The reconstruction era - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What economic trend transformed the South in the mid-nineteenth century? - ANSWER The South experienced a dramatic rise in cotton production Before the Civil War, what campaign was intended to keep slavery out of new territories? - ANSWER Free-Soil Movement Which significant political shift characterized Andrew Jackson's presidency? - ANSWER more people involved in the political process What antebellum philosophy in America sparked the creation of new reform institutions? - ANSWER the ...

Which sentence best describes pre-Columbian societies of the Southwest? - Correct answer-They built irrigation systems and constructed towns Who were the first inhabitants of the American continent? - Correct answer-Migrants who crossed over from Asia Why did the Colonial government in Massachusetts vote to deport Roger Williams? - Correct answer-He preached separation from the Church of England What prompted the influx of African slaves to the Southern Colonies and the Caribbean in 1619?...

ABCTE Elementary Education Exam 206 Questions with Verified Answers Magna Carta - CORRECT ANSWER (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom 13th Ammendment - CORRECT ANSWER officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude. Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER 1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, n...

Who founded Georgia and what was his position? James Edward Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? -1732 -To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida Who was James Wright? -Georgia's third and final royal Governor who fled the colony when the American Revolution began -Battle of Rice Boats Yazoo Land Fraud: When did it happen, what happened, and how was it fixed? -1795 -Sale of land in Miss...

UGA History Exemption Test 2022/2023 Georgia Already Passed Human history in Georgia dates back to the _______ era which took place ____ years ago. Paleoindian, 13,000 The _____ Period took place from AD 800-1600. Complex native cultures organized as ____ emerged. Mississippian, chiefdoms With the arrival of European explorers and settlers, ______ cultures began to ______. Mississippian, decline The _____ and _____ Indian tribes played significant roles in the colonial history of Georgia. Cr...

Texas Gov 2306 Collin College -TX GOV 2306 EXAM 1 (ch 1, 2, 14) verified already passed Texas 6 flags - correct answer 1. Spain 1540, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado spread rumors about treasures in Texas 2. France 1685, Sieur de La Salle landed in TX accidentally (Spain returns) 1689, presidios y missions settle Tejanos settled in the RGV 3. republic of Mexico, 1824. fight at the Alamo Feb 1836 4. republic of TX 5.U.S. flag - TX became 28th state of the union 6. confederate flag Gon...

Chesapeake Bay Area - majority of migrants who moves there were indentured servants, economy based on tobacco, few women, less democratic Deism - the belief that God had created the world but allowed it to operate through the laws of nature exodusters - african americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start a new in Kansas (west) scalawags - term used by southerners in the reconstruction era for fellow southerners who either supported republican reco...

US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA) Already Passed In what year was Georgia established? 1732 When did settlement take place in Savannah? 1733 How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the colony itself? Two decades Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? Board of Trustees Define: Board of Trustees The governing body of Georgia in London England. King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board What years is Geor...

A white Northern Republican living in the Reconstruction-era South was referred to disparagingly as . . . An interloper A scalawag A carpetbagger A no good Yankee liar A carpetbagger According to advocates of laissez faire economics, which of these conditions could be achieved by the free market forces of supply and demand? a fair wage for laborers better safety conditions in the workplace greater productivity all of the above all of the above In the examples of Black...

CLEP EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024/2025 Which of the following best describes the experiences of the most recently freed people following the reconstruction? - ANSWERSThey were forced back onto the plantations as sharecroppers. The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 provided for - ANSWERStemporary union military supervision of the former confedracy The second Sioux war () in which Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn, was caused by all of the following EXCEPT - ANSWERSA- The e...