Civil War Unit/Checkpoint Challenge Test Practice

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Where in Georgia did 11,000 union soldiers die from exposure, disease, and starvation in only a 10 month period in 1864? Options: Chickamauga, Atlanta, Savannah, Andersonville

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Andersonville

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Who was the commander of the Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp that was executed after the war?

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Henry Wirz

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What was a major result of the South not being able to ship its cotton to buyers in Europe due to the Union's Naval Blockade of Southern ports?

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Severe economic problems such as inflation and shortages of goods

Front

Which answer describes the Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea?

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The only two extended major military campaigns fought in Georgia in the Civil War

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What did General Sherman and his troops do once the Confederate Army evacuated the city of Atlanta in September, 1864?

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They burned the city to the ground.

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What was one of the major reasons for Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in Sept. 1862?

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He was hoping to end the war as quickly as possible

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Why were General Sherman and his 90,000 Union troops so destructive to civilians and their private properties?

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They wanted to break the fighting spirit of the South.

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Who received the most votes from Georgian's in the 1860 presidential election?

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Southern Democrat John Breckinridge

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How many votes did the Republican Candidate Abraham Lincoln receive in Georgia for the presidential election of 1860?

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0

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What part of the Compromise of 1850 angered northerners because they were going to be forced to report runaway slaves or anyone who assisted runaway slaves so the slaves could be returned to their owners in the south?

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The Fugitive Slave Act