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What was the major type of labor used on Georgia's plantations before the Civil War?
indentured servants
hourly wage worker
slavery
sharecropping
2
Atlanta was militarily important to the Confederacy because it was
home to the larges number of slaves in the Confederacy
most populated city in the South
industrial and transportation center for the South
the capital of the Confederacy
3
Who called for Georgia to remain in the Union and later became the Vice-President of the CSA?
Alexander Stephens
Thomas Cobb
Jefferson Davis
Robert Toombs
4
Which was NOT a reason the Union attacked the civilian infrastructure between ATL and Savannah?
retaliate for lives lost in the battle for Atlanta
end civilian support for the war effort and shorten the war
force GA troops to return home to defend GA
punish the South for seceding from Union and forming CSA
5
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
help former slaves
help all poor people in the South
help former slaves and poor whites
help all free people in the South
6
Where was a notorious Confederate prison in GA?
Belle Isle
Alcatraz
Fulton
Andersonville
7
What did the 13th amendment do?
gave blacks the right to own property
gave blacks the right to vote
abolish slavery
made blacks citizens
8
The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to ____.
allow slavery in Maine but not Missouri
maintain a balance of free / slave states in US Senate
let Missouri have slavery until 1850
return slaves captured in free states to slave states
9
Sharecroppers paid landowners by
agreeing to work without pay for 5-7 years
paying monthly rental or lease fee
providing labor and a large percentage of the crop
allowing landowners to use their equipment
10
What did the 14th amendment do?
gave blacks right to own land
made blacks citizens
abolish slavery
gave blacks right to vote
11
How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?
tenant farmers owned equipment
tenant farmers made small profit
tenant farmers bought their seed from owner
tenant farmers usually didn't pay rent for their houses
12
Which statement BEST describes the contributions of the Freedmen's Bureau in education?
opened gov't agencies (schools, colleges, etc.) for poor
established 6 major colleges
founded over 10K primary schools
established 1000s of schools, training facilities for blacks
13
Under the radical congressional plan, what amendment did southern states have to ratify?
13th
15th
16th
14th
14
To whom did President Johnson's Reconstruction plan deny a general pardon?
Southerners who owned more than $20K worth of land
Southerners who owned more than 25 slaves
Southerners who owned more than 50 slaves
Southerners who owned more than $50K worth of land
15
The 14th amendment was passed in response to
white southern refusal to provide freedmen with land, etc.
refusal by southern states to pass 13th amendment
adoption of Black Codes
rising violence from organizations like the KKK
16
The Civil War's bloodiest battle was fought at
Atlanta
Gettysburg
Antietam
Chickamauga
17
How was the Emancipation Proclamation a concession to the South?
all slaves would be freed
only male slaves would be freed
slaves could decide if they wanted to remain on plantations
South could keep slaves if they stopped fighting
18
Who was the commander of the Confederate forces?
William T. Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
19
Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Antietam
20
Henry Wirz was commander of
the CSS Hunley
the Confederate Army
Andersonville
Union forces in ATL
21
Which statement BEST describes the difference between sharecropping and tenant farming?
tenant farmers got a cash salary, sharecroppers got % of $
sharecroppers got % and could save, tenant farmers could not
tenant farmers earned equity in the land from year to year
sharecroppers only provided labor, tenant farmers owned more
22
Which Union general led the "March to the Sea?"
John M. Schofield
Ulysses S. Grant
William S. Rosencrans
William T. Sherman
23
The Battle of Chickamauga was fought because _____.
it was a major recruiting center for the South
it was located halfway between two state capitals
it had a number of factories that produced war supplies
Union troops were attempting to enter GA and headed to ATL
24
The belief by the people in a region or area that their ideas/interests are better than others.
compromise
states' rights
sectionalism
abolition
25
Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
returned to a slave state and could not be freed
was not a citizen and not eligible to sue in court
he was property of his owner and couldn't be taken anywhere
did not live long enough in a free territory to be free
26
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
changed the requirements for a territory to become a state
permitted slavery north of the 36*30' line
made Missouri a free state
27
In Lincoln's Plan, which southerners would be pardoned after taking an oath of allegiance?
former soldiers and prisoners of war
government officials
high-ranking civil and military leaders
Confederate generals
28
How was the South able to import/export goods during the Union blockade?
South shipped goods through Canada
Blockade runners slipped through
Great Britain found other ways to trade with the South
South had superior navy
29
To be pardoned, former Confederates had to agree to
take an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution
pay their fair share of taxes
lay down their arms
not purchase additional slaves
30
The early 1800s belief of some that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law.
ratification
justification
absolution
nullification
31
Which was NOT an advantage of the South as it prepared for war?
was familiar wth the land where most of the fighting occured
had better military leaders
was fighting for a cause - independence
had more industry
32
The "Georgia Platform" was a statement supporting _____.
slavery throughout the United States
popular sovereignty
states' rights
The Compromise of 1850
33
After the destruction caused by his march through GA, why did Sherman NOT burn Savannah?
gave Savannah to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift
had divided upper/lower Confederacy and didn't need to burn
spared the hometown of his West Point roomate
protected over $28M worth of cotton stored in Savannah
34
Henry McNeal Turner and other black legislators were expelled from seats in GA Congress b/c
did not have right to hold political office per constitution
did not have knowledge to be legislators
did not win election fairly
did not live in districts elected in
35
The BEST description of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction was that it
managed distribution of farmland and animals to freedment
provided education/training, and social services to freedmen
registered newly freed slaves to vote
helped newly freed slaves adjust to new life
36
Who was commander of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War, later becoming president?
Robert E. Lee
George B. McClellan
Ulysses S. Grant
William T. Sherman
37
Why do few accounts of every day life written by slaves exist?
slaves were not willing to write about slavery
It was illegal for them to learn to read and write
books about slavery were not as popular as other books
only abolitionist leaders wrote books about slavery
38
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 under Fugitive Slave Act
39
Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
40
What did the 15th amendment do?
made blacks citizens
abolish slavery
gave blacks right to own property
gave black males right to vote
41
Which statement BEST describes the largest difference between the Lincoln's and Congress' Plan?
Congress didn't want south to re-enter into Union
Lincoln's plan did not require loyalty oaths
Congress would monitor the treatment of freedmen
Lincoln's allowed southern states to return w/o punishment
42
The Battle of Gettysburg
had little impact on the war
was a severe defeat for the Union army
allowed the Union army to capture much needed supplies
ended the Confederacy's hope for victory
43
What was the Georgia Act of 1869?
returned GA to military control b/c of KKK terrorism
allowed freedmen the right to vote and hold public office
ended Reconstruction in GA
refused to admit GA to Union until passed 13th amendment
44
What was goal of KKK?
increase immigration
establish religious tolerance
promote industrialization
preserve segregation
45
The Black Codes
set a 5 day work week for blacks
denied black an education
allowed marriage between races
allowed imprisonment of unemployed blacks
46
Which was NOT an advantage of the North as it prepared for war?
had a better transportation system
had more factories and industry
was the location of the federal government
had a larger and better educated population
47
What was NOT provided to sharecroppers?
farming tools
workers
seed
houses
48
Who won the Election of 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Breckenridge
49
States' Rights can BEST be defined as the belief that states _______.
could not free their slaves
could make better decisions on state issues than federal gov
believed government would enforce Fugitive Slave Act
could leave the Union at any time if they so chose to
50
After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
Gettysburg
Antietam
Bull Run
Vicksburg
