It provided supplies to troops in the Pacific.

  2. It was attacked, which made America enter the war.

  3. It served as a testing site for the first atomic bombs.

  4. It was captured by Americans, which hurt Japan badly.

(correct answer B)
Some of the ships and bombers built in Georgia in the early 1940’s were loaned to Britain for use in the war. This practice of lending war materials to Great Britain, France, and USSR was known by what name?

  1. Lend-Lease

  2. Pearl Harbor

  3. the Holocaust

  4. the New Deal

(correct answer A)
SS8H9 The student will describe the impact of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically.

b. Evaluate the importance of Bell Aircraft, military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard Russell, and Carl Vinson.


Savannah and Brunswick were important to Georgia’s efforts in World War II in which way?

  1. These were the two cities selected to build Bell Aircrafts.

  2. Those are the two places where most of Georgia’s infantry were trained.

  3. Franklin Roosevelt used those locations as his primary headquarters in Georgia.

  4. A large number of military ships and sea vessels were built in the shipyards in these cities.

(correct answer D)

Use the following table to answer question #___:

Population around Marietta

1940

1949

8,667

20,687

How was Marietta able to sustain such a large population increase in the 1940’s?

  1. the physical size of the city more than doubled during this time

  2. construction of military aircraft, like the Bell Bomber, provided jobs

  3. the Great Depression did not affect some parts of Georgia, like Marietta

  4. Marietta became the new capital city of Georgia when Atlanta was burned

(correct answer B)
Use the following list to answer question #___:

  • Long-serving politician in Georgia

  • Pushed for expanding the use of planes in the Navy

  • Worked to pass bills expanding the Navy prior to WWII

The list above best describes which Georgian?

  1. Carl Vinson

  2. Jimmy Carter

  3. Richard Russell

  4. Eugene Talmage

(correct answer A)
Which best describes the impact Richard Russell Jr. had on Georgia?

  1. during his time as Senator he made things difficult for farmers and ultimately shut down many farms

  2. through legislation, he helped bring jobs, military bases, and other economic opportunities to Georgia

  3. he orchestrated the Lend-Lease program with Great Britain, France, and Russia for Georgia’s citizens

  4. during his many visits to Warm Springs, Georgia, he brought national attention and money to the town

(correct answer B)

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