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WorksheetsGrowth, Civil War, and Reconstruction Review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
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1.
Which statement is the most accurate concerning the founding of the University of Georgia?
a)
The General Assembly gave 40,000 acres of land to the trustees to establish the university.
b)
The university has allowed both males and females to enroll since its inception.
c)
The university was founded soon after the Civil War.
d)
The impetus for its founding was to create a military college to train soldiers for the Civil War.
2.
By 1860, the two largest church denominations were
a)
Baptist and Jewish.
b)
Episcopal and Catholic.
c)
Episcopal and Methodist.
d)
Methodist and Baptist
3.
The purpose of the Headright System and Land Lotteries was to
a)
create a method for counting populations.
b)
provide a system for collecting taxes.
c)
distribute Native American land to white settlers.
d)
create voting and election districts.
4.
The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies
a)
claimed land that had been acquired illegally.
b)
took land from the Native Americans by force.
c)
made illegal treaties with the Native Americans.
d)
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply.
5.
As more settlers moved into Georgia, the state capital moved several times. The first capital was Savannah, followed by
a)
Augusta, Louisville, Athens, and Atlanta.
b)
Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta
c)
Columbus, Macon, Augusta, and Atlanta
d)
Columbus, Rome, and Atlanta
6.
Why was Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin important?
a)
It reduced the need for slave labor in the South.
b)
It made cotton production more profitable, leading to the expansion of slavery.
c)
It created the opportunity for the South to develop its first large textile factories.
d)
Because it required skilled workers, it led to an explosion of educational and technical training opportunities in the South.
7.
What was the main purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
a)
To give Indians a chance at a better life further south in the swamps of Florida.
b)
To encourage the Indians to leave their property and move into cities.
c)
To take the Indians off of their land and to place them on reservations further west.
d)
To settle British claims on the property of the Creeks and Cherokees
8.
What was Sequoyah’s (George Gist’s) major contribution to Cherokee culture?
a)
He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.
b)
He signed a treaty moving the Cherokee to the Indian Territory.
c)
He gained fame as a hunter and trapper and traded the fur for weapons.
d)
He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.
9.
Why was William McIntosh, a Creek chief murdered by his own people?
a)
He signed the Treaty of Indian Springs giving up the last of the Creek lands in Georgia.
b)
He was the cousin of Georgia's Governor George Troup
c)
He was defeated in a fight with the Georgia militia
d)
He became friendly with the Cherokee
10.
What discovery led to the final Indian removal from Georgia?
a)
Silver on the Creek lands
b)
Gold in Dahlonega
c)
Oil in Columbus
d)
Zinc in Madison
11.
Who was the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Cherokee land could not be taken away by the state or federal government?
a)
William McIntosh
b)
John Marshall
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
John Ross
12.
This man was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. He used his wealth to argue with the U. S. government against the Indian Removal Act, eventually winning the right for his Cherokee people to stay on their lands. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court order was ignored by the government. What was this man's name?
a)
John Ross
b)
John Marshall
c)
Georgia Guess
d)
Alexander McGillivray
13.
Someone who believed in states’ rights would probably support which statement?
a)
National laws always take precedence over state laws.
b)
The national government has no right to tell states how to operate.
c)
States could only pass legislation on issues set out in the U.S. Constitution.
d)
Disputes between states should always be settled by the national government.
14.
The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to
a)
Return slaves captured in free states to slave states.
b)
Allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri.
c)
Let Missouri have slavery until 1850.
d)
Maintain a balance of free and slave states.
15.
Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
a)
Because he was working for his master, he technically still lived in a southern state.
b)
Because Scott was a slave and he was not eligible to sue in court.
c)
Because he did not live long enough in a free territory to be free.
d)
Because he returned to a slave state and could not be freed.
16.
These two groups fought each other in Kansas, earning it the nickname Bleeding Kansas.
a)
Abolitionists and anti-slavers
b)
Free-soilers and abolitionists
c)
Pro-slavers and slave owners
d)
Pro-slavers and free-soilers
17.
After Lincoln's election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?
a)
Joseph Brown
b)
Alexander Stephens
c)
Thomas Cobb
d)
Robert Toombs
18.
Wrote a best -selling novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which persuaded many people to become abolitionists.
a)
Harriett Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Harriett Beecher Stowe
19.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
a)
Law saying that all runaway slaves cannot be returned to their owner
b)
Law saying that all runaway slaves must be returned to their owner
c)
Law saying that all runaway slaves that make it to the north are free
d)
Law saying that all runaway slaves that go north must denounce their owner
20.
Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Chickamauga
d)
Andersonville
21.
Which battle do most historians consider to be the turning point to ending the War for Southern Independence?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
The Atlanta Campaign
c)
Chickamauga
d)
Kennesaw Mountain
22.
The battle of Chickamauga can best be described as:
a)
A battle in Georgia and Tennessee that Confederate Troops won. Then lost to General Grant several months later, in November 1863. This win did however delay the Union's invasion of Georgia.
b)
A complete victory for the Union Troops. The South was outnumbered 5 to 1 and had no chance to win. Instead Southern troops pulled all the way back to Atlanta.
c)
A bloodbath. The North and South fought in Northern Georgia and Southern Tennessee with staggering losses. Sherman taking command of Union troops finally allowed the North to win.
d)
The first battle that President Lincoln ever had his picture taken at. It now hangs in the Capitol Rotunda.
23.
Captain Henry Wirz, the commander of this camp, was executed for war crimes because of the treatment of Union POWs in
a)
Rome Prison Camp
b)
Augusta Prison Camp
c)
Anderson Prison Camp
d)
Savannah Prison Camp
24.
Atlanta’s military importance to the Confederacy is that it was the
a)
Capital of the Confederacy.
b)
Main tourist attraction of the South.
c)
Home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy.
d)
Industrial and transportation center of the Confederacy.
25.
The Anaconda Plan was
a)
The strategy the north came up with to surround the Confederacy and cut them off from selling cotton and getting supplies.
b)
The strategy the south came up with to keep the north from drafting new soldiers
c)
The strategy Sherman came up with to destroy Georgia.
d)
The strategy Lincoln came up with to free the slaves.
26.
How did Sherman’s March to the Sea affect the state of Georgia?
a)
Sherman’s march diverted Union attention from Georgia, allowing the state’s militia
to recover.
to recover.
b)
The March to the Sea destroyed Georgia’s agriculture and roads, devastating the
state’s economy.
state’s economy.
c)
People in the state were proud that Georgia-born Sherman distinguished himself
during the march.
during the march.
d)
The March to the Sea was the first time the Union army actually entered the state
of Georgia.
of Georgia.
27.
The BEST description of the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction was that it
a)
A. registered newly freed slaves to vote.
b)
B. fought for political and civil rights for newly freed slaves.
c)
C. provided education, training and social services for the newly freed slaves.
d)
D. managed the distribution of farm land and animals to the newly freed slaves.
28.
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted citizenship to all men born in the United States
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
29.
What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
a)
It changed who owned land.
b)
It gave blacks the right to vote.
c)
It officially ended slavery in the United States.
d)
It officially made former slaves United States citizens.
30.
What did the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
a)
It gave black males the right to vote.
b)
It abolished slavery.
c)
It gave blacks citizenship.
d)
It gave blacks the right to own property.
31.
How did the Ku Klux Klan impact Georgia politics after the Civil War?
a)
The group worked with the Freedmen’s Bureau to help poor white and former slaves.
b)
The group often used violent means to discourage freed blacks and white Republicans from voting and running for office.
c)
The group often used intimidation and physical violence to discourage Democrats from voting and running for office.
d)
The group united Georgia politically and rallied support for the North’s plan for Reconstruction.
32.
What role did Henry McNeal Turner play in Southern Reconstruction?
a)
He helped found the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia.
b)
He was a principal leader in Southern politics and society.
c)
He was Georgia's first African American U.S. senator.
d)
He helped create political and religious organizations for freed slaves and served in Georgia's legislature.
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