Emancipation in Athens

The arrival of

(a)   meant that the Civil War was over in Athens. Half of the population of Athens was now ​ (b)   .​ Black Athenians celebrated this freedom on the ​ (c)   .

• Union soldiers
• day of Jubilee
• free
• William T. Sherman
• Confederate soldiers
• equal
• Emancipation day

How did white Athenians and white Georgians repond to the end of the Civil War?

Select 3.

• They were terrified.

• They tried to protect their wealth.

• They send their enslaved people to other places.

• They celebrated the freedom of half of Athens' population.

• They attacked Union soldiers.

When free, what were the first things black Athenians did?

Select 3.

• left immediately

• looked for relatives who had been sold away

• looked for paid work

• continued to work for enslavers

Newly freedpeople's immediate concerns right after emancipation were​ ​

Select 3 ​ ​

• food
• family
• safety
• land

• education

In order to make their freedom mean something, black Athenians needed

Select 3.

• to own land

• to be educated

• to participate in government

• to earn higher wages

• to enslave their former masters

In his Field Order #15, William T. Sherman ordered ______ to be redistributed to freedpeople.

What organization did the United States Congress create in order to oversee the redistribution of land?

• National Park Service
• Department of Agriculture
• Reconstruction Bureau

• Freedman's Bureau

In Athens, emancipated slaves were forced to sign​ (a)   and were supposed to be paid for their labor. But they still had to work for ​ (b)   and could not quit or leave if poorly treated. Most people had to pay their​ (c)   with a share, or part, of the ​ (d)   they grew.

• labor contracts
• white people
• ballots
• Confederate generals
• emancipation proclamations
• rent
• crop
• insurance
• taxes

Place these events in order.

• Black Athenains returned with guns of their own

• UGA students fired shots at them

• Black Athenians demanded admission to UGA

• Black students finally admitted to UGA, after 100 years

• UGA denied admission to black Athenians

What school was created to fulfill the demands of black Athenians for education?

• Carl Vinson Institute

• Clarke Central

• Cedar Shoals

• University of Georgia

• Knox Institute