2nd 9 weeks benchmark review 2014-2015
Name:
Georgia Performance Standard
SS8H3 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
Questions
1. How did the French and Indian War lead to the American
Revolutionary War?
2. How did the French and Indian War affect Georgia’s growth
and development?
3. What was the Proclamation of 1763?
4. What are the elements of the Intolerable Acts?
SS8H3b. Analyze the significance 1. Define loyalist.
of people and events in Georgia on
the Revolutionary War, including
Loyalists, patriots, Elijah Clarke,
2. Define patriot.
Austin Dabney, Nancy Hart, Battle
of Kettle Creek, siege of Savannah.
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?
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
SS8H5a:
Explain
the
establishment of the University of
Georgia, Louisville and the spread
of the Baptist and Methodist
churches.
1.Who represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention?
2.Why was the national government given few powers in the
Articles of Confederation?
2.The Constitutional Convention created a bicameral national
legislature. How many houses does it have?
1.The University of Georgia is the nation’s first land grant
university. What is a land grant university?
2.What were the 2 largest religious groups in Georgia in the late
1700s?
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?
2. What land was given away by the land lottery?
3. Explain the Yazoo Land Fraud.
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.
2.What was the most important mechanical invention to
Georgia’s economy in the early 1800s?
3. What city was developed to connect Georgia’s rail lines to the
rail lines in Chattanooga?
4. How were items shipped long distances before railroads?
5. What railroad companies were predominant in the mid
1800’s?
SS8H5d.: Analyze the events that 1.Who was Alexander McGillivray?
led to the removal of the Creeks
and Cherokees; include the roles of
Alexander McGillivray, William
2.Who was William McIntosh?
McIntosh, Sequoyah, John Ross,
Dahlonega Gold Rush, Worcester
v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John 3. Who was Sequoyah?
Marshall, and the Trail of Tears
4. Where was America’s first gold rush?
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.
6. What was the forced removal of the Cherokee called?
7. Explain the significance of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
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, KansasNebraska Act, Dred Scott case,
election of 1860, the debate over
secession in Georgia and the role
of Alexander Stephens.
1. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
2. Describe the major components of the Compromise of
1850.
3. What role did Alexander Stephens play in the government
of the Confederate States of America?
4. What was the significance of the Dred Scott Case?
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?
2.The two major cities in Georgia that were the subjects of Civil
War campaigns were _____________________ and
______________________________.
3. Why did southern port cities, such as Savannah, have to
remain open during the Civil War?
4. Why did Gen. Sherman decide not to burn Savannah
when he reached the city at the end of his March to the
Sea?
5. What was Sherman’s purpose is destroying civilian
targets on the march to the sea?
6. What was Andersonville?
7. What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
SS8CG1.: Explain the basic
1. Define separation of powers.
structure of the Georgia state
constitution.
Explain the concepts of separation of 2. Define checks and balances.
powers and checks and balances.
Describe the rights and
responsibilities of citizens.
3. What are the qualifications to vote in Georgia?
Explain voting qualifications and
elections in Georgia.
Explain the role of political parties in
government
4. What are the two major political parties in America today?