WorksheetsMilestones Review Units 4-6
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 31mins
The first public university in United States history was _______.
University of Georgia
Georgia Tech
University of Wisconsin
Georgia State University
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.
What was the purpose of Georgia’s land policies?
It established a method of counting the population
To distribute newly gained lands and promote westward expansion
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes
It administered voting and election districts
The Yazoo land fraud occurred because land companies
bribed legislators so they could buy land cheaply.
took land from the American Indians by force.
made illegal treaties with the American Indians.
llegally sold the land to Spain to set up missions.
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.
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.
Why was the Georgia Platform important
It stated that Georgia had a right to nullify any federal law dealing with cotton
I stated that Georgia would not accept the terms of the COmpromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law
It stated that Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law
It stated that Georgia would secede from the Union
What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
They both dealt with slavery in the new territories
They both dealt with nullification
They both made the south get an advantage in the Senate
They led to the election of Abraham Lincoln
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
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 city did General Sherman's army destroy in order for the Union army to continue the March to the Sea?
Mobile
Dahlonega
Atlanta
Valdosta
What was the impact of Sherman's "March to the Sea"?
The Union soldiers lost their will to fight
It led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
It gave the South hope that they would win
It left a path of devastation and destruction from Atlanta to Savannah
What did General Sherman do to destroy the resources of the South?
He launched a March to the Sea
He imposed social distancing
He imposed a tariff on supplies imported from Britain
He boycotted all products with cotton
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 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.
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.
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
Joseph E. Brown, Alfred H. Colquitt, and John B. Gordon were known as the
3 Musketeers
Bourbon Triumvirate
Populists
Henry Grady's Guys
This man was a successful businessman and was born to a slave mother and a white father:
Booker T. Washington
Tom Watson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Alonzo Herndon
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
48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American or Black men attacking white women; several African-Americans or Blacks were killed during the riot.
Anti-Semitism
Atlanta Race Riot (1906)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
Separate but Equal
Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)
Atlanta Race Riot (1906)
Disenfranchisement
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 mode of transportation was key to the Civil War effort?
Ships
Interstate highways
railroads
airports
According to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, what would happen on January 1, 1863, if the South did not surrender?
The Union would invade the South
Confederate slaves would be freed.
Confederate prisoners would be executed.
The Union would cease all trade with the South.
Which accurately describes southern states’ reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
They demanded a recount of votes.
They began to secede from the Union
They immediately attacked Fort Sumter.
They voted to protest Lincoln’s election.
How is the invention of the cotton gin an underlying cause of the Civil War?
more cotton could be produced so more slaves were needed to produce the cotton
slaves were the only ones who knew how to produce cotton
cotton gin had very little impact on the Civil War
What were the political views of the Ku Klux Klan?
To continue fighting the Civil War
to reestablish former slaves back onto the plantations to continue growing cotton
The KKK wanted to establish a new confederate government
Return control of southern governments to democrats by taking away African American voting rights
