Judical Branch/New South Quiz

Question 0

Juveniles committing serious felonies such as murder and armed robbery are tried in superior court as what?

Answer 0

Adult criminals

Question 1

A civil case is a what?

Answer 1

A dispute between 2 people

Question 2

The highest ranking court in Georgia is what?

Answer 2

The State Supreme Court

Question 3

Juvenile cases always are heard by a what?

Answer 3

Judge but not a jury

Question 4

Who are committing delinquent acts (adult crimes) such as burglary and car theft?

Answer 4

Delinquent juveniles

Question 5

What courts only hear cases that are appealed from lower courts (not original cases)?

Answer 5

Appellate courts

Question 6

What do juveniles not have a right to?

Answer 6

They do not have the right to bail when they are being detained.

Question 7

A juvenile is under the age of what?

Answer 7

17

Question 8

Juveniles are first assigned a what when they are taken into custody?

Answer 8

Intake officer

Question 9

A criminal case involves what?

Answer 9

The breaking of the law

Question 10

The most serious crimes that are less serious than misdemeanors are called what?

Answer 10

Felonies

Question 11

A juvenile court formal hearing is similar to a what?

Answer 11

Trial

Question 12

Who decides if the juvenile should be detained or released to his or her parents?

Answer 12

Intake officer

Question 13

Trial courts hear what cases?

Answer 13

Civil and criminal cases

Question 14

year or more in prison, fine of at least $1000 or more

Answer 14

Felony

Question 15

less than a year in prison, fine of less than a $1000

Answer 15

Misdemeanor

Question 16

Trial courts have what?

Answer 16

have a jury and witnesses (original cases)

Question 17

The judicial branch (state supreme court) can declare a law what?

Answer 17

Unconstitutional

Question 18

Juveniles are guaranteed a right to what?

Answer 18

a fair trial, an attorney, protection from self-incrimination and to have their parents with them

Question 19

What juveniles are neglected and abused by parents or guardians?

Answer 19

Deprived juveniles

Question 20

What juveniles are committing status offenses such as running away from home and being out between midnight and 5 am?

Answer 20

Unruly juveniles

Question 21

Who decides if a person should be charged with a crime?

Answer 21

The grand jury

Question 22

The State Supreme Court is a what?

Answer 22

An appellate court

Question 23

The top trial court in Georgia is the what?

Answer 23

Superior Court

Question 24

How are members of the State Supreme Court chosen?

Answer 24

Members of the state supreme court are elected not appointed by the governor.

Question 25

How many justices are in the state Supreme Court and how long are their terms?

Answer 25

7; 6 years

Question 26

Who was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution?

Answer 26

Henry Grady

Question 27

Who came up with the phrase “New South”?

Answer 27

Henry Grady

Question 28

What emphasized industry, diversified agriculture and northern investment in Southern factories and mills?

Answer 28

The New South

Question 29

Who was the man of Jewish faith, was taken from prison and lynched by a mob?

Answer 29

Leo Frank

Question 30

What began that was titled the Knights of Mary Phagan, named after the girl Leo Frank was accused of murdering?

Answer 30

A new chapter of Ku Klux Klan

Question 31

What were the laws that supported segregation (separation of races in public places)?

Answer 31

Jim Crow Laws

Question 32

The Supreme Court states in what case that segregation legal?

Answer 32

The Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson made segregation legal.

Question 33

What stated that public facilities could be separate as long as they were equal?

Answer 33

Supreme Court in Plessy VS Ferguson

Question 34

What is the loss of voting rights?

Answer 34

Disenfranchisement

Question 35

What took away the voting rights of African-Americans?

Answer 35

The poll tax, grandfather clause, white primary and literacy tests all took away the voting rights of African-Americans.

Question 36

Alonzo Herndon was born as what?

Answer 36

A slave

Question 37

Who was very successful and founded the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company which is a majority African-American owned company?

Answer 37

Alonzo Herndon