SSW Week 16

Why might freed slaves have taken jobs as sharecroppers on southern plantations?

In the South, huge harvests of cash crops were grown on special pieces of land called ________.

• plantations
• farms

• camps

• ranches

James Oglethorpe opposed ________ so strongly that he returned to England when it was introduced in Georgia.

• sharecropping

• democracy

• slavery

• Catholicism

What English system was James Oglethorpe known for improving?

• the political system

• the prison system

• the school system

• the religious system

How was the land dispute between Virginia Colony settlers and Cecilius Calvert, settler of the Maryland Colony, resolved?

In his early years, James Oglethorpe attended military school and fought with the British Army against the ____________.

• French

• Turks

• Spanish

• Germans

What lasting effect did Calvert’s beliefs about religious freedom have on the Colony of Maryland?

• The Maryland Assembly passed the first American law guaranteeing religious freedom

• The Colony went to war with Virginia in order ensure religious freedom

• Colonists who didn’t believe in religious freedom left the area

• The Colony failed because Calvert was too focused on ensuring religious freedom

When funds for building Savannah ran out, ____________ used his own money to finish the town.

• Cecilius Calvert

• Sam Carter

• James Oglethorpe

• Nicholas Seccombe

By settling the Colony of Maryland, Cecilius Calvert hoped that __________ would be able to escape religious persecution.

• British Anglicans

• Puritans

• Quakers

• English Catholics

Explain why James Oglethorpe requested a charter to form the Georgia Colony in the New World. For the following question use this week's Studies Weekly magazine to cite one source in your answer. (For example: You found part of the answer on Page 1 in the article 'Life on a Plantation.')