WorksheetsGeorgia Studies Mid Term Review
Total questions: 165
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
___________ Region contains the port of Savannah, the barrier islands, and has flat, sandy soil.
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Blue Ridge
Appalachian Plateau
________ Region contains Brasstown Bald, Georgia's highest peak.
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Blue Ridge
Appalachian Plateau
_____________ Region includes the city of Atlanta.
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
Coastal Plain
Appalachian Plateau
The last Native Americans to live on Georgia lands before European settlers arrived.
Cherokee
Mississippian
Navajo
Creek
His Spanish soldiers brought disease and death to the Native Americans.
Elijah Clarke
Henry Clay
James Oglethorpe
Hernando de Soto
To help establish a silk industry, the Georgia colonists grew
apple trees
mulberry trees
wheat
rice
The main reason why Spanish explorers came to Georgia was for
gold and riches
to become permanent settlers
to spread Christianity
to partner with the British
In order to convert Native Americans to Christianity, the Spanish established
new ports
gold mines
missions
new cities
In order to prevent the invasion of South Carolina by the Spanish and the Native Americans, Georgia was created as a ____________ state.
buffer
U.S.
haven
rebel
James Oglethorpe is famous for
fighting the Native Americans
the American Revolution
the founder of the Georgia colony
spreading Christianity
The king of Great Britain has control over
trustee colonies
royal colonies
charter colonies
historical colonies
Because Georgia relied heavily on trade with England, the Georgia colonists ____________.
slow to support the Revolutionary War
immediately supported the Revolutionary War
were indifferent about the Revolutionary War
wanted to be part of Spain
What was the name of the "break up" letter that the colonists wrote to dissolve the connection between the colonies and Great Britain?
the Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The Compromise of 1850
The Treaty of Paris
The purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to not have a powerful government, like Great Britain. So the Articles made the
federal government very strong.
federal government very weak.
there would be no federal government.
all state governments would be abolished.
Elijah Clark was the leader of the rebel militia group that defeated 800 British troups at ____________.
the Battle of New Orleans
the Battle of Kettle Creek
the Battle Savannah
the Battle between the States
Due to changing ____________ from colonial times through the Reconstruction period, the capital of Georgia was frequently moved.
transportation
geography
political
population
The headright system and the land lottery were
methods of land distribution in Georgia.
methods of holding political elections.
methods of establishing towns in Georgia.
methods of providing more land to the Native Americans.
The Supreme Court decided that Georgia Law was not valid in the Cherokee Nation, and therefore the Cherokee did not have to move. This case was known as _________.
Brown vs the Board of Education.
Worcester v. Georgia.
the Civil Rights Act.
the Dred Scott decision.
The harsh removal of the Cherokee to areas west of the Mississippi River is known as ____________.
the Appalachian Trail.
the Blue Ridge Parkway.
the Trail of Tears.
the headright system.
The technological invention that lead to an increase of cotton production and the need for more slaves was _________.
the paddle wheel
the steam engine
the cotton tractor
the cotton gin
Tariffs, states' rights, and the western expansion of slavery were all
causes of the Civil War.
causes of the American Revolution.
causes of the Battle of Kettle Creek.
causes of the French-Indian War.
Causes of the Civil War were
State's Rights
Sectionalism
Slavery
State's Rights, Sectionalism, Slavery
Southerns believed that
states had a right to be part of the union.
states and the U.S. government could both nullify federal laws.
states were not subject to higher powers except those given specifically to the national government by the U.S. Constitution.
only states could make laws about slavery.
Southerners based their argument for state' rights and their continued use of slavery on _____________.
The Declaration of Independence
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Articles of Confederation
The 10th Amendment
Southerns were angry when imported goods became more expensive, due to ____________.
production costs
shipping costs
labor costs
tariffs
A necessary evil is what Southerners called ________.
slavery
the cotton gin
tariffs
states' rights
Quieting radicals in the Southern states, convincing them to agree to the Compromise of 1850, and avoiding a civil war, was accomplished by ______________.
the Georgia Platform
the Dred Scott decision
the 10th Amendment
The Emancipation Proclamation
The decision in the Dred Scott case
allowed all slaves in Northern states to go free.
allowed all slaves in Southern states to go free.
slaves were property and couldn't sue in court
helped the Compromise of 1850 take effect.
The high court ruled slaves are property and therefore have no rights. This strengthened the fight for abolition.
Worcester vs Georgia
Brown vs Board of Education
The Dred Scott decision
The Civil Rights Act
Alexander Stephens is famous because he
was the Georgia governor who signed the Declaration of Independence. He later became Vice President of the United States.
was a Georgia governor who believed that Georgia should follow all laws of the federal government.
was the Georgia governor who signed the ordinance of secession, He later became Vice President of the Confederacy.
was the Georgia governor who believed western expansion should include free states.
South Carolina seceded from the Union due to
the Compromise of 1850
the Emancipation Proclamation
the battle at Valley Forge
the election of 1860
True or False: The South believed the U.S. Constitution was an agreement entered voluntarily and broken voluntarily. Secession was a states' right.
true
false
True or False: The North favored high tariffs on foreign goods to protect American industries.
true
false
The North believed that states should abide by federal laws.
true
false
True or False: The South wanted land in western territories distributed quickly and cheaply so that it could be developed into large agricultural holdings.
true
false
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A PRIMARY REASON FOR SPANISH EXPLORATION?
GOLD
GOD
GRAIN
GLORY
The United States is in which hemispheres?
Northern/Eastern
Northern/Western
Southern/Eastern
Southern/Western
The chief of the Yamacraws was
Toonahowi
Savannah
Mary Musgrove
Tomochichi
The Stamp Act required
All printed paper used in the colonies to have a tax stamp
The use British postal stamps on all mail
the establishment of a postal system
Colonists to print their own stamps
The first state-chartered university in the United States was
Oglethorpe University
The University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Georgia Military College
Dahlonega, Georgia may be best known for
the gold there in 1829
its Indian heritage
the Creek capital located there
its scenic views
Who was Austin Dabney?
One of Georgia Royal Governors
Helped spread the idea of the "New South"
Slave who fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek; gained his freedom after the American Revolution
Head of Georgia's Democratic Party in the 1960s
What Creek Chief signed the Treaty of New York, which gave away much of the Creek lands east of the Oconee River?
William McIntosh
Alexander McGillivray
Elijah Clarke
Sequoya Gist
Who was from Georgia, supported the Georgia Platform, and became the Vice President of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
Alexander Graham Bell
Carl Vinson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who led the "March to the Sea" in Georgia?
General Sherman
General Lee
General Grant
Abraham Lincoln
What keep the South from trading during the Civil War?
Sulvent Wagons
Stock market crash
blockade
Banks being closed
What is the definition of nullify
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
the belief that a state's interests should take precedence over the interests of the national government.
Act of formally withdrawing from the Union.
the act of declaring invalid. The south often felt they should be able to do this with Federal laws they did not like or agree with.
What was the most devastating effect of European contact with Natives in the New World?
Poison food
Religious intolerance
Ceremonial sacrifices
Diseases like small pox
What was the main goal of Hernando de Soto"s exploration?
Find gold
Set up missions to train Indians to fight
Begin his own colony with him as leader
Look for natural resources to send back to England
Which of Georgia's physical features can be classified as a wetland and, as such, has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge and a National Wilderness Area?
Fall Line
Okefenokee Swamp
Cumberland Island
Chattahoochee River
What Georgian signed the Declaration of Independence?
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Baldwin
Button Gwinnett
William Few
The purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to not have a powerful government, like Great Britain. So the Articles made the
federal government very strong.
federal government very weak.
there would be no federal government.
all state governments would be abolished.
Due to changing ____________ from colonial times through the Reconstruction period, the capital of Georgia was frequently moved.
transportation
geography
political
population
The headright system and the land lottery were
methods of land distribution in Georgia.
methods of holding political elections.
methods of establishing towns in Georgia.
methods of providing more land to the Native Americans.
Which Georgia institution is being described by these statements?
-chartered in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly
-founded by Abraham Baldwin who also served as the university's first president
-the oldest public land grant university in the nation
-the largest of the state's institutions of higher learning
Georgia State University
The University of Georgia
Georgia Southern University
The Georgia Institute of Technology
1832 Supreme Court case which ruled that Cherokee had federal protection from the actions of state governments. President Jackson did not enforce the ruling.
Indian Removal Act
Brown vs Board
Hostile Natives Amendment
Worcester vs Georgia
7th President of the United States who is known for Indian removal
Andrew Jackson
John Marshall
John Ridge
William Mcintosh
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court during the period of Indian Removal. He ruled in favor of the Cherokee
John Ross
John Marshall
Andrew Jackson
William Mcintosh
What is the term we use for the rebuilding of the south?
Reconstruction
Construction
Amendment
Freedom
Which amendment made slavery illegal?
13
14
15
Which amendment declared slaves citizens of the United States?
13
14
15
Which amendment gave male citizens the right to vote, regardless of color?
13
14
15
Who originally came up with the plan to readmit states that followed this protocol:
"10% of male citizens in each Southern state must take an oath of allegiance."
Johnson
Lincoln
Freedman
Turner
What political group was in favor of harsh punishments after the war for the south?
radical republicans
radical democrats
republicans
democrats
Why did the capital of Georgia move from Milledgeville to Atlanta during Reconstruction?
black legislators were not welcome there
The World of Coke is in Atlanta
KKK violence in Milledgeville
free public education
What accomplishment will the first African American members of the General Assembly be remembered for?
free public education
black codes
sharecropping
tenant farmers
How was the Congressional Plan different from the Presidential Plan (for the South's readmittance)?
Congress' plan had harsher requirements because they wanted to treat them like a conquered nation.
Congress' plan had harsher requirements because the South didn't follow the rules.
Congress' plan had easier requirements, because they felt bad for Southerners.
Congress' plan had easier requirements because they felt bad for newly freed slaves.
Why was Georgia (and other Southern states) placed until military rule?
Select ALL that apply.
black codes
KKK violance
sharecropping
war debt
What kind of services did the Freedmen's Bureau offer?
Select ALL that apply.
education
clothing and food
register to vote
land and jobs
What is a "freedman"?
a former slave
a former owner of slaves
a tenant farmer
a person who got free public education
What did most freedmen do after the Civil War for work?
Select ALL that apply.
sharecropping
tenant farming
went to school
nothing
British colonialism was driven by mercantilism. What is the best description of mercantilism?
taking raw materials to the colony to build new products
taking raw materials from the colony back to the mother country
buying raw materials from one country and selling those raw materials for a profit
In which way did the invention of the cotton gin change the American South?
Choose the BEST answer.
The cotton gin increased the production of cotton.
The cotton gin decreased the need for labor.
The cotton increased the slave population.
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was unable to __________
make states pay taxes, obey laws, and join the military
make any laws, create a post office
elect a president and make money
Hard-working, German-speaking Protestant refugees from Austria. They created the towns of Ebenezer/New Ebenezer. Had some success with silk production. Built a grist mill. Successful colonists.
Malcontents
Highland Scots
Jews
Salzburgers
How did Hernando de Soto’s march through Georgia change the lives and culture of Native Americans?
the expedition introduced Native Americans to new types of food
the expedition set up new trading opportunities for Native Americans
the expedition was responsible for converting all Native Americans to Catholicism
the expedition resulted in the death of thousands of Native Americans from diseases and fighting
When the Trustees returned the Charter to the King, what changes occurred within the colony?
many colonists left the colony and returned to England
land restrictions were lifted and slavery introduced
John Reynolds was elected as governor and improved relations with Natives.
Where was the site of the first gold rush in the United States?
Savannah
San Francisco
Darien
Dahlonega
Name of the court case that said Cherokee was a sovereign nation
Simpson v. California
Garner v. Tenn
Manning v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia
Who was the Creek Chief that signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs?
William Mcintosh
Andrew Jackson
John Ross
Tomochichi
The two tribes in Georgia most affected by the 1830 Indian Removal Act were:
Choctaw and Cherokee
Nez Perce and Seminole
Sioux and Creek
Creek and Cherokee
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when the case of Worcester v. Georgia was ruled upon by the justices?
John Ross
Andrew Jackson
Samuel Alito
John Marshall
The land known as Indian Territory in the 1800’s is located in the modern-day state of __.
Oklahoma
Arizona
Nebraska
Georgia
True or False: The Cherokees had a government set up similar to the U.S. Government
True
False
A treaty between the U.S. Government and a minority representation of the Cherokee tribe that ceded all Cherokee land in the Southeast to the United States
Treaty of New Echota
Treaty of 1812
Treaty of Paris
The Great Compromise
George Gist, inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary.
Sacagawea
Shaquita
Sequoyah
True or False:
Georgia's Indian tribes sided with the Americans during the Revolutionary War.
True
False
The first president of the University of Georgia was
Abraham Bulloch
Archibald Baldwin
Lyman Hall
Abraham Baldwin
Name of the 7th president who ignored the Supreme Court Decision that Cherokee was a sovereign nation
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
What was the main idea behind Lincoln's 10% Plan?
Allowing Slavery to spread into the Kansas Territory
Punishment for ex-Confederate leaders
Blocking legislation written by Radical Republicans
Amnesty (forgiveness) for rebels
A scalawag was a...
Member of the Ku Klux Klan
Nickname for a Southern Democrat
Southerner who votes Republican or supports Reconstruction
Insulting term Southerners used for freedmen
A Northerner who moved to the South to take advantage of cheap land was a...
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Free Soiler
Freedmen
Which federal relief agency worked to provide blacks with food, clothing, and education?
Ku Klux Klan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Energy Conservation
Feedman's Bureau
What do the poll tax, grandfather clause, and literacy test have in common?
They were all methods used to prevent blacks from voting
They were federal laws intended to protect blacks
They were federal laws designed to punish ex-Confederates
They were all used in the North
Ku Klux Klan
Secret Society organized after the civil War to reassert white supremacy.
Government agency designed to support newly freed enslaved people.
The Radical Republicans' plan to allow the Southern states back into the Union.
Secret Society organized after the Civil War to help newly freed slaves adjust to life.
Many of these were removed from Georgia's General Assembly for a variety of reasons, such as being accused of being a non-resident of the county for which he was elected and for being illiterate...
Ex-Civil War Soldiers
Members of the White Caucus
Black Legislators
Democrats
These were designed to restrict the rights of freedom and led to the 14th amendment...
black codes
jim crow laws
restrictive measures
white rights
These were used to take away the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.
Amendments
White Codes
Black Codes
Civil Rights
Which city in Georgia held the International Cotton Expositions?
Augusta
Atlanta
Savannah
Louisville
Macon
What was the purpose of the International Cotton Expositions?
to prove that Southern industry did not need the contributions of Northerners
to convince Northerners to buy goods made in the South
to encourage Georgia farmers to plant a wider variety of crops
to attract business from the North and promote industry in Georgia
What role did Henry Grady play in the International Cotton Expositions?
He actively opposed and protested the expositions.
He demonstrated the many uses of cotton.
He helped organize and promote the expositions.
He provided the money needed to fund the expositions.
What industry in Georgia greatly increased as a result of the International Cotton Expositions?
textile manufacturing
fertilizer production
steel production
iron mining
Democrats in the South supported white supremacy, which is ______________.
belief that the white race should be held responsible for the Civil War.
belief that the white race is inferior to all other races.
belief that the white race is superior to all other races.
belief that the white race needs more resources than the other races.
How did the Bourbon Democrats think Georgia could succeed economically?
by supplying as many food products as possible to the North
by encouraging African Americans to buy land in Georgia
by building industry and manufacturing in Georgia
by re-planting Georgia's cotton fields
Which approach did the Bourbons take towards agriculture?
They believed that tobacco would become Georgia's next valuable cash crop.
They encouraged farmers to grow crops in addition to cotton.
They believed that cotton had no place in Georgia's agriculture.
They encouraged farmers to grow as much cotton as possible.
Which approach did the Bourbons take towards agriculture?
They believed that tobacco would become Georgia's next valuable cash crop.
They encouraged farmers to grow crops in addition to cotton.
They believed that cotton had no place in Georgia's agriculture.
They encouraged farmers to grow as much cotton as possible.
How did the Bourbon Democrats think Georgia could succeed economically?
by supplying as many food products as possible to the North
by encouraging African Americans to buy land in Georgia
by building industry and manufacturing in Georgia
by re-planting Georgia's cotton fields
Who was the leader of the Populist Party in Georgia?
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Stephens
Tom Watson & the Populist Party worked to support the needs of _____________?
farmers and rural people
rich bankers & businessmen
wealthy industrialists
powerful railroad tycoons
The County Unit system was set up to make the rural areas more powerful in the General Assembly. It was based on the following
6 votes for urban
4 votes for towns
2 votes for rural
2 votes for urban
4 votes for towns
6 votes for rural
2 votes for urban
2 votes for towns
2 votes for rural
1 votes for urban
2 votes for towns
3 votes for rural
What were Jim Crow Laws?
laws that aided in the education of African Americans
laws of segregation against African Americans
laws that helped African Americans get better jobs
laws that helped African Americans vote
What does this photo illustrate?
desegregation
prohibition
suffrage
Jim Crow Laws
Which person thought African Americans could gain equality by working harder and longer?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Ida B. Wells
Homer Plessy
What court decision upheld Jim Crow Laws declaring "separate but equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Loving v. Virginia
Dred Scott v. Sandford
If someone is prevented from voting they are...
disfranchised
unfortunate
disbarred
promoted
Which person called on African American doctors, lawyers, and teachers to become leaders of their people?
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
Ida B. Wells
Homer Plessy
This event in Atlanta was caused by false newspaper reports of black men attacking white women
ICE
Niagara Movement
Tuskegee
1906 Race Riot
On April 26, 1913, thirteen-year old _____________________ went to the pencil factory where she worked to pick up her paycheck.
Leo Frank
Newt Lee
Mary Phagan
Ashley Smith
The Leo Frank case is a famous example of _____________________________ which is prejudice against Jewish People.
jew hating
stigmatization
Antisemitism
semiticantism
A KKK chapter calling themselves the __________________________ were largely responsible for Frank's lynching.
Klan Faced Killers
Knights of Atlanta
Knights of Mary Phagan
Jew killer klan
