Georgia Studies Guided Reading/OneSheet 8th Grade

Standard Reconstruction Date:

SS8H6 Analyze c. Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan.
the impact of d. Examine reasons for and effects of the removal of African American or Black legislators from the
Reconstruction on Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction
Georgia

Scavenger Hunt for Seminar

Vocabulary: draw a line matching each word to its definition. Use the reading.
Word Draw Line Definition
Disband *State legislature of Georgia
General Assembly *power, dominance
Supremacy *remove, banish
Expel *Political party that supported southern farmers over manufacturing
Democrats *Political party that supported Freedman rights and political freedoms
Republicans *scatter, separate
1. Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau created? ___________________________________________________________
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2. Name at least 2 things the Freedmen’s Bureau did successfully.
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3. What organization was formed that opposed the Freedmen’s Bureau? ____________________________________
4. When and where did the KKK start? ________________________________________________________________
5. What is the official “definition” of the KKK? __________________________________________________________
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6. What were at least 2 goals of the KKK?
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2. _______________________________________________________________________________________
7. How were the KKK successful? ____________________________________________________________________
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8. When did the KKK disband? _______________________________________________________________________
9. What happened in 1915? _________________________________________________________________________
10. What important political freedom did the Freedmen gain during reconstruction? ____________________________
11. After African-Americans gained political freedoms, what happened in the Georgia Assembly? __________________
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12. What happened a few days after the 32 African Americans session began? _________________________________
13. What were some reasons the Democrats expelled the black legislatures? __________________________________
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14. Other than being kicked out of office, what else happened to black political leaders? _________________________
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15. After Georgia was placed under military control, what changed in the General Assembly? _____________________
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16. What is one of the most important contributions of the black legislatures? _________________________________
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17. When was Georgia readmitted into the Union? _______________________________________________________
13th Amendment (1865) 14th Amendment (1868) 15th Amendment (1870)