CRCT Practice

Daily Warm-Ups

Antebellum Period to the Civil War

SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include 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.

Slavery



_____198) How much did a slave cost in 1840?
a. $750
b. $1,000
c. $1,250
d. $1,500

_____199) In what year did slaves cost the least?
a. 1820
b. 1830
c. 1840
d. 1850

_____200) 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


_____201) Why were people from Africa brought to Georgia?
a. to help fight Georgias enemies
b. to settle the backcountry
c. to be forced into labor
d. to help produce silk

_____202) 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.

_____203) What was the major type of labor used on Georgias plantations before the Civil War?
a. indenturered servitude
b. hourly wage labor
c. sharecropping
d. slavery



_____204) How many bales of cotton were produced in 1845?
a. 2,000,000
b. 1,750,000
c. 1,250,000
d. 1,000,000

_____205) What is the main idea presented in this graph?
a. Bales of cotton went up in price as the Civil War approached.
b. The slave population increased sharply between 1800 and 1860.
c. Slavery decreased as a result of abolitionists refusing to buy cotton.
d. As cotton production in the U.S. increased, so did the number of slaves.

States Rights

_____206) Which region of the United States believed that the 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

_____207) States rights can BEST be defined as the belief that states
a. could not free their states.
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 force the national government to turn over all national government property to the states.

_____208) 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.

Nullification

_____209) 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

_____210) In 1832, the state of South Carolina attempted to exert its states rights by nullifying a Congressional tariff.
Who had said that this action was permitted?
a. John C. Calhoun
b. Henry Clay
c. Zachary Taylor
d. Millard Fillmore

Missouri Compromise

_____211) 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 of slave and free states.
d. let Missouri have slavery until 1850.

_____212) Which states 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.

_____213) Which was the result of the Compromise of 1850?
a. Owning slaves was forbidden in Washington, D.C.
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.

_____214) 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.
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.

_____215) The Georgia Platform was a statement supporting
a. states rights.
b. popular sovereignty.
c. the Compromise of 1850.
d. slavery throughout the United States.

_____216) 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 South.

_____217) The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act to
a. require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs.
b. prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials.
c. require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners.
d. prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings.




























_____218) The Underground Railroad was a network of people helping escaped slaves leave the south for freedom in
northern cities. To which city did most blacks from Georgia fell?
a. Boston, Massachusetts
b. Chicago, Illinois
c. Indianapolis, Indiana
d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

_____219) Through which free states did most of the routes run?
a. Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
b. Missouri and Illinois
c. New York and Pennsylvania
d. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia

Kansas-Nebraska Act

_____220) Who was responsible for the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a. Henry Clay
b. Stephen A. Douglas
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. Daniel Webster

_____221) 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 Missouris southern boundary.
d. It changed the requirements necessary for a territory to become a state.

The Dred Scott Case

_____222) Why did the U.S. 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 and he was not eligible to sue in court
d. because he returned to a slave state and he could not be freed

_____223) Which statement explains how the Dred Scott decision pushed the nation closer to war?
a. The Supreme Court rules that, while slaves were citizens, they could not sue.
b. The Supreme Court ruled that slavery was not a legal right of the southern states.
c. The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not stop slavery in the territories.
d. The Supreme Court ruled that slave owners had to be reimbursed for slaves who escaped on the
Underground Railroad.

Election of 1860


Candidate Popular Vote
Georgia
Popular Vote
National
Electoral Vote
Bell 42,060 592,906 39
Breckinridge 52,176 848,356 72
Douglas 11,582 1,382,713 12
Lincoln 0 1,865,593 180
TOTAL 106,717 4,689,568 303

_____224) Which candidate for president of the United States in 1860 won the electoral vote?
a. John Bell
b. John Breckinridge
c. Stephen A. Douglas
d. Abraham Lincoln

_____225) Which candidate won the majority of the vote in only two states in his bid for the presidency?
a. John bell
b. John Breckinridge
c. Stephen A. Douglas
d. Abraham Lincoln

_____226) Which two candidates split the southern vote?
a. Lincoln and Douglas
b. Douglas and Breckinridge
c. Breckinridge and Bell
d. Bell and Lincoln

_____227) Which candidate for president was the choice of people living in Georgia?
a. John Bell
b. John Breckinridge
c. Stephen A. Douglas
d. Abraham Lincoln

_____228) Which state had the most electoral votes in 1860?
a. California
b. Georgia
c. New York
d. Texas

Debate Over Secession in Georgia and the Role of Alexander Stephens

_____229) Which Confederate official was from Georgia?
a. Jefferson Davis, the president
b. Lyman Hall, the secretary of state
c. Alexander Stephens, the vice president
d. William Sherman, the commander-in-chief

_____230) After Lincolns election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?
a. Joseph Brown
b. Thomas Cobb
c. Alexander Stephens
d. Robert Toombs

SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation,
Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgias coast, Shermans Atlanta Campaign,
Shermans March to the Sea, and Andersonville.

Antietam

_____231) Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?
a. Antietam
b. Gettysburg
c. Shiloh
d. Vicksburg

_____232) The Battle of Antietam took place in
a. the Deep South.
b. Maryland.
c. Pennsylvania.
d. Virginia.

Emancipation Proclamation

_____233) After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
a. Vicksburg
b. Gettysburg
c. Bull Run
d. Antietam

_____234) How was the Emancipation Proclamation a concession to the South?
a. All slaves would be freed.
b. Only male slaves would be freed.
c. The South could keep their slaves if they stopped fighting.
d. The slaves could decide if they wanted to remain on the plantation.

Gettysburg

_____235) In what state did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
a. Maryland
b. Mississippi
c. Pennsylvania
d. Virginia

_____236) Who was the Confederate commander at the Battle of Gettysburg?
a. Ulysses S. Grant
b. Robert E. Lee
c. George McClellan
d. George Meade

Chickamauga

_____237) Who was the Confederate commander at Chickamauga?
a. P. G.T. Beauregard
b. Braxton Bragg
c. John Floyd
d. Robert E. Lee

_____238) Who was the Union commander at Chickamauga?
a. Ulysses S. Grant
b. George McClellan
c. William Rosecrans
d. William T. Sherman

_____239) Near what city is Chickamauga located?
a. Atlanta
b. Birmingham
c. Chattanooga
d. Savannah

_____240) Why was Chickamauga important to the North and the South?
a. It was a railroad center.
b. It was a major recruiting center for the South.
c. It was located halfway between two state capitals.
d. It had a number of factories that produced war supplies.

Union Blockade of Georgias Coast

_____241) What contributed to the lack of success of the Union blockade?
a. The South had a superior way.
b. Blockade runners slipped through the blockade.
c. Great Britain found other ways to trade with the South.
d. The Union did not have enough ships to enforce the blockade.

_____242) The South needed to keep its ports open during the war.
a. To maintain its navy for attacks on northern seaports.
b. To maintain the only major transportation resource in the South.
c. To ship and sell its cotton in Europe in exchange for supplies and arms.
d. To protect the privateers who were making millions in profits from the war.

Shermans Atlanta Campaign

_____243) Atlantas military importance to the Confederacy is that it was the
a. capital of the Confederacy.
b. most populated city in the Confederacy.
c. industrial and transportation center of the Confederacy.
d. home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy.

_____244) The fighting of the Civil War in Georgia can be described as
a. all in north Georgia.
b. light and almost nonexistent.
c. concentrated in the Savannah area.
d. heavy along a line from Dalton to Atlanta to Savannah.

_____245) Who was the Confederate commander during the battle for Atlanta?
a. John Floyd
b. John Hood
c. Robert E. Lee
d. William T. Sherman

_____246) How long did the Union army occupy Atlanta before burning it to the ground?
a. Two weeks
b. One month
c. Six weeks
d. Over two months

_____247) Who was the Union commander during the battle for Atlanta?
a. William T. Sherman
b. Robert E. Lee
c. John Hood
d. John Floyd


Shermans March to the Sea


































_____248) This map shows the United States in what year?
a. 1776
b. 1863
c. 1964
d. 1989

_____249) Which statement summarizes the information shown on this map?
a. The West is unsettled territory, yet the East is organized into large and small states.
b. The East is overpopulated, forcing citizens to move to the western territories.
c. The nation is divided evenly, North and South, into colonies and territories.
d. The nation is evenly split, East and West, into slave states and free states.

_____250) What Union general led the northern army on its March to the Sea and saw to it that much of Georgias
capital resources were destroyed?
a. Ulysses S. Grant
b. Stonewall Jackson
c. Robert E. Lee
d. William T. Sherman

_____251) After the destruction caused by his march through Georgia, why did General Sherman refrain from burning
Savannah?
a. He spared the hometown of his West Point roommate.
b. He gave Savannah to President Lincoln as a Christmas present.
c. He protected over $28 million worth of cotton stored in Savannah.
d. He had divided the upper and lower Confederacy and so did not need to destroy the city.

_____252) William T. Sherman attacked the civilian infrastructure between Atlanta and Savannah in order to
a. retaliate for lived lost in the battle for Atlanta.
b. force Georgia troops to return home to defend Georgia.
c. end civilian support for the war effort and shorten the war.
d. punish the South for seceding from the Union and forming the Confederacy.

Andersonville

_____253) Where was a notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?
a. Alcatraz
b. Andersonville
c. Belle Isle
d. Fulton

_____254) Who was the commander of the Confederate prison at Andersonville?
a. Henry Wirz
b. George Murphy
c. John Hood
d. John Calhoun

Miscellaneous

_____ Which describes the relationship between the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?
a. The Georgia Platform, which upheld Georgias right to slavery, led to a need for the Compromise of
1850.
b. They are the same event just known by two different names in Georgia.
c. It was the Georgia Platform, many believe, that saved the union because it showed southern support
for the Compromise of 1850.
d. Both events were trying to resolve the differences people had over the results of the Dred Scot case.

_____Which battle was important because it temporarily kept the Union army out of Georgia after they had taken
Chattanooga?
a. Gettysburg
b. Antietam
c. Andersonville
d. Chickamauga