WorksheetsGMAS Review #3
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which methods did Georgia use to distribute land in the late 1700s and early 1800s?
collective bargaining and issuing bonds
speculation and sharecropping
the headright system and the land lottery
the land−use plan and the embargo system
Events in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy land from the state were known as __________________.
headright systems
land lotteries
circuit riders
Yazoo deals
With which topic was the Yazoo fraud concerned?
Indian lands in north Georgia
sale of land in western Georgia territory
ratification of the Constitution in Georgia
creation of a national park on state property
The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies ______.
claimed land that had been acquired illegally
took land from the Native Americans by force
made illegal treaties with the Native Americans
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply
The author of the charter of the first public university in the United States was __________
Abraham Baldwin
Lyman Hall
William Few
John Milledge
Which acronym places Georgia's state capitals in order from first to last
S.E.L.M.A
L.E.S.M.A
S.A.L.M.A
S.L.A.M.A.
The cotton gin was an important invention because
it made cotton easier to pick
it made cotton a profitable crop
it made the demand for cotton less
it made Northern farmers depend on cotton from the South
William McIntosh, a Creek chief, was murdered by his own people because he
fell to defeat in a fight with the Georgia militia.
was the cousin of Georgia’s Governor George Troup.
signed a peace treaty with the Cherokee Indians without permission.
signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the government.
Which Supreme Court decision denied the right of states to take tribal lands but was ignored by President Andrew Jackson?
Fletcher vs. Peck
Peck vs. Veno
Worcester vs. Georgia
Alabama vs. Georgia
What was John Marshall’s final ruling in the Worcester V. Georgia case?
Cherokees were to be sold into slavery and their land would be divided out among Georgia political leaders.
Cherokees were Georgia citizens and should follow state laws for taxes and voting.
Cherokees were a sovereign nation and should have federal protection from state laws.
Cherokees were a sovereign nation but should be relocated to Oklahoma.
__________________ led the Cherokee faction that wanted to resist further concessions to the U.S. government, ultimately suing the U.S. government in court. He led them on the Trail of Tears.
George Guess
Andrew Jackson
John Ross
William McIntosh
What battle was said to be the bloodiest two days of the Civil War and a great victory for the South? This battle caused the Union forces to retreat into Chattanooga.
Kennesaw
Chickamauga
Atlanta
Antietam
Andersonville Prison held ______.
Confederate POWs
Rebellious slaves
Union POWs
confederates that peid the tariff of 1832
What city did General Sherman's army destroy in order for the Union army to continue the March to the Sea?
Mobile
Dahlonega
Atlanta
Valdosta
Atlanta was the most important military target in Georgia because ___.
It was the capital of Georgia
It was the industrial and transportation center
It was the home of Robert E Lee
It was where the Battle of Chickamauga was fought
What was the purpose of the naval blockade by Union ships on the coast of Georgia?
It was an attempt to block all of the railroad stations
It was an attempt to block all supply routes between the South and Britain
It was an attempt to stop Lee's army from advancing to Washington DC
It was an attempt to block the passage of the Missouri Compromise
What is being described? California was admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act was passed; Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.
The Missouri Compromise
The Georgia Platform
The Nullification Crisis
The Compromise of 1850
The election of Abraham Lincoln led to
southern states seceding from the Union
southern states protesting with a March in Washington DC
northern states nullifying the election results
a recount in Illinoise
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
A law that made slave owners return the slaves that they stole from other plantations
A law that made the plantation owners return any slaves that rebelled rather than cause harm to them physically
A law that made northern states return any slaves that escaped from the South
A law that stated that slaves were property
North and South had conflict over which of the following?
Slavery
The enforcement of tariffs
states' rights
All of these
What three things did Lincoln’s Plan require the South to do to be reunited back to the Union?
10% of the people in each state had to take an oath to obey the Constitution.
Each state had to set up a new government and a new state constitution.
Each state had to abolish slavery.
Each state had to imprison ALL ex-Confederates.
What was the agenda of the radical Republicans (what did they want to do to the south)?
Punish the South.
Be lenient toward the South.
Take all former slaves from the South.
Send all ex-Confederates to jail.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.
ave citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws to all Americans including slaves.
Granted African American men the right to vote.
Granted women the right to vote.
What were Black Codes?
Restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
Laws designed to help freed blacks and poor whites navigate the South after the end of the Civil War.
Addendums to the Reconstruction Amendments.
Laws designed to limit the freedom of poor whites in the South after the end of the Civil War.
What did the 14th Amendment do?
It gave citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws to all Americans including slaves.
It granted African American men the right to vote.
It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.
It granted women the right to vote.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
It granted African American men the right to vote.
It gave citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws to all Americans including slaves.
It abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime.
It allowed women the right to vote.
What was the ultimate goal of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
To give an economic boost to African Americans and poor whites by helping them learn to read and write through formal education.
To help poor whites become educated.
To create opportunities for poor whites.
To educate all Southerners.
What was the ultimate goal of the KKK?
To intimidate freed blacks and white Republicans from voting and running for office during the Reconstruction period.
To intimidate whites to keep them from voting and running for office.
To dance around in fancy pajamas while listening to Rhianna.
To help freed blacks find jobs and get an education.
Why were African Americans expelled from their seats in the Georgia General Assembly? (Choose ALL that apply)
Democrats claimed the new state constitution did not guarantee them the right to hold office.
Democrats claimed that they were illiterate.
Democrats claimed they did not reside in the county they were elected to.
Democrats claimed they did not make enough money.
What is the difference between sharecroppers and tenant farmers?
Sharecroppers owned their own supplies and tenant farmers needed everything.
Tenant farmers owned their own supplies and sharecroppers needed everything.
Sharecroppers owned tenant farmers.
Tenant farmers rented land and supplies to sharecroppers.
Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon were known as the
3 Musketeers
Bourbon Triumvirate
Populists
Henry Grady's Guys
Who was the leader of the Populist Party?
Jefferson Davis
Alfred Hitchcock
W.E.B. DuBois
Tom Watson
This set of laws enforced segregation:
John Eagle Laws
Disenfranchisement Laws
Jim Crow Laws
The KKK Laws
Taking away African American's right to vote is:
Disenfranchisement
Atlanta Race Riot
Segregation
Party Laws
This man promoted higher education within the black community and believed that college- educated African Americans should lead the fight for equality:
W.E.B. DuBois
Tom Watson
Booker T. Washington
Jefferson Davis
The NAACP is a:
Political Party
a group that fights to protect equal rights for African Americans
an organization that helps poor people
a church who sings about political issues
Anti-Semitism is defined as:
A hatred against Hispanics
A hatred against Jews
A love for Jews
A love for symmetry
The Leo Frank Case symbolized:
The need for modern DNA Technology
The growing voice of a Jewish community
White Southerners' strong anti-Semitic feelings during the New South period
Black Southerner's resilience to hatred.
educator, author, political activist, and orator; promoted the idea that African-Americans or Blacks should pursue economic and educational endeavors before seeking social and political equality.
Booker T. Washington
Alonzo Herndon
Leo Frank
W.E.B. DuBois
What industrial fair highlighted the growth and improvements of Georgia’s textile industry?
International Cotton Exposititon
Cotton Warehouse
Cotton Pickin Fair
Georgia State Fair
What did the Bourbon Triumvirate support?
Traditional old south values while promoting new industry.
Northern Industry
Integration
Northern values and only agriculture
Who coined the term "New South" and was involved in attracting new industry coming to Georgia including Cotton Expos?
Walter Colquitt
Booker T Washington
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
