2Nd Semester Georgia Studies Study Guide

2nd Semester Georgia Studies Study Guide

Antebellum Period

1)Define/identify the following:

1. “manifest destiny” –

1. Dahlonega, Georgia –

1. Fugitive Slave Law –

1. Frederick Douglas –

1. Harriet Beecher Stowe –

1. William Lloyd Garrison –

1. Harriet Tubman –

1. Sectionalism –

2)What was significant/purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

3)How did the Dred Scott decision push the nation closer to war?

4)Explain the Compromise of 1850.

5)What were the results of the Compromise of 1850, and who did they benefit?

Benefit the North / Benefit the South

6)During the Antebellum Period, which group had the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives?

7)How did Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin influence the growth of slavery in the South

Civil War and Reconstruction

1)Define/Identify the following:

1. “March to the Sea” campaign –

1. Emancipation Proclamation –

1. Freedmen’s Bureau –

1. 13th Amendment –

1. 14th Amendment –

1. 15th Amendment –

1. Georgia Act of 1869 –

1. Ku Klux Klan –

1. Tenant farmers –

1. Sharecroppers –

2)Why did Sherman attack the civilian infrastructure between Atlanta and Savannah?

3)Why did the South need to keep its ports open during the Civil War?

4)Why did the Union blockade go as far north as Delaware?

5)What was the purpose of the Union blockade?

6)What were the contributions of the Freedman’s Bureau

7)Why was the 14th Amendment passed?

8)Who were the three Black legislators who were expelled from the General Assembly? Why were they expelled?

9)Under the radical Republican plan for reconstruction, what Amendment did the southerners have to ratify in response to the rise in violence of the Ku Klux Klan in order to be readmitted to the Union?

10)What was required under Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan?

11)What was required under the radical Republican Reconstruction Plan?

New South and Progressive Era

1)Define/identify the following:

1. Henry Grady –

1. Tom Watson –

1. Populists –

1. Jim Crow laws –

1. Plessy v. Ferguson –

1. Disenfranchisement –

1. Booker T. Washington –

1. W.E.B. DuBois –

1. The International Cotton Exposition –

1. Rebecca Latimer Felton –

1. Nineteenth Amendment –

1. New South –

2)What type of economic activity would Henry Grady favor? What type of economic activity would Tom Watson favor?

3)What were the purposes of the International Cotton Exposition?

4)What was the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906? How did the state government respond?

5)How did W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington differ on the issue of equality?

6)What groups were targeted by the Ku Klux Klan?

7)Who was a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?

8)What is the significance of Rebecca Latimer Felton in regards to the 19th Amendment and women’s suffrage?

Government

1)Who provides the power to the government?

2)Which branch is the smallest? Largest?

3)How many days are in the session for the General Assembly?

4)Where does the most of the work take place in the General Assembly?

5)How many years is a term of office for a representative or senator in the General Assembly?

6)What is the purpose of the following committees:

1. Standing –

1. Conference –

1. Joint –

7)What vote is required to pass a bill in either house?

8)What is the line of succession if the Governor is unable to serve?

9)How many years is a term of office for Governor?

10)How many consecutive years can a Governor serve?

11)Name three state officials in the executive branch who are elected.

12)State the purpose of each type of court:

1. Municipal (city) court –
2. Magistrate court –
3. Probate court –
4. Juvenile court –
5. State court –
6. Superior court –
7. Court of Appeals –
8. Supreme Court –

13)How many jurors are on a Grand Jury in Georgia? Purpose of a Grand Jury?

14)What is the difference between civil and criminal courts

15)What is Due Process of law?

20th Century

1)Define/Identify the following:

1. Herman Talmadge –

1. Eugene Tallmadge –

1. Ellis Arnall –

1. M.E. Thompson –

1. Maynard Jackson –

1. Andrew Young –

1. Asa Candler –

1. Truett Cathy –

1. Arthur Blank –

1. Albany Movement –

1. March on Washington –

1. Sibley Commission –

1. Franklin Roosevelt –

2)Who is the only Georgia to win the U.S. presidency?

3)Explain the end of the White Primary.

4)Explain the 1946 Governor’s Race

5)How were Andrew Young and Maynard Jackson important in the African American communities?

6)Why would the film industry choose Georgia as a destination to film their show, movie, documentary, etc.?