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How did the United States respond to the removal of African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly?

• The federal government refused to readmit Georgia to the United States.

• The Freedmen's Bureau stopped providing aid to Georgia's citizens.

• The Supreme Court ruled that new elections must be held immediately.

• The president dissolved the assembly and called for new elections.

How did white legislators justify their removal of duly-elected African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction?

• They claimed that recent election results were caused by voter fraud.

• They claimed that African Americans had the right to vote but not to hold office.

• The Freedmen's Bureau stopped providing aid to Georgia's citizens.

• They claimed that recent election results were caused by unconstitutional redistricting.

Why were thirty-two newly elected members of the Georgia General Assembly removed from the legislature during Reconstruction?

• to eliminate opposition to legislation addressing social inequality

• to make the legislature more representative of the state's population

• to purge the government of former Confederate supporters

• to limit the political power and influence of African Americans

What was the goal of expelling African American legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction?

• to gain the support of Radical Republicans

• to convince the federal government to give Georgia aid

• to maintain white supremacy in state politics

• to bring an end to Georgia's county-unit electoral system

Why was Georgia placed under military control for a second time during Reconstruction and its reentry to the United States further delayed?

• Governor Rufus Bullock refused to support the expulsion of former members of the Confederacy from his cabinet and other posts in the state government.

• State leaders refused to provide the funding and resources necessary to enable the Freedmen's Bureau to carry out its work in support of the poor.

• Businesses throughout Georgia refused to engage in trade with the North in protest of the state's treatment in the aftermath of the Civil War.

• Racial violence and widespread political fraud followed in the wake of the forced removal of African American legislators from the General Assembly.

Following the Civil War, what were TWO ways Georgia's economy changed?

• The economy became less dependent on oil revenue.

• The economy became more diversified and industrial.

• The economy became less reliant on large-scale manufacturing.

• The economy became less dependent on trade with other states.

• The economy became more reliant on the practice of sharecropping.

What was the main difference between tenant farmers and sharecroppers during Reconstruction?

• Sharecroppers were mostly immigrants from Europe, while tenant farmers were mostly freedmen and freedwomen.

• Most sharecroppers were carpetbaggers from the North, while most tenant farmers were former Confederate soldiers.

• Most tenant farmers owned tools and equipment, while sharecroppers relied on landowners for everything they needed.

• Tenant farmers were often indebted to the landowners who sold them supplies, while sharecroppers rapidly grew wealthy.

Following the Civil War, which crop was the MOST essential factor in the economic recovery of Georgia?

• corn

• cotton

• indigio

• wheat

The Civil War devastated the economy of Georgia, as well as the rest of the South. Which of the following was key to the economic recovery of the state during Reconstruction?

• rapid industrialization

• sharecropping and tenant farming

• fully integrated schools and workplaces

• redistribution of plantation land to freed slaves

Which statement correctly describes sharecropping as practiced in Georgia during Reconstruction?

• The system helped laborers purchase their own farms.

• The system kept laborers in constant debt to landowners.

• The system forced landowners to give land to former slaves.

• The system prevented landowners from exploiting former slaves.