COURSE REQUIREMENT: Access to communication between the instructor and students
will require use of CSU email: The instructor will only respond to CSU email messages from
students. Go to: http://thehub.clayton.edu and click "Service" for information on configuring your
laptop computer to comply with CSU IT requirements. You MUST have your laptop computer
configured to access CSU email. You will need to take your laptop computer to The HUB, located
on the ground level of the University Center. You should have your computer configured and set
up for CSU email BEFORE classes begin, or as soon as possible there after. The HUB is located
in the University Center, or contact the HUB at 678-466-4357.
Scantron examination answer sheets:
Purchase six (6) 100 question (1-50 on front side and 51-100 on reverse side),
product #882-E;
You will use two (2) 100 question Scantron answer sheets per examination.
(Pre-Nursing Students: Please Do NOT use the red
Scantrons used in your nursing classes.)
NOTE: This course uses GeorgiaView, accessible through the CSU Swan,
to view the course syllabus, and exam
scores and grades.
This syllabus will be updated each semester the course is offered.
Dr. J. S. Trachtenberg
Clayton State University
Two Semester Credit Hours
Spring Semester 2012
NOTE: Required Spring Semester 2012 Course Orientation is Saturday, January 7th at 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. in the Arts & Sciences Bldg., Room G-101.
All four class sessions will meet in A&S Bldg., Room G-101;
Important: Not knowing the four course on-campus meeting dates
and times is an unacceptable excuse for missing or being late for orientation or
an examination;
on-campus orientation & on-campus examination meeting dates and times are
provided later in this syllabus.
Operation
Study:
At Clayton State University, we expect and support high motivation and academic
achievement. Look for Operation Study activities and programs this semester that
are designed to enhance your academic success such as study sessions, study
breaks, workshops, and opportunities to earn Study Bucks (for use in the
University Bookstore) and other items.
Description: CITZ 1001 Citizenship (2-0-2) Instruction in the essentials of
United States and Georgia Constitution, government and history. (Satisfies
the state legislative requirements for the study of United States and
Georgia Constitution and Georgia history for transfer students and students in specified degree programs).
NOTE: This course does not transfer for credit to other University
System of Georgia institutions. Many students take this course if they
have transferred credit to CSU for American government and/or U.S. history from
a non-University System of Georgia institution. As an alternative to this course
such students may also inquire in the CSU Testing Center in the Library about
the Georgia Constitution and Government, and Georgia History objective
examinations. Passing either this course or the two Georgia examinations will
satisfy the legislative requirement. If you have questions refer to the CSU
Catalog or ask the instructor.
Attendance Policy: This class will meet on the CSU campus only 4 times. Therefore, it is essential that ALL students attend the course on-campus orientation and take one or both of the first two examinations. All students are required to take the final examination. See the Missed Examination Policy later in this syllabus. Once an examination begins you will have only the allotted examination time remaining in which to complete your exam.
Course Communication: Course Communication will be primarily by means of email. Once the course begins we will be connected to each other by a closed email list serve for the exclusive use of the instructor and students in this class. If you wish to discuss a personal matter such as exam results or your grade, use my personal email address (I do not check voice may on a regular basis but I do check email all day, every day.): joetrachtenberg@clayton.edu . For email related computer problems, go to the HUB, or contact the HUB Help Desk at 678-466--HELP.
CSU Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend and participate in every class meeting. Instructors establish specific policies relating to absences in their courses and communicate these policies to the students through the course syllabi. Individual instructors, based upon the nature of the course, determine what effect excused and unexcused absences have in determining grades and upon students' ability to remain enrolled in their courses. The university reserves the right to determine that excessive absences, whether justified or not are sufficient cause for institutional withdrawals or failing grades.
Your Decision to Take an Online Course: In selecting an online course approach to learning the course material, you have decided that an independent study approach to this course will work well for you. This class meets on the CSU campus only four times. In an online course you will be learning outside of a traditional college classroom environment. Therefore, truly extraordinary discipline must be exercised. The instructor is available to advise and assist you, but you must study ALL assigned textbook chapters and other assigned course readings in order to succeed. This approach gives you a lot of freedom to study when you choose. However, keep in mind that typically a student must devote approximately 12 hours a week to the assigned readings and subsequent study for each examination to earn a C grade or better. Less time devoted to this course may result in an unsuccessful experience and a lower course grade than desired.
Course Computer Usage: Students will not be requested to bring a computer to class. Students will make regular remote site use of the Internet to access course related email, and course websites as they study required and supplementary materials in preparation for examinations.
Required Computer Skills:
IMPORTANT:
YOU MUST ATTEND THE SCHEDULED
ON-CAMPUS COURSE ORIENTATION SESSION
OR YOU MAY BE DROPPED FROM THE COURSE AS A "NO SHOW AND ASSIGNED A "W" ON THE
DUCK;
Only the Dean of Arts & Sciences May Reinstate a No Show Student.
CHECK YOUR CSU E-MAIL ON A REGULAR BASIS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE.
Students must abide by policies in the CSU Catalog & Student Handbook.
Disruption of the Learning Environment:
Behavior which disrupts the teaching–learning process during class activities
will not tolerated. This includes belligerent, abusive, profane, and/or
threatening behavior. A student who fails to respond to reasonable faculty
direction regarding classroom behavior and/or behavior while participating
in classroom activities may be dismissed from class. A student who is dismissed
is entitled to due process and will be afforded such rights as soon as
possible following dismissal. If found in violation, a student may be
administratively withdrawn and may receive a grade of WF.
The instructor and students will treat each other with the proper respect at all times.
Children are NOT permitted in any CSU classroom under any circumstances,
nor may they be left unattended anywhere on
the campus.
Please turn your cell phone to "vibrate" or turn it off during class.
If you come to class late, please take the first available seat nearest the door.
There will be no talking among students during an examination.
Cheating will not be tolerated and will
be dealt with in keeping with the CSU Conduct Code.
CSU Conduct Code and
Judicial Procedures
NOTE: I may ask you to produce your CSU Laker Card as proof of identification prior to taking an examination. If you do not have proper I.D., I may ask you to return when you can produce it.
Civic Engagement:
Civic Engagement at Clayton State University is defined as an intentional
learning experience that contributes to a student’s understanding of social
and civic responsibility, community leadership, and service to a diverse,
democratic society. Civic Engagement outcomes are located at the
Political Science Program website:
http://a-s.clayton.edu/politicalscience/default.htm
Examinations:
(400 possible course points)
There will be three examinations. The first and second will be comprised
of 125 multiple choice and true or false style questions, and the final examination will be
comprised of 150 multiple choice and true or false style questions. Each
examination question will be worth one possible point. The first and
second examinations each will cover material from two assigned American
government textbook chapters and assigned chapter in Georgia Odyssey. The final examination will cover two assigned
textbook chapters the Georgia Constitution and Government monograph. The final exam is not cumulative.
Georgia Odyssey and Georgia Constitution and Government, and study questions
are provided at the end of this syllabus. Bring a # 2
pencil and two 100 item Scantron answer sheets to each examination.
Missed Examination
Policy: If you miss the first or second examination, your
final examination score will be adjusted to compensate for the missed
examination.
Specifically, as the first and the second examinations each
are worth 125 possible points and the final examination is worth 150 possible
points, the instructor would take 85% of the final examination score, plus the
curve from the missed examination, and use it in place of the score from the
missed examination. If you miss the final examination you
will receive an F for the course. If you miss both examination one and
examination two, you will receive a score of zero for examination two. There will be no make-up examinations.
NOTE: STUDENTS MAY REVIEW A SCORED EXAMINATION
THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN IN MY OFFICE; DO NOT REMOVE AN EXAMINATION OR A SCANTRON
ANSWER SHEET FROM THE CLASSROOM; YOU MAY NOT GET CREDIT FOR YOUR EXAMINATION.
Note: There are no assignments to turn in for this course; there are no extra credit points. I do curve examinations and return a point for any test question missed by 75% or more of those taking the examination.
Grading: There are 400 possible total points in this course. Course grades will be determined on the basis of a straight 400 point scale, with total points earned (NOT a percentage of points earned on each examination that would equal an equivalent letter grade for an exam or the course.) on all three exams determining your course grade. For example, if you loose more than 35 points, you will be in the B range, or if you loose more than 70 points, you will be in the C range, etc. At the end of the class if you are within 3 points of a higher letter grade I will assign you that higher grade for the course.
Midterm Grades: A course midterm grade will be posted on the DUCK by midterm each semester. The midterm grade will only reflect the results of the first of the three course examinations and in no way is a predictor of future performance or the letter grade a student may earn for the course at the end of the semester. In fact, a student who earns a B midterm grade actually has done so poorly on the first exam, loosing at least 35 points on that exam, that they have dropped a whole grade level before even taking the next exam.
A = 400 to 366 points (35 point range)
B = 365 to 331 points (35 point range)
C = 330 to 296 points (35 point range)
D = 295 to 266 points (35 point range)
F = 265 or fewer total course points
NOTE: This course uses
GeorgiaView, accessible through the CSU Swan,
to view the course syllabus, and exam
scores and grades.
Important: Cheating or plagiarism will result in a grade of F for the course.
Note: Your grade will be determined by your performance on the three examinations discussed below. There are reading assignments, but no graded assignments to turn in to the instructor. At the end of the class if you are within 3 points of a higher letter grade I will assign you that higher grade for the course.
Withdrawals and
Incompletes: Students may wish to review college
policy regarding course withdrawals and incompletes in the CSU catalog. Do not hesitate to speak with me, or your advisor, if
you need information relating to course withdrawals/deadlines or
incompletes.
The Spring Semester 2012 deadline to withdraw from a
Full Session course without possible
academic accountability is Friday, March 2nd.
Disabilities: For information about Disability Services or to obtain this document in an alternative format, contact Disability Services in the Student Center Building, Room 214 at 678-466-5445 or disabilityservices@mail.clayton.edu .
Course Expectations (to be considered for a
passing grade):
1. Attend the course orientation session;
2. Complete all required reading assignments;
3. Take at least two examinations including the required final examination;
4. Earn a total number of points equal to a passing course grade.
REQUIRED COURSE TEXTBOOKS:
(Available in the
CSU bookstore)
NOTE: we will use a new CSU custom edtion of
the Dautrich & Yalof textbook beginning with Summer Semester 2011.
1.) Dautrich & Yalof, CITZ 1001
Citizenship CSU Custom Edition, New York: Cengage, 2012;
The required CSU custom edition textbook
includes:
2.) James C. Cobb, Georgia Odyssey 2nd Edition. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2008.
For Your Information: (CSU Library or CSU Office of Student Affairs)
3.) CSU Student Handbook
See "Important Course Dates" at end of syllabus for required on-campus orientation and examination dates.
LINK TO SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTBOOK CHAPTER STUDY MATERIALS
LINK TO TEXTBOOK CHAPTER POWER POINT
LECTURES
NOTE: Georgia Constitution
& Government monograph examination questions will focus on the fundamentals.
Students are
encouraged
to study the more essential information in each assigned section of the
monograph and use the study questions at the end of this syllabus. Questions taken from information
will be included in the final examination. Study
examination questions are provided at the end of this syllabus.
Examination Reading Assignments:
I. Chapter 2, The Founding and the Constitution;
II. Chapter 3, Federalism
III. Georgia Odyssey by James C. Cobb, pp. 1 - 63: 25 exam questions;
All Chapters & Lessons Above Are On Examination One: 125 Questions = 125 points;
IV. Chapter 6, Congress;
V. Chapter 7, The Presidency;
VI. Georgia Odyssey by James C. Cobb: pp. 63 - 133: 25 exam questions;
All Chapters & Lessons Above (since the first examination) Are On Examination Two: 125 Questions = 125 Points;
VII. Chapter 9, The Judiciary;
VIII. Chapter 4, Civil Liberties;
IX. Georgia Constitution & government monograph; Sample examination study questions are available at the end of this syllabus: 50 exam questions;
All Chapters & Lessons Above (Since The Second examination) Are On The Final Examination: 150 Questions = 150 points; the final examination is NOT cumulative.
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NOTE: This syllabus is subject to revision where necessary to achieve course goals. If you have any questions regarding assignments, class sessions, tests or grading please speak with me, or Dr. Rafik Mohamed, Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Clayton Hall, Room 111, 678-466-4605.
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-IMPORTANT COURSE INFORMATION-
-PLEASE READ CAREFULLY-
Dr. Joe Trachtenberg
PROFESSOR OF
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Website Address:
http://a-s.clayton.edu/trachtenberg
OFFICE TELEPHONE (voice mail): (678) 466-4810
E-MAIL ADDRESS: joetrachtenberg@clayton.edu
(Private email intended only for the instructor.)
I
prefer email to voice mail as you may provide me with a more detailed message;
I check my email regularly Monday through Friday.
Generally, I will respond to your CSU email messages within 24 hours.
COURSE LIST SERVE
E-MAIL ADDRESSES:
Spring Semester 2012
citz1001-90spring12@lists.clayton.edu
CRN: 23576 Location: A&S Bldg.,
Room G-101
citz1001-91spring12@lists.clayton.edu
CRN: 25493 Location: A&S Bldg.,
Room G-101
Listserve
messages go to all students in the class.
OFFICE HOURS
Office:
Clayton Hall, Room 105A
MTR: 10:00 to Noon;
Online
course meeting dates: Sat: 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.;
By prior appointment at other mutually
convenient times.
For campus closing
information due to weather or an electrical outage - tune to WSB TV Channel 2
or HD 1002.
See all orientation and exam dates
and room locations below:
Spring Semester 2012
MANDATORY ON-CAMPUS
ORIENTATION SESSION:
A STUDENT
NOT PRESENT FOR ORIENTATION MAY BE
DROPPED
FROM THIS CLASS AS A "NO SHOW"
BY THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE - only the
College of A&S Dean can reinstate a No Show!
(Please email the
instructor if you have questions regarding this CSU policy.)
Required Course Orientation:
Saturday,
January 7th, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., A&S Bldg., Room G-101.
ON-CAMPUS
EXAMINATION
DATES:
(See the Missed Examination Policy
elsewhere in this syllabus.)
Scantron examination answer sheets:
Purchase six (6) 100 question (1-50 on front side and 51-100 on reverse side),
product #882-E;
You will use two (2) 100 question Scantron answer sheets per examination;
We will use ONLY this Scanton sheet printed in green.
First Examination:
Saturday,
February 25th, 9:00 to 10:50 a.m., A&S Bldg., Room G-101;
Second Examination:
Saturday,
March 24th, 9:00 to 10:50 a.m., A&S Bldg., Room G-101;
Third/Final Examination:
Saturday,
April 28th, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., A&S Bldg.,
Room G-101.
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Examination Study Questions
I. CITZ 1001 Examination One Georgia History Study Questions
1.
The Georgia colony was founded by James Edward Oglethorpe in 1774.
True - False
2. The Georgia colony originally banned which of the following?
a. tradesmen b. yeomen c. slavery
3. Georgia sent a delegation to the First Continental Congress.
True - False
4. By 1801 Georgia led the world in the production of _________?
a. tobacco b. cotton c. rice d. silk
5. At the time of his death in 1859 Joseph Bond owned ________ slaves.
a. 150 b. 300 c. 500 d. 1500
6.
At the time of secession
________ of Georgia’s white population owned no
slaves.
a. 1/4 b. 1/2 c. 2/3 d. 3/4
7.
On December 16, 1864 Gen. ___________ made the City of Savannah a
Christmas present to President Lincoln.
a. Sherman b. Grant c. Mead d. Lee
8.
Reconstruction in Georgia was a peaceful transition from white supremacy
to
racial equality for black residents of the state.
a. True b. False
9.
Historian Eric Foner cited Georgia’s example as “the most
comprehensive effort to
undo
Reconstruction.”
True – False
10.
By 1870 Georgia’s average white male was worth $1,400 more than in 1860.
True – False
11. Sharecropping worked to the financial advantage of freedmen in Georgia.
True - False
12. Tom Watson was a Georgia leader of the Populist Party.
True – False
13.
Henry Grady’s “New South” crusade sought to promote economic
diversification
through the promotion of
sharecropping.
True - False
14.
Who said, “The South didn’t furnish anything a thing on earth for
that funeral but
the corpse and the hole in
the ground?”
a. Gen. Gordon b. Tom Watson c. Henry Grady d. Eugene Talmadge
15. Originally “Jim Crow” was a popular black-faced minstrel character.
True – False
16.
Speaking at the 1895 Cotton States Exhibition, Booker T. Washington
advocated the
social separation of the races and
the economic cooperation of the races to rebuild
the South.
True - False
17.
Who said, “Georgia connotes to most men national supremacy in cotton
and
lynching, southern supremacy
in finance and industry and the Ku Klux Klan?”
a. Gen. Lee b. Booker T. Washington c. Henry Grady d. W.E.B. Du Bois
18.
Two of the most outspoken Georgians advocating the lynching of blacks
were
Rebecca L. Felton
and Tom Watson.
True – False
19. The trial and lynching of Leo Frank, a black man, was racially motivated.
True – False
20. Georgia’s rural counties
dominated state elections through ________.
a. voter registration b. runoff elections c. the county unit system d. all three
21. The “wild man from Sugar Creek was __________.
a. Tom Watson b. Eugene Talmadge c. Henry Grady d. Erskine Caldwell
22.
Herman Talmadge
was almost elected governor in 1946 due to the discovery of
“misplaced ballots” cast by 56 dead residents of Telfair County,
finally winning a
special election, and becoming governor in 1948..
True – False
23. Beginning in the 1920’s Georgia’s agriculture economy was destroyed by _______.
a. drought b. share cropping c. the boll weevil d. the County unit rule
24.
The depressed 1930’s Georgia economy was transformed by “massive
federal
spending”
as a result of ____________.
a. World War II b. the New Deal
c. Hartsfield Airport
25.
By the 1960’s Georgia’s cultural, economic and political priorities
clearly were
split along rural-urban lines.
True – False
CITZ
1001 Examination One Georgia History Study Questions Answer Key
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II. CITZ
1001 Examination Two Georgia History Study Questions
1. Georgia
governors favoring the closing of public schools rather than their
integration following the Brown ruling in May 1954 included ________.
a. S. Marvin Griffin
b. Ernest Vandiver c. John
A. Sibley d. both a
& b
2. The
Federal District Court ordered the immediate admission of two black students
by the
University of Georgia in the Fall of 1954.
True - False
3. Author
who wrote the 1944 novel “Strange Fruit,” which focused on black and
white race
relations in a rural Georgia community.
a. Erskine Caldwell
b. Lillian Smith c. Harper Lee
d. William Faulkner
4.
In 1980 Dr. Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin reflected back on the early days of
the
civil rights movement in Georgia and observed that “blacks had played the key
role in the South’s transformation: . . . black people were asserting that the
time
was now for an end to their burden of discrimination and segregation.”
True - False
5. Attending
an oratorical contest in Dublin, Georgia, a young Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. was compelled to stand for much of the 90 mile bus trip home when his
seat was taken
by a white passenger.
True - False
6. Georgia’s county-unit system was outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in _____.
a. Brown v. Board of Ed. b. Plessy v. Fergusson c. Gray v. Sanders
7.
Though an outspoken segregationist, which 1960’s Georgia governor also
received
praise for his generous support of public
education?
a. Calloway b. Griffin c. Carter d. Maddox
8. Which governor said “that the time for racial discrimination is over”?
a. Carl Sanders b.
Jimmy Carter c. Ellis
Arnall d. Marvin
Griffin
9. Reflecting the
rise of the Republican Party in the South, since which election year,
with the
exception of 1976, has no more than 1/3 of Georgia’s white vote gone for
a Democratic Party nominee in a national
presidential election?
a. 1964 b. 1968 c. 1972 d. 1980
10.
In the 1990s, the growth of which Georgia “cash crop “created
relatively few
jobs
and contributed significantly to rural depopulation”?
a. peanuts b.
cotton c.
pecans d.
tree farming
11. By
the end of the 1980s the . . . Atlanta metropolitan area accounted for 44
percent
of
the state’s population, 48
percent of its employment, and 52 percent of its
personal
income.
True - False
12.
”The . . . custom of pulling off the road and stopping the
car” occurs in Georgia
during a/an ________ .
a. civil rights march b. funeral procession c. eclipse d. revival
13.
What writer described Georgia as “literary wasteland where
‘intellectual
stimulation’ was ‘utterly lacking’ and insisted that ‘in thirty years it
had not
produced a single idea”?
a. H. L. Mencken b. Sidney Lanier c. Erskine Caldwell d. Henry Grady
14.
Which famous Georgian was described
by James Cobb “as a young girl . . .
flirtatious and manipulative as they came; toying with men, she treaded
seductively
along a line whereon she encouraged their
ardor and abruptly spurned their
advances”?
a. Scarlett O’Hara b. Margaret Mitchell c. Flannery O’Connor
15. Georgia’s “most critically acclaimed [20th century] writer of fiction.”
a. Flannery O’Connor b. Margaret Mitchell c. Lillian Smith d. Carson McCullers
16.
Which Southern state remains “the buckle of the proverbial bible belt?
a.
Alabama b.
Arkansas c.
Georgia d.
Mississippi
17.
Which religious denomination accounts “for 60 percent of all the
state’s church
membership”?
a. Baptist b. Methodist c. Presbyterian d. Roman Catholic
18. A 1993 statewide
referendum vote on which issue divided voters along religious
race and economic class lines?
a. capital punishment b. tax reform c. the lottery d. equal rights for women
19. Which Georgia governor is credited with creating the HOPE scholarship program?.
a. Jimmy Carter b. Zell Miller c. Roy Barnes d. Sonny Purdue
20.
Who is credited with the initial idea that Atlanta should bid for the
1996 Summer
Olympic Games?
a. Billy Payne
b. Maynard Jackson
c. Andrew Young
d. Vince Dooley
21.
What did Governor Zell Miller refer to as “the last remaining vestige
of days that are not
only gone, but days that we have no right to be proud
of”?
a. segregation b. the poll tax c. 1956 state flag d. 2004 state flag
22.
On July 27, 1996 public attention at the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games was
focused on:
a. opening events b. closing events c. the Marathon d. Centennial Park bombing
23.
James Cobb characterizes Lewis Grizzard as a politically conservative “yuppie-
good-old-boy
humorist” with a “candid country-boy perspective”?
True - False
24. The 1988 University of Georgia commencement address was delivered by:
a. Charlayne Hunter-Gault b. Hamilton Holmes c. John Lewis d. both a & b
25.
The results of a national poll conducted in the mid 1990s showed that the
public
regarded
which state as the most “Southern”?
a. Alabama b. Georgia c. South Carolina d. Mississippi
CITZ 1001 Examination Two Georgia History
Study Questions Answer Key
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III. Georgia Constitution & Government Study Questions
1.
State and local governments today employ more people than the national
government.
True - False
2. The United States can best be described as a/an __________________ system.
a. unitary b. federalist c. confederation
3. Article ________ of the United States Constitution lists the powers of Congress.
a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four
4. Article _______ of the United States Constitution is the federal supremacy clause.
a. One b. Three c. Five d. Six
5.
The constitutions, laws and policies of the 50 states cannot contradict the
United
States Constitution.
True - False
6. The ______ amendment to the United States Constitution often is called the “states’ rights” amendment.
a. 1st b. 5th c. 10th d. 12th
7. The longest of the state constitutions in total words is the __________ Constitution.
a. Alabama b. California c. Georgia d. Mississippi
8. Georgia has had ________ constitutions.
a. one b. four c. ten d. thirteen
9. The United States Constitution has a Bill of Rights, but the Georgia Constitution does not.
True – False
10.
Both the United States Congress and the Georgia General Assembly are bicameral.
True - False
11. Both the United States Constitution and Georgia Constitution permit judicial review.
True - False
12. The United States Constitution has more articles than the Georgia Constitution.
True – False
13. Georgia voters must approve all amendments to the state constitution.
True - False
14. The Georgia Constitution requires the state to have a balanced budget.
True - False
15. The Governor of Georgia does not possess the power of the line-item veto.
True – False
16. Georgia elects almost all its judges on a nonpartisan ballot.
True - False
17. All legislators in Georgia (both House and Senate) serve two-year terms.
True - False
18. Georgia has a cabinet system like the executive branch of the federal government.
True – False
19. The Georgia Constitution limits the number of counties at __________.
a. 89 b. 100 c. 123 d. 159 e. no set number
20. Georgia’s first constitution became effective in ________.
a. 1723 b. 1777 c. 1789 d. 1801
21. The first Georgia constitution disestablished the Anglican Church.
True – False
22. The first Georgia constitution established a state supreme court.
True – False
23. Georgia was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
True – False
24.
In the second Georgia constitution slaves were counted for representation
purposes
as _________ of a person.
a. not counted at all b. ½ c. 3/5 d. one whole
25. Georgia’s constitutions made no provision for public education until the 20th century.
True – False
26. At one point the Georgia legislature elected the governor.
True – False
27.
The main author of the Confederate Constitution was also the author of
the Georgia
constitution
under the confederacy.
True - False
28. After the Civil War northern troops remained in Georgia until _________.
a. 1865 b. 1868 c. 1876 d. 1899
29. The county-unit system in Georgia tended to give disproportionate strength to urban areas such as Atlanta.
True – False
30. In 1963 the United States
Supreme Court declared the Georgia county-unit system
unconstitutional.
True - False
31. The current Georgia constitution was implemented in _______.
a. 1945 b. 1961 c. 1983 d. 1994
32.
The Georgia Constitution can be amended in a two-step process.
The first step is the
proposal
of an amendment by 2/3’s of both
houses of the General Assembly.
True - False
33.
The second step is ratification (approval) by 2/3’s of the electorate
voting on the
proposed
amendment.
True – False
34. The Governor of Georgia can veto a constitutional amendment.
True – False
35. In Georgia voters can get an issue on the ballot through the initiative process.
True – False
36.
The majority of proposed constitutional amendments
considered by state legislatures
are
approved by a vote of the people of that state.
True - False
37. The presiding officer of the Georgia House of Representatives is called the ______.
a. Chairperson b. Speaker c. Majority Leader
38. The Leader of the Georgia Senate is _____________________.
a. chosen by the Senators in a vote
b. the Leader of the majority party
c. the
Lt. Governor of the state
d. appointed by the Governor
39. The Georgia General Assembly meets every other year.
True – False
40. The Georgia General Assembly is
limited to a ________ day session.
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 50
41.
There are no age or residency requirements for election to the Georgia
General
Assembly other than being a registered voter.
True – False
42. The Governor may call the Georgia General Assembly into special session.
True - False
43.
If the Georgia legislature wished to recognize the outstanding
accomplishments of an
individual
or an organization, the General Assembly would pass a _______________
describing
their achievements.
a. resolution b. statute c. law d. general motion
44. Only members of the General Assembly may introduce legislation.
True - False
45.
The Georgia Constitution requires that legislation dealing with public
revenues be
first introduced in the Senate, and then later in the House.
True – False
46.
Bills in the Georgia General Assembly are constitutionally restricted to
one purpose.
True - False
47.
The legislature may approve tax legislation by a simple majority vote of
both houses
of
the legislature.
True - False
48.
A 2/3’s vote of both houses of the General Assembly is required to
override the
Governor’s
veto of legislation.
True – False
49.
The Georgia Constitution requires the Governor to prepare the state’s
budget and
submit
it to the legislature.
True – False
50. Georgia voters elect more officials who serve in the Georgia executive
branch than is
the case
in the executive branch at the federal level.
True - False
51. The Governor of Georgia can only serve two consecutive terms.
True - False
52. Other statewide elected officials (e.g., Agriculture Commissioner, Insurance Commissioner) are limited to two consecutive terms.
True – False
53.
As with the federal government, Georgia’s fiscal year begins on October 1st
each
year.
True – False
54.
If a bill is passed by the General Assembly and the Governor takes no
action (i.e.,
neither
signs nor vetoes it), the bill automatically dies.
True – False
55.
The Georgia Governor may exercise power over college-level education in the
state
by serving
on the Board of Regents.
True – False
56.
In Georgia the __________________________ regulates telephone services and
utilities
such as natural gas and electricity.
a. General Assembly b.
Public Service Commission
c. Department of Transportation
d. Attorney General
57. There are no constitutional qualifications to be a judge in Georgia.
True – False
58. Members of the Georgia Supreme
Court, like the United States Supreme Court, serve
life
terms.
True – False
59. Traffic violation cases (e.g., a speeding ticket) are
tried in Superior
Court.
True – False
60. The Georgia Supreme Court is required by the state constitution to
grant the request
of a Georgia resident for an appeal of their conviction in a Superior
Court felony case.
True – False
Georgia Constitution & Government Study Questions Answer Key