Unit 5 Period 1 & 2
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This test will assess your knowledge of Unit 5 of the Georgia Studies Curriculum
- 1.The Emancipation Proclamation
- A.
Freed the slaves in south
- B.
Made freedom constitutional
- C.
Declared war on the south
- D.
Freed the slaves in the north
- 2.Election of 1860 saw ___________ become president.
- A.
Andrew Jackson
- B.
George Washington
- C.
Abraham Lincoln
- D.
Frederick Douglass
- 3.Which was NOT a provision of the land lottery?
- A.
War veterans were given extra chances.
- B.
A person had to be over 21 to participate.
- C.
A person had to pay a fee to participate.
- D.
Only men could participate.
- 4.What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?
- A.
It provided an organized system of collecting taxes.
- B.
It established a method of counting population.
- C.
It administered voting and election districts.
- D.
It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.
- 5.What system replaced the headright system as a way of allocating land?
- A.
Tomahawk rights
- B.
Land lottery
- C.
Surveying
- D.
Land rush
- 6.Religious revival spread greatly in south because of the use of
- A.
Sermons
- B.
Lectures
- C.
Tent revivals
- D.
Church buildings
- 7.What is significant about the history of the University of Georgia?
- A.
Its construction was the most expensive in United States history.
- B.
It was built by Anglicans.
- C.
It was the site of many revivals.
- D.
It was the first public university in the United States.
- 8.Who was Louisville named after?
- A.
The governor of Georgia
- B.
The king of England
- C.
The president
- D.
King Louis the 16th
- 9.What was the Second Great Awakening?
- A.
Political movement
- B.
Religious revival
- C.
Historical document
- D.
Compact with England
- 10.The invention of the cotton gin made it necessary for plantation owners to use more
- A.
Enslaved people
- B.
Tractors
- C.
Cattle
- D.
Silos
- 11.Alexander McGillivray represented the Creek Nation throughout the
- A.
Civil War
- B.
French and Indian War
- C.
Revolutionary War
- D.
Trail of Tears
- 12.Which of the following is described by the statements below?
- Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery.
- Territories wanted to become new states.
- Abolitionists wanted to change the laws.
- A.
Tariff of 1832
- B.
Georgia platform
- C.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
- D.
Missouri Compromise
- 13.Which statement BEST describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?
- A.
The New York court system changed the laws of Missouri.
- B.
Missouri granted Scott the right to be free.
- C.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.
- D.
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court.
- 14.In what way is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
- A.
Each was concerned with tariffs.
- B.
Each decided the legality of slavery in new states.
- C.
Each was written to end the Civil War.
- D.
Each was written by Alexander Stephens.
- 15.Why did General Sherman burn Atlanta and destroy everything in his path on his March to the Sea?
- A.
His armies were large and they needed all of the resources they found.
- B.
He couldn’t control his armies anymore.
- C.
He was ordered to by President Lincoln.
- D.
He wanted to destroy the resources of the South.
- 16.Which of the ideas below did the Radical Republicans believe in?
- A.
More freedom for African Americans
- B.
Leniency for former Confederate soldiers
- C.
Slowing down Reconstruction
- D.
Preventing African Americans from holding office
- 17.How were landowners compensated by sharecroppers?
- A.
Sharecroppers collected rent from landowners.
- B.
Sharecroppers let landowners use their equipment.
- C.
Sharecroppers paid a portion of their profits.
- D.
Sharecroppers and landowners worked for no profit.
- 18.Which of the terms is the right of a state not to follow a federal law?
- A.
Slavery
- B.
Secession
- C.
Nullification
- D.
Abolition
- 19.What is the practice of providing “separate but equal” public accommodations for different races?
- A.
Nullification
- B.
Segregation
- C.
Sharecropping
- D.
Reconstruction
- 20.Which Civil War battle is described by the phrases below?
- Union forces won
- Bloodiest battle of the war.
- Turning point for the Union in the war.
- A.
Gettysburg
- B.
Antietam
- C.
Chattanooga
- D.
Chickamauga
- 21.Which mode of transportation was developing in Georgia just before the Civil War which was very important to Georgia’s war effort and post-war economic development?
- A.
Canals
- B.
Highways
- C.
Railroads
- D.
Riverboats
- 22.What discovery led to the Cherokee losing their land in Georgia?
- A.
Silver on Creek lands
- B.
Gold in Dahlonega
- C.
Oil in Columbus
- D.
Zinc in Madison
- 23.What was Sequoya’s major contribution to the Cherokee culture?
- A.
He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.
- B.
He signed a treaty moving the Cherokee to the Indian Territory.
- C.
He gained fame as a hunter and trapper and traded fur for weapons.
- D.
He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.
- 24.Who was the chief of the Cherokee who took a petition to Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?
- A.
William McIntosh
- B.
Chief Menawa
- C.
John Ross
- D.
Sequoyah
- 25.The intent of the Indian Removal Act was to
- A.
Destroy the Native American way of life.
- B.
Remove the Native Americans from the eastern United States.
- C.
Help the Native Americans buy land east of the Mississippi River.
- D.
Remove the Native Americans to reservations in the eastern part of the United States.
- 26.Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?
- A.
Owning slaves was forbidden in Washington D.C.
- B.
Slavery was permitted in the new state of California.
- C.
Importation of slaves from Africa was declared illegal.
- D.
Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners.
- 27.Which statement explains how the Dred Scott decision pushed the nation closer to war?
- A.
The Supreme Court ruled that, while slaves were not citizens, they could not sue.
- B.
The Supreme Court ruled that slavery was not a legal right of the southern states.
- C.
The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not stop slavery in the territories.
- D.
The Supreme Court ruled that slave owners had to be reimbursed for slaves who escaped on the Underground railroad.
- 28.After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln?
- A.
Chickamauga
- B.
Gettysburg
- C.
Antietam
- D.
Capturing of Atlanta
- 29.Atlanta’s military importance to the Confederacy is that it was the
- A.
Capital of the Confederacy.
- B.
Most populated city in the Confederacy.
- C.
Industrial and transportation center for the Confederacy.
- D.
Home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy.
- 30.Where was a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?
- A.
Fulton
- B.
Atlanta
- C.
Andersonville
- D.
Belle
- 31.The BEST description of the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction was that it
- A.
Registered newly freed slaves to vote.
- B.
Helped the newly freed slaves adjust to their freedom.
- C.
Provided education, training, and social services for the newly freed slaves.
- D.
Managed the distribution of farm land and animals to the newly freed slaves.
- 32.Which BEST describes the differences between sharecropping and tenant farming?
- A.
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.
- B.
Sharecroppers owned nothing but their labor, while tenant farmers owned farm animals and equipment to use in working other people’s lands.
- C.
Tenant farmers received a cash salary or wage for their farm work, while sharecroppers received only a portion of the crops they raised.
- D.
Tenant farmers earned equity or an interest in land they worked from year to year so that eventually they would own their own property.
- 33.What did the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
- A.
It abolished slavery
- B.
It gave blacks citizenship.
- C.
It gave blacks the right to vote.
- D.
It gave blacks the right to own property.
- 34.Beginning soon after the end of the Civil War, what secret organization used force and violence to influence Georgia’s society?
- A.
United Confederate Veterans
- B.
Free Accepted Masons
- C.
Freedman’s Bureau
- D.
Ku Klux Klan
- 35.38. What did the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?
- A.
It abolished slavery.
- B.
It gave blacks citizenship.
- C.
It gave blacks the right to vote.
- D.
It gave blacks the right to own property.
- 36.The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law was to
- A.
Require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs.
- B.
Prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials.
- C.
Prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings.
- D.
Require the return of runaway slaves to their owners.
- 37.According to the provisions of the Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted as a free state?
- A.
California
- B.
Kansas
- C.
Maine
- D.
Missouri
- 38.Henry McNeal Turner was the
- A.
First African American Georgia Legislator
- B.
White president
- C.
Congressmen
- D.
Supreme Court Judge
- 39.The Union blockade of the south was an attempt to
- A.
Stop Georgia and the south from transporting goods
- B.
Keep southerners from going on cruises
- C.
Keep the north from transporting goods
- D.
All of the Above
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