GMAS Social Studies 3

Question 1

What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 designed to do?

Accepted Answer

Balance the number of free and slave states

Answer

End slavery in all U.S. territories

Answer

Grant statehood to Missouri and California simultaneously

Answer

Establish a national bank

Question 2

Which branch of government has the power to declare laws unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

Judicial branch

Answer

Legislative branch

Answer

Executive branch

Answer

State governments

Question 3

What is the term for an economic situation where prices rise rapidly and money loses its purchasing power?

Accepted Answer

Inflation

Answer

Deflation

Answer

Recession

Answer

Depression

Question 4

The Georgia Colony was originally founded in 1733 primarily as a place for which group?

Accepted Answer

Debtors from English prisons

Answer

Religious refugees from Spain

Answer

Wealthy English landowners

Answer

Fur traders from France

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the concept of federalism in the U.S. government?

Accepted Answer

Power is divided between national and state governments

Answer

All government power is held by the national government

Answer

States have complete independence from the federal government

Answer

Local governments hold the most power

Question 6

What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln in 1863?

Accepted Answer

It declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free

Answer

It ended the Civil War immediately

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It granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people

Answer

It abolished slavery nationwide permanently

Question 7

Which of Georgia's physical regions is known for its red clay soil and rolling hills?

Accepted Answer

Piedmont

Answer

Coastal Plain

Answer

Blue Ridge

Answer

Valley and Ridge