Events of the Civil War

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What battle was said to be the bloodiest two days of the Civil War and a great victory for the South? This battle caused the Union forces to retreat into Chattanooga.

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Chickamauga

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Andersonville Prison held ______.

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Union POWs

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What city did General Sherman's army destroy in order for the Union army to continue the March to the Sea?

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Atlanta

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Atlanta was the most important military target in Georgia because ___.

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It was the industrial and transportation center

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What was the impact of Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

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It left a path of devastation and destruction from Atlanta to Savannah.

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How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war strategy of the North?

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It caused the North to seek Total War and destroy the South.

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How was the South impacted by the freeing of the slaves during the Civil War?

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The south ignored the law although many freed slaves did join the Union.

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What was the purpose of the naval blockade by Union ships on the coast of Georgia?

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It was an attempt to block all supply routes between the South and Britain.

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The idea that a state can declare a federal law invalid within its borders

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nullification

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The economy of the South depended largely on

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Slave labor.