Question 1

What happened during the Yazoo Land Fraud?

Accepted Answer

Land companies bribed GA legislators so that they could buy land cheaply

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Land companies bought land from the US government

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Land companies sold land west of the Chattahoochee River to the state of GA

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Land companies sold land to the US Government

Question 2

Which of the following was a consequence of the Yazoo Land Fraud?

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Georgia gave up land to the west to the US Government

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Legislators were re-elected

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Georgia grew in size

Question 3

Who was Chief of the Cherokee ?

Accepted Answer

John Ross

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John Andrews

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John Marshall

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William McIntosh

Question 4

What effect did the Dahlonega gold rush have on the Cherokee?

Accepted Answer

Cherokee were forced by the Army to leave their lands, led to the Trail of Tears

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Cherokee profited from the gold rush

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Cherokee sold land to Yazoo Land Companies

Question 5

Did Andrew Jackson enforce the ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?

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No, he enforced the Indian Removal Act instead.

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No, but he pushed Congress to pass other laws to help the Cherokee

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Yes, he enforced both the Worcester v. GA and the Indian Removal Act.

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Yes, he sent the Army to enforce the ruling

Question 6

Slavery, states' rights, Compromise of 1850, and the election of 1860 are all

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causes of the Civil War

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causes of the Declaration of Independence

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causes of the Dred Scott case

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causes of the Georgia Platform

Question 7

Which of the following was  NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

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Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

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the Fugitive Slave Act

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Slave trade ended in Washington, DC

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California admitted to the Union as a free state

Question 8

What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?

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Slaves were property, not citizens, and therefore had no rights

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Slaves were free if they traveled to free states

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Slaves were free if they gained citizenship by being born in the USA

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Slaves in rebel states were free

Question 9

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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freed slaves in rebel states

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freed ALL slaves in all states

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freed slaves in northern states

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freed slaves in border states

Question 10

What was the name of the Union strategy that kept Southerners from using their ports for trade?

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Union Blockade

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Boa Constrictor Plan

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Fire and Rain

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Shock and Awe

Question 11

The Atlanta Campaign was important because

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Atlanta was a major supply depot & transportation hub

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Atlanta was a cultural center

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Atlanta was the capitol of the Confederacy

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Atlanta was a major port city

Question 12

How was Lincoln's plan for reconstruction described by Republicans

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too lenient

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too harsh

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too difficult

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punishment

Question 13

Which of the following does NOT describe the Congressional Plan for Reconstruction?

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10% must take an oath of allegiance

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passed by radical Republicans

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GA placed under military control

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required to ratify the 14th & 15th amendments

Question 14

Why did former slaves continue to work for former masters as sharecroppers or tenant farmers?

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Farmers needed workers; former slaves needed job & they already knew how to farm

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Former slaves preferred farm work over other types of employment

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Freedmen were offered great pay for their work as laborers

Question 15

What were the differences between Sharecroppers and tenant farmers?

Accepted Answer

Share croppers worked for a share of the crops & were often in debt; tenant farmers rented land from farmers & kept more of their crop

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Tenant farmers worked for a share of the crops & were often in debt; share croppers rented land from farmers & kept more of their crops

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Share croppers earned more money than tenant farmers.

Question 16

What was the goal of the KKK?

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to keep African Americans from voting and keep social control

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to help freedmen get jobs and healthcare

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to establish schools for freedmen's children

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to keep Democrats from voting

Question 17

What impact did the KKK have on freedmen?

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Used terror tactics to intimidate them; burned schools

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Helped establish schools and hospitals

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Protected freedmen from former Confederate soldiers

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Gave freedmen food and shelter

Question 18

How were White legislators able to remove African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly?

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Georgia Constitution stated “persons of color” were considered “non-citizens” and  ineligible to hold office.

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U.S. Constitution stated freedmen were still slaves

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They got the U.S. Army to remove the African American legislators

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They took their case to the Supreme Court and had the legislators removed

Question 19

Which amendment granted African Americans citizenship?

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14th Amendment

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13th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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16th Amendment

Question 20

Which amendment officially ended slavery

Accepted Answer

13th Amendment

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14th Amendment

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15th Amendment

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16th Amendment

Question 21

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

15th Amendment

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13th Amendment

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16th Amendment

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14th Amendment

Question 22

What happened as a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina seceded followed by other southern states

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Southern states abolished slavery

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Southern states rejoined the Union

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The Dred Scott decision was upheld

Question 23

Which of the following were effects of the cotton gin?

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cotton profitable, slavery increased, westward expansion

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slavery ended, cotton crop declined, westward expansion

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cotton crops declined, slavery decreased, westward expansion

Question 24

How were railroads important for Georgia

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Led to westward expansion, economic growth, cities established along the rail line

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economic decline, unemployment, decline in production of cotton

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population declined, economic decline, cities developed along rivers

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