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WorksheetsGeorgia Studies Unit 5 Review
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 26mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which is a reason many Georgia plantation owners favored secession?
a)
a desire for increased markets in the North
b)
the need to import large numbers of new slaves
c)
fear that abolition would end their way of life
d)
trouble getting agricultural loans from Northern banks
2.
Why did Southerners favor secession rather than accept Abraham Lincoln as president?
a)
Lincoln did not receive a majority of popular votes.
b)
Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery.
c)
Lincoln wanted settlers in territories to vote on slavery.
d)
Lincoln wanted to give women the right to vote.
3.
After the Civil War, the typical planter in Georgia had plenty of land but no labor to work it. How was slave labor replaced in Georgia?
a)
Landowners shared resources with each other to keep the plantations going until harvest time.
b)
Large numbers of black Georgians became landowners and hired other black people to work the land.
c)
Landowners allowed people with no land to grow crops on their acreage for a share of those crops.
d)
Many landowners sold their land, moved north, and gave up farming because there was no labor available.
4.
Which is a correct statement about the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision of 1857?
a)
The decision pleased both the North and South.
b)
Abolitionists considered the decision a great victory.
c)
Slaves were classified as property without human rights.
d)
Expansion of slavery into new territories was declared illegal.
5.
Which statement is correct about agriculture in Georgia after the Civil War?
a)
All plantations were burned and destroyed by the war.
b)
Freed slaves were given portions of plantation land to own.
c)
Plantation owners had land but little money to pay people to work it.
d)
Industries quickly hired all available workers, leaving few workers in agriculture.
6.
Why was Georgia often referred to as the "heart of the Confederacy" during the Civil War?
a)
Georgia was the site of most of the military victories.
b)
Georgia's soldiers fought harder than those from other Confederate states.
c)
Robert E. Lee once referred to Georgia by that term and the name remained.
d)
Georgia had the best railroads and more industry than other Confederate states.
7.
What was the ultimate impact of sharecropping on freed black people in the South after the Civil War?
a)
It allowed the majority of black people to climb out of poverty.
b)
It kept most black people impoverished and in debt to white landowners.
c)
It forced white landowners to sell off most of their land to black farmers.
d)
It allowed black farmers to buy land and gave them long-term security.
8.
People who opposed slavery were known as:
a)
Confederates
b)
Sharecroppers
c)
Secessionists
d)
Abolitionists
9.
Abolitionists
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Great Compromise
d)
3/5 Compromise
10.
During the 1850s, whose freedom was addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark case that denied rights to African Americans?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Henry McNeal Turner
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Homer Plessy
11.
During the 1850s, whose freedom was addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark case that denied rights to African Americans?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Henry McNeal Turner
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Homer Plessy
12.
Which Georgia city became the focal point of Sherman's military strategy during 1864 because of its major railroad junction?
a)
Chattanooga
b)
Atlanta
c)
Columbus
d)
Augusta
13.
Following the Civil War, states began the process of readmission to the Union. Which of the following plans forced the states to ratify the 14th Amendment?
a)
Lincoln's Plan
b)
Congress' Plan
c)
Johnson's Plan
d)
The Jumanji Plan
14.
Which federal agency helped blacks negotiate sharecropping agreements during Reconstruction and created Clarke Atlanta University and Morehouse College?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
N.A.A.C.P.
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
M.L.K. Agency
15.
What created a boundary line throughout the Louisiana Purchase for determining slavery in the territories?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Great Compromise
d)
3/5 Compromise
16.
The belief that state governments in the U.S. do not answer to a higher authority and are free to nullify national laws.
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Separation of Powers
d)
State's Rights
17.
Which presidential candidate won the Election of 1860 despite not winning delegates from the slave states?
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
U.S. Grant
18.
At the conclusion of "Sherman's March to the Sea," his army accepted the surrender of which Georgia city?
a)
Chickamauga
b)
Atlanta
c)
Savannah
d)
Augusta
19.
A document that outlined southern rights as well as the South's devotion to the Union and helped convince slave states to accept the deal that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Georgia Platform
20.
Which geographic region of Georgia was targeted by the Union's Anaconda Plan?
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Valley & Ridge
c)
Blue Ridge
d)
Coastal Plain
21.
Which philosophies influenced southern responses in the tariff crisis of the 1830s?
a)
Nullification
b)
State's Rights
c)
International Free Trade
d)
All of the Above
22.
What did Georgia do in 1779, becoming the only one of the thirteen original colonies to do so?
a)
They defeated the British at the Siege of Savannah.
b)
They restored allegiance to the British Crown.
c)
They boycotted the British trade of cotton.
d)
They joined Cornwallis in Charleston.
23.
What was the primary issue that was debated by the men in the Georgia General Assembly in early 1861?
a)
slavery
b)
secession
c)
tariffs
d)
Georgia Platform
24.
Northern Congressmen gave southerners what concession to help cement the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
13th Amendment
25.
Which Union strategy was aimed at stopping the Confederacy from importing war supplies?
a)
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
b)
Chickamauga Campaign
c)
Naval Blockade
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
26.
What was the nickname of the notorious Civil War prison that was located in middle Georgia?
a)
Camp Douglass
b)
Andersonville
c)
Georgia Platform
d)
Milledgeville
27.
During which Civil War event was a trail of destruction left by the Union Army of the Cumberland as it marched from Atlanta to Savannah during the last quarter of 1864?
a)
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
b)
Siege of Savannah
c)
Sherman's March to the Sea
28.
Which event helped caused shortages and caused economic problems for Savannah during the Civil War?
a)
Siege of Savannah
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Union Blockade
d)
13th Amendment
29.
Which Union victory had the greatest influence on the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Antietam
c)
Chickamauga
d)
Atlanta
30.
The capture of the railroad junction at Chattanooga resulted in the subsequent fighting at ...
a)
Chickamauga
b)
Shiloh
c)
Atlanta
d)
Nashville
31.
An executive order issued by the President of the U.S. during 1862 which delivered an ultimatum to the Confederate States whereby their slaves would be freed unless they stopped fighting.
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
13th Amendment
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
32.
A labor system used throughout the "cash poor" South after the Civil War whereby poor blacks and whites rented land, tools, animals and equipment from the landowner and paid the rent with a share of the crop that was produced.
a)
tenant farming
b)
sharecropping
c)
Feudal System
d)
Convict Lease System
33.
Change made to the U.S. Constitution that granted citizenship to African Americans after the Civil War.
a)
12th Amendment
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
34.
Federal agency created during Reconstruction that provided food, education and economic assistance to African Americans in Georgia.
a)
KKK
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Georgia Platform
d)
N.A.A.C.P.
35.
The amendment that made slavery illegal in the United States.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
36.
Organization established by southern whites during Reconstruction that terrorized African Americans.
a)
KKK
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Georgia Platform
d)
N.A.A.C.P.
37.
What was the primary crop that was produced in Georgia during Reconstruction?
a)
wheat
b)
barley
c)
rice
d)
cotton
38.
True / False: The primary difference between a sharecropper and a tenant farmer was the ownership of tools, animals and equipment because both farmed land that belonged to a landlord.
a)
True
b)
Fale
39.
This amendment gave all men in the United States that right to vote.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
40.
True / False: During Reconstruction many African Americans were elected to seats in Georgia's General Assembly where they were welcomed by all of the white members.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
Whose Reconstruction plan was the most lenient requiring only a 10% pledge of allegiance from the state's population and the state's acceptance of the 13th Amendment?
a)
Lincoln/ Johnson
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Confederates
d)
Chapp's plan
42.
The period in the South in the years immediately following the Civil War is known as the ___________________ Period.
a)
Antebellum
b)
Reconstruction
c)
New South
d)
Trustee
43.
Despite initially being quickly readmitted into the Union, Georgia found itself back under military control and was forced to write a second state constitution during Reconstruction. During this period readmission was based on acceptance of the ...
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
13th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
15th Amendment
44.
Which of the following was a direct result of General Assembly's expulsion of the black legislators during Reconstruction?
a)
Ratification of the 13th Amendment
b)
Issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Rendering of the Dred Scott Decision
d)
Ratification of the 15th Amendment
45.
What was an effect of Georgia's expulsion of black legislators from the General Assembly?
a)
Georgia had to outlaw slavery.
b)
The capital was moved to Atlanta.
c)
Republicans took control of Georgia's politics for the next century.
d)
The General Assembly shut down for 40 days.
46.
What event prompted the U.S. Congress to pass the "Georgia Bill" whereby the state was denied readmission into the Union until the state constitution was rewritten for a third time during Reconstruction and accepted the 15th Amendment?
a)
Georgia Platform
b)
Georgia's Secession Convention
c)
Georgia's expulsion of its black legislators
d)
Georgia's capital moved to Atlanta
47.
Which ideology supports secession from the Union?
a)
U.S. Constitution's supremacy clause
b)
state's rights
c)
nationalism
d)
federalism
48.
The act of separating from the Union and a state becoming independent.
a)
nullification
b)
secession
c)
ratification
d)
regression
49.
During the Antebellum Period, what was Georgia's main cash crop?
a)
silk
b)
rice
c)
cotton
d)
vegetables
50.
A deal where California was admitted to the Union as a free state, and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed to help return runaway slaves to their owners regardless of where the slaves were living in the United States.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas- Nebraska Act
d)
Great Compromise
51.
The period BEFORE the Civil War was called
a)
Prebellum
b)
Antebellum
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Antietam
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