Unit 5 Quiz 1

DIRECTIONS: Please write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Please do not write the questions.

Multiple choice.
1. Why were people from Africa brought to Georgia?
a. to help fight Georgia’s enemies.
b. to settle the backcountry
c. to be forced into labor
d. to help produce silk

2. Which statement BEST explains why there are so few accounts written by slaves about their lives during the antebellum era?
a. it was illegal for slaves to learn to read and write.
b. only abolitionist leaders wrote books about slavery
c. books about slavery were not as popular as other books.
d. slaves were not willing to write about the horrors of slavery.

3. What was the major type of labor used on Georgia’s plantations before the Civil War?
a. indentured servitude.
b. hourly wage labor.
c. sharecropping
d. slavery

4. Which region of the United States believed that states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government?
a. Great Lakes states
b. Northern states
c. Pacific Coast states
d. Southern states

5. States’ rights can BEST be defined as the belief that states
a. could not free their slaves
b. could leave the Union at any time if they chose to
c. could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state.
d. could foce the national government to turn over all national government property to the states.

6. Someone who believed in states’ rights would probably support which statement?
a. national laws always take precedence over state laws
b. the national government has no right to tell states how to operate.
c. states could only pass legislation on issues set out in the U.S. Constitution
d. disputes between states should always be settled by the national government.

7. The early 1800s belief of some people that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law was known as
a. absolution
b. justification
c. nullification
d. ratification

8. The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to
a. return slaves captured in free states to slave states
b. allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri
c. maintain a balance between slave and free states
d. let Missouri have slavery until 1850

9. Which was the result of the Compromise of 1850?
a. owning slaves was forbidden in Washington DC
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

10. The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to
a. require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs
b. prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trails
c. require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners
d. prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings

Indicate whether the statement or phrase better describes the North or the South prior to the Civil War by writing N for North or S for South in the blank.

11. _____ Had an economy based on industries.

12. _____ Region had warm climate and fertile topsoil, making it suitable for agriculture.

13. _____ Residents of the region tended to be interdependent.

14. _____ Believed that the U.S. Constitution was a compact made by independent states that could withdraw voluntarily.

15. _____ Rejected the concept of nullification.

16. _____ Residents were more likely to provide for themselves through hunting, fishing, and farming.

17. _____ Supported the doctrine of states’ rights.

18. _____ Feared losing factory workers to settlements in the West.

19. _____ Believed states had the power to determine if laws passed by Congress were constitutional.

Match the numbered terms below with the lettered definitions at the bottom of this page.

20. states’ rights
21. nullification
22. sectionalism
23. interdependence
24. antebellum

A. dependent on one another for various needs
B. Placing regional regional interests above national ones
C. the right to determine if a law is constitutional or not
D. belief that states have specific powers separate from the powers of the national government
E. period before the Civil War

Lyrics for Songs Analyzed in Class

Link to website with slave song lyrics: http://www.osblackhistory.com/wade.php

India Arie Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjurvxuoLkg

Trail of Tears

First hand accounts (a.k.a. primary source documents) we will be reading in class Tuesday:
*John G. Burnett's story as a soldier during the Trail of Tears
http://www.powersource.com/cherokee/burnett.html

*Samuel Cloud's story as a young Cherokee boy on the Trail of Tears
http://cherokeehistory.com/samuel.html

Map analysis
http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118locate2.htm

If you're done early: visit this website to see traditional Cherokee Artwork.
https://www.allthingscherokee.com/art.html

National Geograhic Photo of the Week

Arc de Triomphe Sunset, Paris, France.
Photograph by Jonathon Riley

After a long day walking all around Paris, heading back to my hotel I could not help but be compelled to capture a truly amazing sunset through the Arc.

click here to do really cool jigsaw puzzles online using photographs from National Geographic. Time yourself, race your friends....

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/categories/puzzles?source=email_places

Review Questions for Thursdays Quiz

From the colonial era until after the Civil War, the capital of Georgia was moved many times in response to what factor? Make sure you back up your answer with facts.
a. changing transportation patterns in the state.
b. the changing geographic center of the state.
c. the changing population center of the state.
d. changing political influences in the state.


Why was Louisville chosen as Georgia’s capital in 1786?


The city of Louisville was modeled after which northern city?


The First African Baptist Church in Georgia was established in 1788 in which Georgia city? Locate this church on the map below.


By 1860, what were the two largest denominations in Georgia? Why do you think this was the case? Make sure you back up your answers with facts.


Which church sent circuit riders to frontier settlements to provide monthly services? Why do you think these circuit riders were so important in spreading this religion?


Why did Methodist and Baptist churches split?


Do you think it would be difficult to go to church only once a month? Why or why not?


Why do you think circuit riders were necessary during the 1800s?


How did geography and location affect the spread of religion in Georgia?


How do you think the cotton gin changed the economy of the South?


How do you think Eli Whitney’s invention influenced the growth of slavery in the South?
a. it made it easier for slaves to pick cotton.
b. it increased the profits from growing cotton.
c. it made it easier to produce cloth from cotton.
d. all of the above.

What do you think the main cash crop in Georgia before the Civil War was?


Do you think the cotton gin had a positive or negative impact on the people living in the South. Make sure you think about large plantation owners who owned slaves, slaves who worked on these plantations, small farmers, and free blacks who may have owned land.

Which statement BEST describes a “land grant university,” such as the University of Georgia?
a. The college was established as an agricultural college to improve farming.
b. The college was a public university with free tuition to state residents.
c. The land for the college was donated by the federal government.
d. The land could not be used for any purpose other than a college.

What role did the establishment of the University of Georgia play in Georgia’s growth?

What role did the spread of churches have on Georgia’s growth?

What role did the establishment of Louisville as Georgia’s new capital have on Georgia’s growth?

Technology and Westward Expansion Art Analysis

George Innes "Lackawanna Valley"

John Gast "American Progress

Map of the state of Georgia during the 1800s