Unit 5 Period 1 & 2

What system replaced the headright system as a way of allocating land?

• Tomahawk rights

• Land lottery

• Surveying

• Land rush

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?

• Canals

• Highways

• Railroads

• Riverboats

Who was Louisville named after?

• The governor of Georgia

• The king of England

• The president

• King Louis the 16th

The invention of the cotton gin made it necessary for plantation owners to use more

• Enslaved people

• Tractors

• Cattle

• Silos

Where was a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?

• Fulton

• Atlanta

• Andersonville

• Belle

Beginning soon after the end of the Civil War, what secret organization used force and violence to influence Georgia’s society?

• United Confederate Veterans

• Free Accepted Masons

• Freedman’s Bureau

• Ku Klux Klan

What is significant about the history of the University of Georgia?

• Its construction was the most expensive in United States history.

• It was built by Anglicans.

• It was the site of many revivals.

• It was the first public university in the United States.

Religious revival spread greatly in south because of the use of

• Sermons

• Lectures

• Tent revivals

• Church buildings

Election of 1860 saw ___________ become president.

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass

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 of the resources they found.

• He couldn’t control his armies anymore.

• He was ordered to by President Lincoln.

• He wanted to destroy the resources of the South.

Henry McNeal Turner was the

• First African American Georgia Legislator

• White president

• Congressmen

• Supreme Court Judge

The Emancipation Proclamation

• Freed the slaves in south

• Made freedom constitutional

• Declared war on the south

• Freed the slaves in the north

What is the practice of providing “separate but equal” public accommodations for different races?

• Nullification

• Segregation

• Sharecropping

• Reconstruction

In what way is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• Each was concerned with tariffs.

• Each decided the legality of slavery in new states.

• Each was written to end the Civil War.

• Each was written by Alexander Stephens.

What was Sequoya’s major contribution to the Cherokee culture?

• He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.

• He signed a treaty moving the Cherokee to the Indian Territory.

• He gained fame as a hunter and trapper and traded fur for weapons.

• He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.

What was the Second Great Awakening?

• Political movement

• Religious revival

• Historical document

• Compact with England

Atlanta’s military importance to the Confederacy is that it was the

• Capital of the Confederacy.

• Most populated city in the Confederacy.

• Industrial and transportation center for the Confederacy.

• Home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy.

38. What did the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

• It abolished slavery.

• It gave blacks citizenship.

• It gave blacks the right to vote.

• It gave blacks the right to own property.

The BEST description of the Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction was that it

• Registered newly freed slaves to vote.

• Helped the newly freed slaves adjust to their freedom.

• Provided education, training, and social services for the newly freed slaves.

• Managed the distribution of farm land and animals to the newly freed slaves.

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.

Which statement explains how the Dred Scott decision pushed the nation closer to war?

• The Supreme Court ruled that, while slaves were not citizens, they could not sue.

• The Supreme Court ruled that slavery was not a legal right of the southern states.

• The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not stop slavery in the territories.

• The Supreme Court ruled that slave owners had to be reimbursed for slaves who escaped on the Underground railroad.

Which statement BEST describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?

• The New York court system changed the laws of Missouri.

• Missouri granted Scott the right to be free.

• The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.

• The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court.

The Union blockade of the south was an attempt to

• Stop Georgia and the south from transporting goods

• Keep southerners from going on cruises

• Keep the north from transporting goods

• All of the Above

Who was the chief of the Cherokee who took a petition to Congress protesting the Cherokee removal from their land?

• William McIntosh

• Chief Menawa

• John Ross

• Sequoyah

What did the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution do?

• It abolished slavery

• It gave blacks citizenship.

• It gave blacks the right to vote.

• It gave blacks the right to own property.

Which was NOT a provision of the land lottery?

• War veterans were given extra chances.

• A person had to be over 21 to participate.

• A person had to pay a fee to participate.

• Only men could participate.

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.

Which of the terms is the right of a state not to follow a federal law?

• Slavery

• Secession

• Nullification

• Abolition

How were landowners compensated by sharecroppers?

• Sharecroppers collected rent from landowners.

• Sharecroppers let landowners use their equipment.

• Sharecroppers paid a portion of their profits.

• Sharecroppers and landowners worked for no profit.

Which 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 people’s 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 land they worked from year to year so that eventually they would own their own property.

According to the provisions of the Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted as a free state?

• California

• Kansas

• Maine

• Missouri

The intent of the Indian Removal Act was to

• Destroy the Native American way of life.

• Remove the Native Americans from the eastern United States.

• Help the Native Americans buy land east of the Mississippi River.

• Remove the Native Americans to reservations in the eastern part of the United States.

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.

After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln?

• Chickamauga

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Capturing of Atlanta

What was the purpose of the headright system in Georgia?

• It provided an organized system of collecting taxes.

• It established a method of counting population.

• It administered voting and election districts.

• It distributed Indian lands to new settlers.

Which of the ideas below did the Radical Republicans believe in?

• More freedom for African Americans

• Leniency for former Confederate soldiers

• Slowing down Reconstruction

• Preventing African Americans from holding office

Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• Owning slaves was forbidden in Washington D.C.

• Slavery was permitted in the new state of California.

• Importation of slaves from Africa was declared illegal.

• Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners.

Alexander McGillivray represented the Creek Nation throughout the

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• Trail of Tears