GA Studies Bingo: Civil War - Progressive Era (before WWI)

1. GA Studies Bingo: Civil War - Progressive Era (before WWI)

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3. 1 • This Civil War battle was the bloodiest single day of battle in US History. • Conf. General Robert E. Lee’s goal was to invade the North, attack the nations capital of Washington, and get much-needed supplies and food. • The Union Army, under Gen. George Meade, wins the battle and blocks Lee’s 1st invasion of the North. Check Your Answer

4. 1 Answer: ANtietam Back to the Game Board

5. 2 • This Civil War prison camp was located in southern Georgia. • It is known for its especially horrific conditions – lack of food, clothing, shelter, medical care…unsanitary, disease-causing environment. • It was created in 1864, and although it was only open for about 15 months, an estimated 13,000 Union soldiers diethere. • Conf. Captain Henry Wirz was prosecuted and hangedfor these crimes despite his pleads to the Confederate govt. for help. They just didn’t have those things to spare – they didn’t even have enough of these supplies for themselves. Check Your Answer

6. 2 Answer: Andersonville Back to the Game Board

7. 3 These laws were created to keep blacks and whites in separate facilities and institutions. GA had more than 27 of them from the 1860s – 1960s. Created to keep violence and racial mixing to a minimum, most today believe that they caused more violence to occur. Check Your Answer

8. 3 Answer: Jim Crow Laws Back to the Game Board

9. 4 • This organizationwas started by the U.S. government in 1865 in order to helpfreed slaves and poor whites with the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter after the Civil War. • Soon, the purpose shifted to education, and it created 4,000 primary schools, started industrial schools for jobs training, and started teacher-training schools. • Southern, white Democrats disliked this organization and felt like it gave freedmen and women “plenty eat and nothing to do.” Check Your Answer

10. 4 Answer: The freedman’s bureau Back to the Game Board

11. 5 This man was one of the very first African- American menelected to GA’s General Assembly. This happened in 1867 during Reconstruction in GA. He was a minister for the Union army during the Civil War, was active in the AME Church (African Methodist Church), and was a key target of the KKK. He and other African-American legislators were removed from office in 1868, but they sued the state, and the GA Supreme Court ruled that they be readmitted in 1870. Check Your Answer

12. 5 Answer: Henry mcneal turner Back to the GameBoard

13. These men were both African-American civil rights leaders in the early 1900s. The first encouraged African-Americans to accept their lower social status for the time being and to focus instead on advancement through career training, education, and economic independence. He thought that over time, whites would realize that blacks should be treated more fairly. He gave a famous speech about this called “The Atlanta Compromise” at the 1895 International Cotton Expo. The other man believed that African Americans could only gain respect from and equality with educated and powerful white people through the development of a black elite class which he called the “talented tenth.” He thought the other man’s approach was weak and would take too long to work. The 2nd man was also the founding leader of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) 6 Check Your Answer

14. 6 Answer: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois Back to the Game Board

15. 7 This military plan was a massive effort by the Union Navy to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the Confederate States of America. At first 5/6 attempts to slip through the blockade were successful, but by 1864, only half were successful. Confederate cotton exports were reduced 95% from 10 million bales in the three years prior to the war to just 500,000 bales during the blockade period. Check Your Answer

16. 7 Answer:The union blockade Back to the Game Board

17. 8 Released after the Union army’s win at Antietam, this document freed all slaves living in “states in rebellion” after Jan. 1, 1863. Confederate states were given 90 days from Sept 22, 1862 to come back to the US, and if they did, they wouldn’t have to give up their slaves. Freeing slaves in states in rebellion would help the Union by allowing freedmen of combat age to join the Union arm, and it would hurt the Confederacy because freedmen would stop working on farms and plantations and this would cause the South to suffer economically. Check Your Answer

18. 8 Answer: emancipation proclamation Back to the Game Board

19. 9 This riot was one of the worst in US History. It started after lies were spread in local Atlanta newspapers that alleged that black men were assaulting white women. In the end, over 20 died and hundreds were injured, and black businesses were looted, vandalized, and burned. Check Your Answer

20. 9 Answer: Atlanta Riot of 1906 Back to the Game Board

21. 10 These were two missions of a famous Union general while in GA during the last year of the Civil War. He hoped to destroy railroad lines and infrastructure on his way to Atlanta, take over the 2nd most important city in the Confederacy – Atlanta, and then march to Savannah to destroy factories producing anything of war-making value, cotton farms, gins, and storehouses. He attacked the civilian infrastructure between Atlanta and Savannah in order to force Georgia troops home to defend their homes/families and to end support for the war and thus shorten the war. Check Your Answer

22. 10 Answer: sherman’s atlanta campaign and sherman’s march to the sea Back to the Game Board

23. 11 These were both ways that poor whites and newly-freed blacks farmed after the Civil War. Both types of farmers relied on a landowner for land and some supplies; however, one of them had a clear advantage because they came into the relationship already having some supplies and therefore did not have to go into as much debt as the other farmer did. Both were extremely tough and not very profitable, and over time they becomes unprofitable for the land owners too. Check Your Answer

24. 11 Answer: sharecropping and tenant farming Back to the Game Board

25. 12 This battle was one of the few Confederate victories in the state of GA during the Civil war . It occurred near the city of Chattanooga, TN in Nw Georgia, and it temporarily slowed down Union forces who eventually planned on taking over the city of Atlanta, GA. Check Your Answer

26. 12 Answer: Chickamauga Back to the Game Board

27. 13 This amendment to the US Constitution said that all slaves were free. Check Your Answer

28. 13 Answer: Answer: the 13th amendment Back to the Game Board

29. 14 These three men were the governors of GA from the Civil War until the early 1900s. They were known for wanting GA to become more industrialized like the North and for wanting whites to stay in power in the government. They were sometimes called the “redeemers” because they wanted to “redeem” GA from the hands of blacks and Republicans, who in their mind, would mess the state up. Check Your Answer

30. 14 Answer: Bourbon triumvirate Back to the Game Board

31. 15 These terms have to do with the way in which blacks had their right to vote messed with in the early-mid 1900s in GA. The first term means to take away someone’s right to vote. The second term means to draw up an election district in such a way that it benefits a certain group. It was done to weaken numbers of black voters and make it so that there were more whites in the district to overpower them at the polls. There were also poll taxes that had to be paid to be able to vote and the grandfather clause which stated that only blacks with grandparents who voted after the Civil War were able to vote. Check Your Answer

32. 15 Answer: Disenfranchisement and gerrymandering Back to the Game Board

33. 16 This battle happened in Pennsylvania in July of 1863, and resulted in a Union victory that ended Gen. Robert E. Lee’s 2nd invasion of the North. This 3 day battle was the bloodiest of the Civil War – 51,000 casualties. Check Your Answer

34. 16 Answer: Gettysburg Back to the Game Board

35. 17 This man was a great promoter of the “New South.” He stated that race relations were improving in GA, and that business was booming! And, the second term describes a fair that occurred in Atlanta in 1865. It was designed to attract business and investors to the South and to show of all of the newest and coolest innovations in agriculture and manufacturing. Check Your Answer

36. 17 Answer: Henry Grady andthe international cotton exposition Back to the Game Board

37. 18 This woman was known for her efforts to reform prison life (the convict lease system), get women the right to vote, and outlaw alcohol. She was also a journalist at the Atlanta Journal. She is most known for being the 1st woman to serve in the US Senate. Check Your Answer

38. 18 Answer: Rebecca latimer Felton Back to the Game Board

39. 19 This court case gave Jim Crow laws the ability to spread like wildfire throughout the US. A man named Homer _______ sued for his right to sit in the “white only” car of a train in Louisiana. The US Supreme Court decided that it was okay to separate the races as long as the facilities are equal. Check Your Answer

40. 19 Answer: plessy v. ferguson Back to the Game Board

41. 20 This man was a member of the Populist party, he served in the GA Gen. Assembly and US Congress, and he cared deeply for struggling white AND black farmers (this was rare at the time!). He is most known for representing their interests by creating the Rural Free Delivery Bill – which led to those in rural areas (mainly farmers) getting their mail for free. Check Your Answer

42. 20 Answer: Tom watson and the Populists Back to the Game Board

43. 21 This carpetbagger was lynched by the KKK after he was broken out of the state prison at Milledgeville. He was found guilty of killing 14 yr. old Mary Phagan (an employee at his pencil factory), and was sentenced to death. The sentence was later changed to life in jail because of the limited amount of evidence against him. Check Your Answer

44. 21 Answer: Leo Frank Back to the Game Board

45. 22 This system made it to where white rural counties, which only had 1/3 of the state’s population, could decide the outcome of an election. The 38 most populated counties in GA had nearly 2/3 of the population of the state, and they were more likely to vote for blacks or Republicans. It wasn’t ruled unconstitutional until 1962!! CRAZY!!! Check Your Answer

46. 22 Answer: the county unit system Back to the Game Board

47. 23 • These people were all leaders for black Georgians. • The first two people were a married couple. The • husband was the president of Atlanta University, and he • was part of group that organized NAACP. His wife, Lugenia, • worked to improve sanitation, roads, healthcare and • education for African American neighborhoods in Atlanta. • The third person started barber businesses and purchased • a small insurance company called Atlanta Mutual Life • Insurance Company. He managed it so well that it is now • one of the largest African American businesses in the US • and is worth over $200 million and operates in 17 states. Check Your Answer

48. 23 Answer: John and lugenia hope and alonzo herndon Back to the Game Board

49. 24 This amendment to the US Constitution said that all freedmen were now citizens of the US, and that the federal government had the power to intervene any time civil rights were taken from them. The next amendment was ratified in 1870, and it said that a citizens’ right to vote could not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude…meaning that blacks were SPECIFICALLY given the RIGHT TO VOTE (not just be citizens). Check Your Answer

50. 24 Answer: the 14h and 15th amendments Back to the Game Board