Georgia Role in Civil War

Multiple Choice

Which war began over intense issues over states rights and slavery?

• Cold War

• Vietnam War

• Civil War

• Battle of Kettle Creek

Multiple Choice

How did Abraham Lincoln winning the election of 1860 lead to the Civil War?

• He wanted slavery and to get rid of the Union

• He was paying for votes and Promised to raise pay

• He agreed to ban slavery

• He was against slavery and he wanted to preserve the union

Multiple Choice

What did the union troops do in response to the attack on Ft. Sumter?

( HINT: They blocked the ports to weaken the south)

• Union Blockade

  (anaconda)

• Provided more ships

• Started the civil war

• Held the president hostage

Multiple Choice

Which of these BEST describes the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It allowed slavery to remain unaltered in states who already used slave labor.

• Former slaves were afforded the right to join the war effort.

• It immediately freed the slaves throughout the country.

• The President abolished slavery in the southern states.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• They both dealt with slavery in the new territories

• They both dealt with nullification

• They both made the south get an advantage in the Senate

• They led to the election of Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

Private citizens who took the risk of sneaking past the Union blockade for the chance at huge profits.

• slaves

• women

• blockade runners

• soldiers

Multiple Choice

What was another name for the South during the Civil War?

• Union

• Whigs

• Tories

• Confederacy

Multiple Choice

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A law that made slave owners return the slaves that they stole from other plantations

• A law that made the plantation owners return any slaves that rebelled rather than cause harm to them physically

• A law that made northern states return any slaves that escaped from the South

• A law that stated that slaves were property

Multiple Choice

What strategy does this picture illustrate?

• south's plan to sell cotton to Europe
• Northern plan of naval blockade to stop southern trade
• south's strategy to trade with the North
• North's plan to reopen trade with the South to get cotton

Multiple Choice

What years did the Civil War occur? 

• 1775-1783
• 1941-1945
• 1914-1918
• 1861 - 1865

Multiple Choice

The Civil War began when

• Lincoln was elected president.
• the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor
• South Carolina seceded from the Union.
• Union troops attacked Confederate troops at Bull Run in Virginia.

Multiple Choice

Which event happened first?
Think about cause and effect...

• South Carolina secedes from the Union.
• Lincoln is elected president.