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QCC 24 Antebellum
Examines and analyzes political, economic, social, demographic and cultural characteristics
of antebellum Georgia and describes how Georgia compared to other areas of the United
States.
GPS SS8H5 The student will explain significant factors that affected the development
of Georgia as part of the growth of the United States between 1789 and 1840.
a. Explain the establishment of the University of Georgia, Louisville and the spread of
Baptist and Methodist churches.
c. Explain how technological developments including the cotton gin and railroads impacted
Georgia’s growth.
GPS SS8E1 The student will give examples of the kinds of goods and services produced
in Georgia in different historical periods.
GPS SS8E2 The student will explain the benefits of free trade.
a. Describe how Georgians have engaged in trade in different historical time periods.
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343. Which was NOT a characteristic of the North in the antebellum period?
A. mobile class structure
B. large number of cities
C. favored high tariffs
D. supported states’ rights
344. Which was NOT a characteristic of the South in the antebellum period?
A. mobile class structure
B. favored low tariffs
C. supported slavery
D. few formal educational institutions
345. In the southern social ladder, which group was immediately above the yeoman farmers?
A. planters
B. free blacks
C. farmers with slaves
D. merchants and people of “letters”
346. In the southern social ladder, which group represented the smallest number of people?
A. farmers with slaves
B. free blacks
C. planters
D. slaves
347. The largest group of white southerners were the
A. planters.
B. yeoman farmers.
C. farmers with slaves.
D. merchants and people of “letters.”
348. Which group did NOT include free blacks?
A. lawyers
B. farmers
C. day laborers
D. artisans
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349. With which church was Bishop Richard Allen associated in the early 1800s?
A. Roman Catholic Church
B. First African Baptist Church
C. Church of the Latter Day Saints
D. African Methodist Episcopal Church
350. 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.
351. What was Georgia’s earliest college for women?
A. Franklin College
B. Georgia Female College (Wesleyan)
C. Georgia Women’s College
D. University of Georgia
352. Which was the LEAST well-established church in Georgia in the early 1800s?
A. Anglican
B. Catholic
C. Quaker
D. Baptist
353. The First African Baptist Church was established under the leadership of Andrew Bryan
in
A. Savannah.
B. Brunswick.
C. Augusta.
D. Albany.
354. What was the first building constructed at what is now the University of Georgia?
A. Allen Hall
B. Franklin College
C. The School of Commerce
D. Wesleyan Hall
355. What city became Georgia’s capital after Augusta?
A. Atlanta
B. Albany
C. Savannah
D. Louisville
356. Who gave the tract of land that became the University of Georgia?
A. Native Americans
B. Federal government
C. General Assembly
D. Colonial charter
357. By 1860, the two largest church denominations in Georgia were
A. Methodist and Baptist.
B. Baptist and Jewish.
C. Episcopal and Methodist.
D. Episcopal and Catholic.
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358. Which church sent circuit riders to frontier settlements to provide monthly services?
A. Baptist
B. Catholic
C. Episcopal
D. Methodist
359. Who established the first Methodist church in Georgia?
A. John and Charles Wesley
B. Bishop Richard Allen
C. George Whitefield
D. Samuel Nunes
360. All the records from the Yazoo land fraud were burned in public in Georgia’s capital
city of
A. Savannah.
B. Louisville.
C. Atlanta.
D. Athens.
361. The Methodist and Baptist churches split over permitting
A. divorce.
B. slavery.
C. communion for children.
D. ordained women ministers.
362. Why was Louisville chosen as Georgia’s capital in 1786?
A. Louisville was more centrally located.
B. Louisville was the state’s largest city.
C. Louisville was the most important center for trade.
D. Louisville played an important role in the American Revolution.
363. The city of Louisville was modeled after
A. Atlanta.
B. New York.
C. Philadelphia.
D. Washington, D.C.
Use the chart to answer Questions 364-366.
Patterns of Immigration to the United States
1820-1860
Year
From Great Britain
From Ireland
From Germany
From Asia
1820
2,400
3,600
970
0
1830
1,150
2,720
1,900
0
1840
2,600
39,430
29,700
1
1850
51,000
164,000
72,000
7
1860
30,000
48,700
54,500
5,576
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364. According to the data, the largest increase in the number of immigrants was
A. from Asia between 1850 and 1860.
B. from Germany between 1830 and 1840.
C. from Ireland between 1840 and 1850.
D. from Great Britain between 1840 and 1850.
365. According to the data, which area sent the largest number of immigrants to the United
States from 1820 through 1860?
A. Asia
B. Ireland
C. Germany
D. Great Britain
366. According to the data, which is the largest increase in immigration?
A. from Ireland between 1830 and 1840
B. from Germany between 1840 and 1850
C. from Great Britain between 1840 and 1850
D. from Germany between 1830 and 1840
367. Which invention had the greatest effect on Georgia’s economy in the early 1800s?
A. railroad
B. telegraph
C. cotton gin
D. mechanical reaper
368. What LEAST affected industrialization during the period of western expansion?
A. loans for land purchases to increase commercial farming
B. abundant power and a supply of laborers for manufacturing
C. inventions such as the cotton gin, reaper, and cotton spinning wheels
D. the discovery of gold, which could be used as a source of funding or industrial
development
369. Which invention did NOT contribute directly to the industrialization of the United
States during the period of western expansion?
A. cotton gin
B. mechanical reaper
C. Franklin pot-bellied stove
D. water-powered spinning machine
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Use the map that follows to answer Questions 370-371.
Georgia Railroads
370. According to the map, which city was BEST served by early railroads in Georgia?
A. Savannah
B. Macon
C. Augusta
D. Atlanta
371. Which area of the state was LEAST served by early railroads in Georgia?
A. northwest
B. Atlantic coast
C. northeast
D. central
372. Atlanta at one time was called Terminus because
A. a majority of the railroads went through the city.
B. no major railroad went through the city.
C. the longest railroad line ended there.
D. all the railroads ended there.
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373. Who invented the cotton gin?
A. Cyrus McCormick
B. Eli Whitney
C. Elias Howe
D. John Deere
374. The cotton gin was used to
A. pick cotton.
B. plant cotton.
C. turn cotton fiber into thread.
D. separate the seeds from the cotton fiber.
375. Where was the first model of the cotton gin made?
A. Augusta
B. Macon
C. Savannah
D. Valdosta
376. Who invented the reaper?
A. Elias Howe
B. Cyrus McCormick
C. James Rumsey
D. Eli Whitney
377. How did the cotton gin and reaper affect Georgia farmers?
A. The inventions decreased the need for slaves.
B. The inventions gave farmers more leisure time.
C. The inventions increased the cost of farm products.
D. The inventions allowed farmers to work larger farms.
378. Which railroad became the primary railroad in Georgia in the 1830s?
A. Chesapeake and Ohio
C. Norfolk and Western
C. Baltimore and Ohio
D. Western and Atlantic
379. Before the railroad came to Georgia, which was NOT a method of transporting freight?
A. riverboat
B. steamboat
C. ferry
D. wagon train
380. What were roads that were built with logs in wet, swampy places called?
A. turnpikes
B. plank roads
C. highways
D. footpaths
381. How did Eli Whitney’s invention influence 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. It replenished the soil so that more cotton could be grown.
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382. What led to America’s becoming a “market economy”?
A. discovery of gold
B. growth of industrialization
C. expansion of transportation
D. development of commercial agriculture
383. Which was NOT a consequence of the depression that followed the Panic of 1837?
A. Because people had little money to buy goods, many businesses closed.
B. Because banks did not have enough cash to cover withdrawals, many banks failed.
C. Because the federal government rushed to print more money, the depression was shortlived.
D. Because many planters could not repay the bank loans on their land, they lost their
farms.
384. Which statement BEST explains the nation’s move to a market economy during the
period of western expansion?
A. The beginning of commercial agriculture produced cash crops.
B. The production of cash crops left little produce available for bartering.
C. The invention of the cotton gin allowed ten times more cotton production per day.
D. The opening of mills to spin cotton into yarn led the nation into an industrial period.
385. Which practice did NOT have the potential to hurt farmers in the new market economy?
A. Farmers borrowed money on their lands while waiting for crops to sell.
B. Farmers took risks on prices when deciding when to take crops to market.
C. Farmers borrowed heavily to buy more land to increase production for the marketplace.
D. Farmers used transportation facilities to move products to distant markets thus promoting
the expansion of railroads.
386. Which characteristic does NOT describe America’s movement into the industrial age?
A. the innovations in farming and inventions of manufacturing equipment
B. the investment of money to expand factories and production processes
C. the change from subsistence agriculture to commercial agriculture
D. the overextension of loans to farmers and factory owners
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To review the social class structure in the antebellum period, read pages 215-219 in Georgia
and the American Experience (Clairmont Press, 2005).
To review religion and early education in Georgia, read pages 128, 186-188, 242, and 543
in Georgia and the American Experience (Clairmont Press, 2005).
To review the impact of technological improvements in Georgia during the early 1800s,
read pages 179-183 in Georgia and the American Experience (Clairmont Press, 2005).
To learn more about the founding of the University of Georgia, go to
www.uga.edu/uga/history.html.
To read more about technological improvements, go to
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfarm.htm.
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QCC 24 Antebellum
Examines and analyzes political, economic, social, demographic and cultural characteristics
of antebellum Georgia and describes how Georgia compared to other areas of the United
States.
QCC 25 States’ Rights Slavery
Describes views about states’ rights and slavery and analyzes reasons for secession.
QCC 28 Independence, Reconstruction, and Influential People
Identifies influential Georgians from Independence through Reconstruction (men, women
and minorities).
GPS SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction
of Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War including
slavery, states rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the
Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate
over secession in Georgia and the role of Alexander Stephens.
387. Which statement does NOT describe the North’s position on states’ rights?
A. States should obey the laws passed by Congress.
B. All political decisions should be made to benefit the entire country.
C. The interests of the national government should take precedence over the states.
D. Politicians from states like Maine or New York cannot relate to the needs of states like
Georgia or South Carolina.
388. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by
A. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
B. Angelina Grimke.
C. William Lloyd Garrison.
D. Frederick Douglass.
389. According to the provisions of the Missouri Compromise, what state was admitted as a
free state?
A. California
B. Kansas
C. Maine
D. Missouri
390. What was the main importance of the Missouri Compromise?
A. It permitted slavery to expand into the upper midwestern United States.
B. It gave slaves states more representation than free states in Congress.
C. It ended border skirmishes between Missouri and Kansas.
D. It provided a temporary solution to the slavery question.
391. Sectionalism may BEST be defined as the
A. belief that one region is better or more important than another.
B. differences among states based on states’ rights.
C. allocation of resources based on need.
D. desire to divide two or more regions.
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392. Which was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
A. California entered the Union as a free state.
B. Slave trade was ended in the District of Columbia.
C. The territories of New Mexico and Utah would decide if they wanted to be slave or free.
D. Congress would pass a fugitive slave law to give freedom to slaves who ran away to free
states.
393. What is the correct sequence in which the following events occurred?
1. Kansas-Nebraska Act
2. Missouri Compromise
3. Mexican-American War
4. Dred Scott decision
A. 2-4-3-1
B. 3-1-4-2
C. 1-4-3-2
D. 2-3-1-4
394. Who was the spokesperson for the idea of popular sovereignty?
A. Jefferson Davis
B. Stephen Douglas
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Alexander Stephens
395. Which statement BEST describes the failure of compromise?
A. Compromise kept a balance between slave and free states.
B. Compromise is only possible among rational people.
C. Compromise did not prevent the Civil War.
D. Compromise is usually short-lived.
396. Which is NOT a reason for the South’s refusal to support high tariffs?
A. The South did not want to protect industries that were mostly located in the North.
B. The South feared foreign countries would retaliate and not buy its cotton.
C. The South did not have the money to pay the high tariff rates.
D. The South bought many goods from foreign countries.
397. Which was NOT a cause of the Civil War?
A. federalism
B. sectionalism
C. slavery
D. states’ rights
398. Who planned a slave revolt in nearby South Carolina?
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Gabriel Prosser
C. Nat Turner
D. Denmark Vesey
399. Who led the bloodiest slave revolt in American history?
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Gabriel Prosser
C. Nat Turner
D. Denmark Vesey
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400. Which definition BEST explains the Missouri Compromise?
A. It said slaves captured in free states had to be returned to slave states.
B. It allowed slavery in Maine but did not allow slavery in Missouri.
C. It maintained a balance of power between slave and free states.
D. It said that Missouri could have slavery.
401. Which was NOT a restriction imposed by slave codes?
A. Slaves could not testify against whites.
B. Slaves could not carry a weapon.
C. Slaves could not hit whites.
D. Slaves could not marry.
402. Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia)?
A. John Brown
B. Stonewall Jackson
C. Robert E. Lee
D. Lewis Washington
403. What was the name given to a system of roads, houses, river crossings, boats, wagons,
woods and streams that provided an escape route for slaves?
A. Chariot Way
B. Freedom Trail
C. North Star Route
D. Underground railroad
Use the map to answer Question 404.
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404. According to the map of the underground railroad, where did MOST escaped slaves
from Georgia flee to?
A. Florida
B. Michigan
C. Pennsylvania
D. across the Mississippi River
405. Who was the conductor on the underground railroad referred to as Moses?
A. Harriet Tubman
B. Sojourner Truth
C. James Fairfield
D. Henry Brown
406. What Georgia leader became the vice president of the Confederate States of America?
A. Robert Toombs
B. Alexander Stephens
C. Herschel Johnson
D. Joseph Brown
407. Which statement explains how the Dred Scott decision pushed the nation closer to war?
A. The Supreme Court ruled that, while slaves were citizens, they could not sue.
B. The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not stop slavery in
territories.
C. The Supreme Court denied the legal right of the southern states and their institution of
slavery.
D. The Supreme Court ruled that slave owners had to be reimbursed for slaves who escaped
on the underground railroad.
408. Who was the governor of Georgia during the Civil War?
A. Joseph E. Brown
B. Tunis Campbell
C. Alfred Colquitt
D. John B. Gordon
409. Who was the Republican candidate for president of the United States in 1860?
A. John Bell
B. John Breckenridge
C. Stephen A. Douglas
D. Abraham Lincoln
410. Which statement about the election of 1860 is FALSE?
A. A person who received a minority of the votes cast was elected.
B. The Republican party had a presidential candidate for the first time.
C. A candidate who received votes from only one section of the country was elected
president.
D. The person elected president won without receiving one electoral vote from the states
in the South.
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411. After Lincoln’s election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?
A. Joseph Brown
B. Thomas Cobb
C. Alexander Stephens
D. Robert Toombs
412. Which outcome resulted from the Compromise of 1850?
A. Slavery was eliminated in the District of Columbia.
B. California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state with no slavery.
C. Texas was allowed to annex New Mexico, extending slavery into that territory.
D. Popular sovereignty was established, allowing states to vote on whether or not to have
slavery.
413. 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.
414. What Georgians held positions of leadership in the Confederate States of America?
A. Jefferson Davis and Herschel V. Johnson
B. Robert Toombs and Alexander Stephens
C. Joseph Brown and Thomas Cobb
D. John Fremont and C. B. Strong
415. Why did the United States Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
A. because he was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere
B. because he did not live long enough in a free territory to be free
C. because Scott was a slave, he was not eligible to sue in court
D. because he returned to a slave state, he could not be freed
416. What was the “Georgia Platform”?
A. It was a statement supporting states’ rights.
B. It was a statement supporting popular sovereignty.
C. It was a statement supporting the Compromise of 1850.
D. It was a statement supporting slavery throughout the United States.
417. The purpose of the Constitutional Union party in Georgia was to
A. preserve the Constitution.
B. replace the Republican party in the South.
C. get acceptance of the Compromise of 1850.
D. illustrate the differences between the North and the South.
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Use Figure 22 to answer Questions 418-420.
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418. How much did a slave cost in 1840?
A. $750
B. $1,000
C. $1,250
D. $1,500
419. In what year did slaves cost the least?
A. 1820
B. 1830
C. 1840
D. 1850
420. During what ten-year period did the
cost of slaves stay the same?
A. 1820-1830
B. 1830-1840
C. 1840-1850
D. 1850-1860
421. Who was responsible for the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A. Henry Clay
B. Stephen A. Douglas
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Daniel Webster
422. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?
A. It made Missouri a free state.
B. It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
C. It permitted slavery north of Missouri’s southern boundary.
D. It changed the requirements necessary for a territory to become a state.
To review the events leading to the Civil War, read pages 215-249 in Georgia and the American
Experience (Clairmont Press, 2005).
To learn more about the events leading up to the Civil War, go to
www.teacheroz.com/Civil_War_Causes.htm.
To learn more about Georgia’s secession, go to
www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/secess.htm.
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