Unit 3-Civil War and Reconstruction SS8H5 and SS8H6

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How did Sherman's March to the Sea affect the infrastructure of the state of Georgia?

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The March to the Sea destroyed Georgia's railroads, roads, cotton gins, mills, and warehouses.

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How is the work of the Reconstruction-era Freedmen's Bureau reflected in the state of Georgia today?

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in the state's public schools, as the bureau helped establish the first public schools in the state

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What was one key difference between a tenant farmer and a sharecropper?

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Tenant farmers could sell all of their crops and make a profit while sharecroppers had to give a percentage of their crops to the landowner.

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The South had a DIVERSIFIED economy...

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FALSE

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What was ONE reason whites removed African American/Black legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction?

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to gain political power

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The main purpose of Freedmen's Bureau was to...

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help slaves adjust to their newfound freedom

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What impact did the 15th Amendment to the Constitution have on the African American population?

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Male citizens of all races were able to cast their vote in public elections allowing for more men of color to represent the needs of their voters.

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In the Dred Scott Case, the US Supreme Court ruled that:

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Slaves were property, without rights, and could be taken anywhere

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Why was Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan referred to as the "Ten Percent Plan"?

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Under the plan, ten percent of each Confederate state's voting population had to swear an oath of allegiance to the Union before the state could rejoin the Union.

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The Battle of Chickamauga is significant because

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it was the first major Civil War battle fought in Georgia.