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Georgia Studies 2nd Q Review SS8H4-6

Total questions: 94

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Compromise of 1850 admitted what state as a free state?
a)
Maine
b)
Kansas
c)
Missouri
d)
California
2.
What was the US Supreme Court's decision when Dred Scott, a slave, attempted to sue for his freedom? The US Supreme Court determined that he
a)
would be granted his freedom
b)
was lying about living in a free state
c)
was property, not a citizen, and had no legal right to sue
d)
he should fight for the Union army and win his freedom
3.
What were the three sources that fueled the Georgia economy before the Civil War?
a)
Candy, Cake, and Cookies
b)
Labor, Land and Liberty
c)
Land, Labor and Capital
d)
Trees, Cotton and Peanuts
4.
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
5.
What one reason for the labor shortage in Georgia after the Civil War?
a)
Food and Clothing
b)
The Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Many Southern men were killed in the war.
d)
Too many people on vacation.
6.
Who said the following? "With Malice towards none, with charity for all..."
a)
George Washington
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Andrew Johnson
d)
Ulysess S. Grant
7.
What did the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
a)
Granted freedom of speech
b)
Outlawed slavery in the United States
c)
Guaranteed gun ownership
d)
Ended the Civil War
8.
Who was opposed (against) Andrew Johnson?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Radical Republicans
d)
Native Americans
9.
Which was NOT part of Presidential Reconstruction?
a)
Military governors oversaw each Southern state
b)
States were required to pass the 13th Amendment
c)
Confederate officers had to have a special pardon
d)
States had to reject "secession"
10.
What did the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
a)
Freed the slaves
b)
Created the U.S. Navy
c)
Former slaves are citizens of the United States.
d)
Gave women the right to vote.
11.
What agency help former slaves with food, clothing, jobs, school and hospitals?
a)
Freed Slave Alliance
b)
Freed People's Agency
c)
Freedmen's Bureau
d)
Abraham's Friends
12.
What is NOT true about Congressional reconstruction?
a)
States were required to pass the 14th Amendment.
b)
States were required to pass the 15th Amendment.
c)
Woman were required to vote.
d)
Military governors oversaw each state.
13.
What did the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
a)
Gave women the right to vote.
b)
Freed the slaves.
c)
Black men could vote.
d)
Freed slaves are citizens.
14.
What were laws that restricted the rights of freed men?
a)
Slave Codes
b)
Black Laws
c)
Freedmen Codes
d)
Black Codes
15.
What is "segregation"? 
a)
Separation of the races
b)
Creating government amendments
c)
The 13th Amendment
d)
Congressional Reconstruction
16.
What is NOT true about the KKK?
a)
Tried to control Blacks socially.
b)
Intimidated Blacks from voting.
c)
Worked for the Radical Republicans.
d)
Tried to control Blacks politically.
17.

According to the Georgia Constitution, Southern Democrats expelled Blacks from the Georgia legislature because:

a)

They did not have the right to hold office.

b)

They did not have the right to vote.

c)

They sided with the Southern Democrats

d)

They owned too much land.

18.
A person who did not own land, tools or anything else but offered his labor to work the land is:
a)
A tenant farmer
b)
A Sharecropper
c)
A Successful Farmer.
d)
An owner of land.
19.
Which of the following ideas below did the Radical Republicans believe in?
a)
more freedom for former enslaved Blacks.
b)
not punishing the South for the Civil War.
c)
stopping Reconstruction
d)
supporting the Ku Klux Klan
20.
Which statement describes the attitude of the Ku Klux Klan?
a)
The KKK supported the ideas of Congressional Reconstruction.
b)
The KKK supported Black American politicians.
c)
The KKK used violence to terrorize Blacks from voting.
d)
The KKK agreed with Radical Republicans.
21.
Besides Tenant Farming what was another system of farming that poor whites and blacks did?
a)
Iron working
b)
Ship building
c)
Sharecropping
d)
Plantation Farming
22.
What is NOT true about Black legislatures during Reconstruction?
a)
Blacks served as delegates to Georgia's constitutional convention. 
b)
Blacks served as members of the state legislature. 
c)
Blacks were against the Radical Republicans.
d)
These legislators were removed from their seats after 1876. 
23.

The 15th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.

a)

abolished slavery

b)

gave women the right to vote.

c)

gave blacks the right to vote.

d)

ended the civil war.

24.

Which of the following is a statement from the 14th Amendment?

a)

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

b)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

c)

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to former slaves.

d)

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States

25.

What does this map represent?

a)

The 2019-2020 College Football Playoff Projection

b)

The five military districts in the south created by 1867 Reconstruction Act.

c)

The first seven states that seceded from the Union in 1860.

d)

The location of cotton plantations in the southern states.

26.

Who favored harsher punishment on the Reconstruction plans?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Andrew Johnson

c)

Congressional Republicans

d)

Confederate leaders

27.

Which statement belongs to the 13th Amendment?

a)

... the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, ...

b)

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States

c)

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States...

d)

... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

28.

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments MOST impacted the rights of which group?

a)

women

b)

immigrants

c)

children

d)

African Americans

29.

What do the following statements refer:

"Most Republicans live here and support Congressional Reconstruction."

"More people are moving to this city."

"We are experiencing rapid growth."

"The city is becoming the economic center of the state."

a)

The KKK was so powerful and influenced people.

b)

Why Atlanta becomes the state capitol?

c)

The description of the March to the Sea.

d)

Macon, Georgia becomes the next capitol of Georgia.

30.
After the Civil War, the period between 1865-1875 was known as what time in Georgia's history?
a)
The Civil War
b)
The New South
c)
Reconstruction
d)
Redemption
31.
What was an effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
It ended slavery in both the North and the South.
b)
It justified the Confederacy firing on Fort Sumter.
c)
It added ending slavery as a goal for the Union
d)
It led to European nations helping the Confederacy.
32.
How did the blockade of Savannah impact the Confederacy?
a)
It protected some cities from being controlled by the Union.
b)
It meant that the Confederacy had trouble getting supplies.
c)
It led to better constructed forts.
d)
It made it easier for merchants and farmers to sell their goods.
33.
According to Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, how could Southern slave holders keep their slaves?
a)
They would have to buy them.
b)
They would need to surrender.
c)
They would continue to fight.
d)
Let slaves join the fight.
34.
What was at stake at the Battle of Chickamauga?
a)
Access to ammunition
b)
The fate of Washington D.C.
c)
Control of the railroad near Chattanooga.
d)
Access to the port of Savannah.
35.
What was a fear southerners had about the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Slave rebellions.
b)
Lack of food for everyone.
c)
"Who would pick the cotton?"
d)
The Union Army
36.
What bloody battle led Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Chickamauga
c)
Shiloh
d)
Antietam
37.
What were ships that tried to "break" the Union blockade called?
a)
Torpedo Boats
b)
Blockade Runners
c)
Crazy
d)
Confederate Canoes
38.
What was a warship covered with steel and iron?
a)
A bottom boat because they didn't float.
b)
A Steel Weapon
c)
An Ironclad
d)
A Shell of Terror
39.
What is not true about the battle of Chickamauga as it relates to Chattanooga?
a)
Chattanooga was an important railroad center.
b)
The Union wanted to capture Chattanooga.
c)
The capturing of Chattanooga would be a stepping stone to capture Atlanta.
d)
Chattanooga was not an important city for the Union.
40.
What was the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
a)
Antietam
b)
Chickamauga
c)
Gettysburg
d)
Shiloh
41.
Which Union commander led the Atlanta Campaign?
a)
Alfred E. Newman
b)
William T. Sherman
c)
Ulysess S. Grant
d)
George McClellan
42.
What was the Confederate Prison famous for housing over 30,000 Union soldiers?
a)
Andersonville
b)
Chickamauga
c)
Lawton
d)
Elmira
43.
The Atlanta campaign started in Savannah and ended in Chattanooga.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
With Sherman's victory in Atlanta, Lincoln was assured...
a)
To be elected President in 1864.
b)
victory in Virginia.
c)
that the slaves would remain slaves.
d)
Pennsylvania would become a slave state.
45.
What was the famous march where Sherman's Army destroyed a great amount of Georgia on his way to Savannah?
a)
March to the Sea
b)
A Walk in the Park
c)
A Run for the Roses
d)
Sprint to the Finish
46.
The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of the ________________.
a)
Seminole
b)
Creek
c)
Cherokee
d)
Chickasaw
47.
What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the Worcester v. Georgia case?
a)
Georgia laws did not apply in the Cherokee nation and the missionaries should be freed.
b)
The missionaries violated Georgia law and should remain in prison
c)
the federal government had no right to interfere in Georgia’s affairs
d)
The Georgia government should repeal its oath
48.
The state of Georgia wanted to remove the Cherokee from their land once gold was discovered in ________________________.
a)
Rome, GA
b)
Dahlonega, GA
c)
Macon, GA
d)
Birmingham, AL
49.
Which Creek chief signed a treaty that ceded all remaining Creek territory over to the state of Georgia and later paid with his life for betraying his people?
a)
Alexander McGillivray
b)
John Ross
c)
William McIntosh
d)
Major Ridge
50.
The Cherokees appealed unsuccessfully to which president for help in remaining in Georgia?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Andrew Jackson
51.
What is the importance of John Marshall?
a)
He signed a treaty turning over all Creek lands to the state of Georgia.
b)
He attempted to protect the Cherokee’s land in the Worcester v. Georgia ruling.
c)
He was in charge of the Trail of Tears.
d)
He was president of the U.S. during the Indian Removal.
52.
Which of the following Native American chief was completely willing to turn over his people’s lands to Georgia?
a)
William McIntosh
b)
Alexander McGillivray
c)
John Ross
d)
John Marshall
53.
Which Supreme Court case declared that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation?
a)
Jackson v. Cherokee
b)
Patriot v. McIntosh
c)
Georgia v. Creek Nation
d)
Worcester v. Georgia
54.
Which of the following events occurred first?
a)
Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court case.
b)
Gold discovered in Georgia
55.
Which Cherokee chief was NOT in favor of removal and remained on his land with his people until they were removed during the Trail of Tears?
a)
John Ross
b)
William McIntosh
c)
Alexander McGillivray
d)
Tom O. Chichi
56.
Which of the following events occurred first?
a)
Cherokee Indians were 
 removed from Georgia on the Trail of Tears.
b)
Creek Indians lose their land in Georgia.
57.
Use the map to answer the following questionWhich river was NOT part of the water route taken by the Cherokee?
a)
Arkansas River
b)
Tennessee River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Mississippi River
58.
Use the map to answer the following question.How many routes led from the Cherokee Nation to the Indian Territory?
a)
ONE
b)
TWO
c)
THREE
d)
FOUR
59.
The notes describe the role of _______________. 
a)
John Marshall
b)
John Ross
c)
William McIntosh
d)
Andrew Jackson
60.
Which set of events about early Georgia history is in the correct order from earliest to latest?
a)
Trail of Tears → Indian Removal Act → Dahlonega Gold Rush
b)
Dahlonega Gold Rush → Trail of Tears → Revolutionary War
c)
Dahlonega Gold Rush → Indian Removal Act → Trail of Tears
d)
Indian Removal Act → Dahlonega Gold Rush → Trail of Tears
61.
Which president was responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
Martin Van Buren
c)
James Buchanan
d)
John Quincy Adams
62.
William McIntosh was a key figure in the removal of the ____________ from Georgia.
a)
Seminole
b)
French
c)
Creek
d)
Scottish
63.
What is true about the Treaty of New York and the Treaty of Indian Springs?
a)
The Creek gave up their land to the U.S. government.
b)
The Creek Nation was given all the land east of the Ocmulgee River.
c)
The Cherokee Nation was forced to move to Oklahoma.
d)
William McIntosh was celebrated as a hero of the Creek.
64.
What did the Cherokee do to become more like the whites?
a)
developed a written language
b)
developed a written constitution
c)
created a newspaper
d)
All of these
65.
When was gold discovered in Dahlonega, Georgia?
a)
1789
b)
1806
c)
1828
d)
1838
66.
What is NOT true about the founding of the University of Georgia?
a)
Abraham Baldwin supported the university  charter.
b)
It was founded in 1915.
c)
Lyman Hall supported the university charter.
d)
It was created for the belief that education should be made available for all.
67.
Which Georgia capital served as the capital during Georgia's colonial period?
a)
Augusta
b)
Milledgeville
c)
Louisville
d)
Savannah
68.
After the Civil War, the University was saved from bankruptcy by:
a)
The Land Grant Act
b)
The Southern College Act
c)
The Morrill Act
d)
Abraham Lincoln
69.
Which Georgia town became the capital during the American Revolution?
a)
Savannah
b)
Augusta
c)
Louisville
d)
Milledgeville
70.
Which capital was selected because it was at the center of the growing Georgia population?
a)
Savannah
b)
Augusta
c)
Louisville
d)
Atlanta
71.
Which Georgia capital served the state for 60 years through the Civil War?
a)
Savannah
b)
Milledgeville
c)
Louisville
d)
Augusta
72.
After the American Revolution, Georgia's western boundary extended all the way to which river?
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Chattahoochee
c)
Mississippi
d)
Ocmulgee
73.
Georgia had to give land (cede) to the U.S. government because of what corrupt land deal?
a)
Ala-Miss Land Fraud
b)
Yazoo Land Fraud
c)
Lottery Act
d)
Chattahoochee Fraud
74.
The land policy that gave land to patriot soldiers, heads of households, and white men over 21 years old was the:
a)
Land Lottery
b)
Headright System
c)
Yazoo Act
d)
Altamaha Auction
75.
What simple invention transformed the production of cotton in Georgia?
a)
The Sewing Machine
b)
The Cotton Chain
c)
The Cotton Gin
d)
The Railroad
76.
What is NOT true about the railroad in Georgia?
a)
Many Georgia cities and towns were created due to the railroad.
b)
The railroad help transport cotton for Georgia farmers.
c)
The Yazoo Land Fraud hurt Georgia railroad companies.
d)
Georgia had more miles of track then any other southern state.
77.
Which acronym represents the correct order of Georgia capitals?
a)
ALMAS
b)
SALMA
c)
LAMSA
d)
MALSA
78.
What was not a consequence of the invention of the cotton gin?
a)
due to the cotton gin's effectiveness, slavery increased in Georgia.
b)
Due to cotton's profitably, more slaves were needed in its production.
c)
The cotton crop could not compete with the tobacco crop.
d)
The need for slaves to pick cotton led the South to support and defend slavery.
79.
If you were a Georgian in 1795, what would be your best option to earn a successful living?
a)
I would grow cotton, but I would need lots of land. 
b)
I would invest in silk and tobacco. 
c)
I would have a game store - everyone loves to play with a stick and a ball.
d)
Successful living? I supported the British.
80.

Which system offered the head of each household 200 acres of land, with an additional 50 acres per family member or slave?

a)

the land lottery

b)

the Headright System

c)

the Cherokee land cession

d)

the County Unit System

81.

Which land distribution system is described below?

  • Not everyone who participated received land
  • Lot size depended on the quality of the land
  • Surveyors divided the land into square lots before the land was distributed
a)

Headright System

b)

Yazoo Act

c)

Land Lottery

d)

Land Deeds

82.

Which statement best describes the controversy (problem) surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795?

a)

The governor of Georgia deeded land to Native Americans

b)

The federal government took over land that belonged to the state

c)

State legislators were bribed to sell Georgia’s western lands to four private companies

d)

Land speculators sold marshland to unsuspecting buyers

83.

How did the Yazoo Land Fraud lead to the removal of natives from Georgia?

a)

Under the Compact of 1802, the U.S. government agreed to remove Indians from Georgia to places further west

b)

The Indians decided to move further west because land was cheaper

c)

The Indians decided to move farther west because the land was better

d)

The government agreed to pay the Indians a large sum of money if they moved

84.

Why was William McIntosh, a Creek chief, murdered by his own people?

a)

fell to defeat in a fight with the Georgia militia

b)

signed a peace treaty with the Cherokee Indians without permission.

c)

was the cousin of Georgia's governor, George Troup.

d)

signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia.

85.

What was John Marshall in 1832?

a)

Chief of the Cherokees.

b)

President of the United States who approved of the Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears.

c)

Governor of Georgia who arrested citizens trying to live on Cherokee lands.

d)

Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who supported the Cherokee people in Georgia in the Worcester v. Georgia case.

86.

The notes describe the role of _______________.

  • President of the United States 1829 – 1837
  • Signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830
  • Did not enforce Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia
  • Approved the Treaty of New Echota in 1835
  • Actions led to the Trail of Tears
a)

John Marshall

b)

John Ross

c)

Sequoyah

d)

Andrew Jackson

87.

Which Cherokee chief was NOT in favor of removal and remained on his land with his people until they were removed during the Trail of Tears?

a)

William McIntosh

b)

John Ross

c)

Alexander McGillivray

d)

Sequoyah

88.

What is the correct order of events.

a)

Trail of Tears, Invention of Cotton Gin, Dahlonega Gold Rush

b)

Invention of Cotton Gin, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Trail of Tears

c)

Dahlonega Gold Rush, Trail of Tears, Invention of Cotton Gin

d)

Invention of Cotton Gin, Trail of Tears, Dahlonega Gold Rush

89.

What was the reason for chartering the University of Georgia?

a)

UGA would make education available to all people, not just the wealthy.

b)

UGA would educate Georgia's militia.

c)

UGA would educate Georgia's slave population.

d)

UGA would establish a women's only school.

90.

Which is the correct chronological order of Georgia's capital cities?

a)

Savannah, Atlanta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Augusta

b)

Savannah, Milledgeville, Louisville, Augusta, Atlanta

c)

Savannah, Augusta, Milledgeville, Louisville, Atlanta

d)

Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta

91.

These statements are describing the ___________.

  • Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
  • Cleaned the cotton by removing the seeds
  • Increased daily production rates from one pound per day, per worker, to as much as 50 pounds per day, per worker.
a)

cotton gin

b)

grist mill

c)

John Deere plow

d)

McCormick grain reaper

92.

Why did Georgia continue to move its capital westward to Louisville, then Milledgeville, and finally Atlanta?

a)

To avoid continued pirate raids on the east coast

b)

To follow the growing population

c)

To meet federal government requirements

d)

To open eastern lands to the American Indians

93.

The railroad caused the development of what Georgia city?

a)

Marietta

b)

Augusta

c)

Savannah

d)

Atlanta

94.

Which technological development had the following impacts on Georgia's economy?

  • Increased markets
  • More efficient trade and transportation
  • Rise of cites
a)

Conflicts between Georgians and Native Americans

b)

The Yazoo Land Fraud Scandal

c)

The establishment of railroads in the 1800s

d)

Sherman’s “March to the Sea”

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