SS8H5 The Civil War Review

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The decisiveness over whether a state can fully govern what goes occurs inside their own state borders is BEST summarized as which of the following pre-Civil War concerns?
Options: slavery, secession, states' rights, nullification

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states' rights

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Union General Grant appointed General Sherman to lead western forces. He focused on destroying railway lines and was successful in capturing which major railroad hub?

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Atlanta

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Prior to the Civil War, which of the following did Georgia willingly accept even though it caused division in the South? states' rights, Fugitive Slave Law, Georgia Platform, Compromise of 1850

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Compromise of 1850

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The state of Georgia was pivotal in influencing the entire South regarding the issue of slavery. Which of the following stated that Georgia would officially accept the Compromise of 1850? Stephen's Law, Fugitive Slave Law, Georgia Platform, Compromise of 1850

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Georgia Platform

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Due to cash crops like cotton, the South depended on which of the following to maintain its economy?

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slavery

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Which of the following would be the BEST title for the box? Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850, Resist Congress’s efforts to outlaw slavery, Support slavery in new territories

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provisions in the Georgia Platform

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Due to south and specifically Georgia’s dependence on its coastal ports, Union General Winfield’s war strategy consisted of which of the following plans? Options: utilizing northern factories to create weaponry, a naval blockade of the Southern coast, destroying all naval yards in the southern states, creating a new branch of the military called the Navy.

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a naval blockade of the Southern coast

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To prevent the Confederacy from receiving supplies via ship and from trading cotton overseas, which naval strategy did the Union establish?

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Union Blockade

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Which of the following BEST identifies the Union military campaign led by Union General Sherman to destroy Confederate supply lines, factories, and buildings beginning in Atlanta and ending at the Savannah coast in 1864? Options: March to Savannah, Atlanta, March to Sea, Chattanooga

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March to Sea

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Which of the following BEST summarizes how Sherman’s March to the Sea affected the state of Georgia? this campaign distracted the South’s and diverted their focus to port cities , it built up the economy in the state due to the creation of more industry, it devastated the economy of Georgia, it reignited the South and the state’s decision to reenter the Union.

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it devastated the economy of Georgia