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WorksheetsMilestone Review Part 2
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which statement best describes the controversy surrounding the Yazoo Land Fraud of 1795?
The governor of Georgia deeded land to Native Americans.
State legislators were bribed to sell land to land speculators.
The federal government took over land that belonged to the state.
Land speculators sold marshland to unsuspecting buyers.
Why was Eli Whitney's cotton gin an important invention for farmers in Georgia prior to the Civil War?
Cotton could be grown much more easily.
Cotton could now be sent to markets using the railroad.
Farmers used the gin to process cotton more quickly.
The gin kept cotton from becoming soiled and unusable.
In 1795, several Georgia legislators became involved with illegal land speculation. What did their involvement
come to be called?
Land Plot Scandal
Yazoo Land Fraud
Oklahoma Land Rush
Trans-Oconee Land Scandal
How did the Yazoo Land Fraud lead to the removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia?
The Creeks did not want to live in the same areas as the settlers.
The Creeks decided to move farther west because the land was better.
The government agreed to remove Creeks from Georgia to places farther west.
The government agreed to pay the Creeks a large sum of money if they moved.
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
Which was the main way that Georgia attempted to increase the population in the western part of the state in the
early 1800s?
The state allowed immigration with no restrictions.
The state increased the size of the land grants.
A cash bonus was paid to new settlers.
A lottery was established to give away land.
Why did Georgia invest heavily in railroads before the Civil War?
to transport slaves
as a preparation for war
to attract Northern industry
to transport agricultural products
What was the main reason for removing the Cherokee from their homes in northwestern Georgia?
The Cherokee had adopted a constitution and formed their own nation.
Gold was discovered on Cherokee land.
Congress had sold the Cherokee land to the railroads.
The government promised large tracks of land to the Native Americans in Oklahoma.
What is the name of the long, hard journey made by the Cherokees when they were forced to leave their lands in
Georgia?
Oregon Trail
Trail of Tears
Wilderness Road
Indian Removal Act
Why did the Creek people settle near water sources?
because it was important in their religion
because they were famous for their ability to swim
because they needed to have water to farm and fish
because they were called "Creek," which is a small river
Why did the Cherokee tribes move from Georgia to Oklahoma?
They thought life in the West would be easier.
They had used all of the natural resources in their area.
They were forced to leave by the United States government.
They heard rivers and land were more plentiful farther west.
What did the Cherokee and Creek people have that the European settlers wanted?
land
gold
water
jewels
Why did so many Cherokees die during their journey on the Trail of Tears?
They were exposed to bitter cold and disease.
They left in spring and the path was easy to follow.
Travel was quick because they were given horses to ride.
Most of them were very old and no children went with them.
New inventions and technology mean there are some jobs today that could not exist in past times. Which of the
following is a job in your community that did not exist 100 years ago?
grocer
bus driver
teacher
banker
What is one way in which the University of Georgia is unique among American universities?
It was the first university established in America.
It was the first private university constructed in America.
It was the first American university founded as a coed institution.
It was the first American university created by a state government.
Which Georgian negotiated and signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825 that signed away all Creek lands in
Georgia?
William Bartram
Andrew Jackson
William McIntosh
Alexander McGillivray
What was Abraham Lincoln's official stand on slavery during the presidential campaign of 1860?
The African slave trade should be ended immediately.
Slavery should not be allowed to spread into new territories.
A constitutional convention should be held to resolve the issue.
All slaves within the United States should be freed within ten years.
Which organization did the federal government create in 1865 to supervise the transition of slaves to freedom?
Howard University
Freedmen's Bureau
American Civil Liberties Union
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Which is a correct statement about the 1857 Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision of 1857?
The decision pleased both the North and South.
Abolitionists considered the decision a great victory.
Slaves were classified as property without human rights.
Expansion of slavery into new territories was declared illegal.
Which event led to a special legislative session in Georgia to consider seceding from the Union?
John Brown's Raid
the Kansas-Nebraska Act
the firing upon Fort Sumter
Lincoln's presidential election
A supporter of President Lincoln's plans for Reconstruction would most likely have agreed with which of these
statements?
All southern plantations should be divided among former slaves.
It is important that the South be punished economically and politically for starting the Civil War.
All Confederate officers should be tried for war crimes.
It is important that the North support policies that help the South recover as quickly as possible.
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.
Which of these statements about sharecropping in the South after the Civil War is true?
Most southern state governments eventually outlawed sharecropping.
Many people were able to purchase their own farms through sharecropping.
Most people who sharecropped remained in a cycle of poverty.
Most southern state governments offered low-interest loans to sharecroppers.
One effect of the Union blockade on Georgia during the Civil War was that
Georgia became a British ally.
imported goods were plentiful.
Union forces controlled the Mississippi River.
harvested cotton remained unsold.
Which statement best describes the belief of many Southerners about the Dred Scott decision of 1857?
Slavery could now expand everywhere in the world.
Compromise was the best way to settle problems.
New justices should be appointed to the Supreme Court.
The question of slavery in the territories was finally settled.
During and after Reconstruction, why was there a "white backlash" in Georgia against the Republican Party?
Most Georgians strongly opposed sharecropping.
Republicans opposed the efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau.
Scalawags and carpetbaggers were associated with the Republican Party.
Ku Klux Klan activities were linked to the Republican Party.
Why was Georgia often referred to as the "heart of the Confederacy" during the Civil War?
Georgia was the site of most of the military victories.
Georgia's soldiers fought harder than those from other Confederate states.
Robert E. Lee once referred to Georgia by that term and the name remained.
Georgia had the best railroads and more industry than other Confederate states.
Which is a reason many Georgia plantation owners favored secession?
a desire for increased markets in the North
the need to import large numbers of new slaves
fear that abolition would end their way of life
trouble getting agricultural loans from Northern banks
Which aspect of Georgia life was least affected by Reconstruction policies?
politics
society
economics
agriculture
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?
Landowners shared resources with each other to keep the plantations going until harvest time.
Large numbers of black Georgians became landowners and hired other black people to work the land.
Landowners allowed people with no land to grow crops on their acreage for a share of those crops.
Many landowners sold their land, moved north, and gave up farming because there was no labor available.
The period just before the Civil War is known as the _______period.
Destiny
Antebellum
War
The Great Depression
What does the term States’ right mean?
The belief that the state’s interests should take precedence over the interests of the nation government.
A pre-Civil War political doctrine that held that individual states should decide whether to permit slavery or not.
An antislavery campaigner in the 18th and 19th centuries
Somebody who is forced to work for somebody else for no payment and is regarded as the property of that person
After the Civil War, the United Stated ratified the 13th Amendment. What effect did this amendment have on the US?
Ended slavery in most of the United States.
important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
Was the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important that of the national government.
Made slavery legal in all states.
The Anaconda Plan was a
Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports. It was called this because the strategy resembled an anaconda squeezing its prey to death.
Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
Andersonville was
Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga.
Union victory; bloodiest one-day battle in the War.
Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.
The Battle of Chickamauga is best defined as:
Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; last Confederate victory during the Civil War.
Union victory; bloodiest one-day battle in the War.
Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.
Union strategy during the Civil War which incorporated a plan to blockade Southern ports. It was called this because the strategy resembled an anaconda squeezing its prey to death.
The Election of 1860 can be described as:
Election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.
A Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman
An Election where political decisions were made by the will of the people; concept behind the Kansas Nebraska act.
The act of making legally null and void.
The Emancipation Proclamation is a:
Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
Document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863
Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a “scorched earth” or “modern warfare” policy to end the South’s will to fight.
The Fugitive Slave Act is:
Allowing political decisions to be made by the will of the people; concept behind the Kansas Nebraska act.
act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states
Position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850.
Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 can be describe as:
act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states
Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
Nullification means to:
act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states
Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
The act of making legally null and void.
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign is described as:
Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with the Atlanta as the ultimate objective; Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta.
important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
Involuntary enslavement of African-Americans in the United States from 1619-1865.
Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a “scorched earth” or “modern warfare” policy to end the South’s will to fight.
Sherman’s March to the Sea is described as:
Involuntary enslavement of African-Americans in the United States from 1619-1865.
Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a “scorched earth” or “modern warfare” policy to end the South’s will to fight.
Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with the Atlanta as the ultimate objective; Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta.
Important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
The Compromise of 1850 was:
act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states
Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, Congress banned slavery north of the 36˚20’ line of latitude.
Why did General Sherman burn Atlanta and destroy everything in his path on his March to the Sea?
His armies were large and they needed all the resources they found.
He couldn’t control his armies anymore
He was ordered to by President Lincoln
He wanted to break the South's ability and will to fight.
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law was to
Require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs
Prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials
Prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings
Require the return of runaway slaves to their owners
Which statement best describes the differences between sharecropping and tenant farming?
Sharecroppers received a percentage of the crops produced and could set aside cash money to purchase their own land, while tenant farmers had difficulty saving cash.
Sharecroppers owned nothing but their labor, while tenant farmers owned farm animals and equipment to use in working other peoples lands.
Tenant farmers received a cash salary or wage for their farm work, while sharecroppers received only a portion of the crops they raised
Tenant farmers earned equity or an interest in the land they worked from year to year so that eventually they would own their own property.
Under the terms of the radical congressional plan of Reconstruction, what amendment did a southern state have to ratify before it could rejoin the Union? It would give citizenship to the all people regardless of race.
21st
14th
10th
2nd
What group was created in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, for the purpose of preventing both the programs of Reconstruction and laws promoting racial equality?
Ku Klux Klan
Freedmen's Bureau
Know Nothing Party
White Citizen Councils
What did the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
Abolished slavery
Made Freedmen citizens
Gave Freedmen the right to vote
Gave Freedmen the right own property
39. Which is the BEST example of how Reconstruction affected politics in the South immediately following the Civil War? This changed during the New South period.
Many African-Americans moved to cities in search of work in factories.
The Freedman’s Bureau was created to provide clothing, food, water, health care, education, and jobs for ex-slaves.
Many African-Americans turned to a life of sharecropping to provide for their families after slavery was abolished.
Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for African-Americans and gave them a greater voice in government.
In 1868, the Georgia General Assembly ratified the Fourteenth Amendment, allowing re-admittance into the Union. Though this amendment granted citizenship to blacks, the House of Representatives and Senate of Georgia soon removed the black members from the Assembly. On what grounds did the state lawmakers claim to remove these members?
The black members would need to be reelected after re-admittance.
The black members had deceived voters to get elected into the Assembly.
The Fourteenth Amendment specifically prohibited black assembly members.
The state constitution did not recognize black legislators the right to hold public office.
