GA's Role in the Civil War SS8H5B Part 1

Multiple Choice

Why did people in the North and the South have such different views (opinions) about slavery?

• The South's economy depended on slavery and the North's economy did not.

• Most people in the South believed slavery was morally wrong.

• Northerners thought slavery was hindering (getting in the way of) the nation's economic growth.

• Southerners wanted to eliminate slavery gradually; northerners wanted to get rid of it all at once.

Multiple Choice

People who were opposed to slavery were known as

• Confederates

• Sharecroppers

• Secessionists

• Abolitionists

Multiple Choice

What does the term "popular sovereignty" describe?

• The right of the states (the people in the states) to vote on laws.

• Abolitionism

• The right of the federal government to nullify laws.

• The vote to end the Civil War.

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Multiple Choice

Shortly after Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, Georgia

• Seceded from the Union.

• Seceded from the Confederacy.

• Remained loyal to the Union.

• Abolished slavery to avoid war.

Multiple Choice

What was Abraham Lincoln's official stance on slavery during the presidential campaign of 1860 and still as he begins his presidency in 1861?

• The African slave trade should be ended immediately.

• Slavery should not be allowed to spread into the new United States territories.

• A constitutional convention should be held to resolve the issue.

• All slaves in the United States should be freed within 10 years.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Union's blockade of Georgia's coast?

• To destroy all rail lines

• to take Atlanta

• to keep the South from trading goods by ship

• to force Lee's surrender at Gettysburg

Multiple Choice

Which Georgia port city did Fort Pulaski protect?

• Brunswick

• Savannah

• Darien

• Milledgeville

Multiple Choice

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• It freed all slaves in the states fighting against the Union.

• It freed all slaves in the United States.

• It put Ulysses S. Grant in charge of all Union forces.

• It allowed all slaves to fight in the Confederate Army.

Multiple Choice

African Americans were most inspired to fight in the Civil War after

• Confederate leaders adopted the Georgia Platform.

• Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

• The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• The South fired on Fort Sumter.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following Civil War battles occurred in the state of Georgia?

• Chickamauga

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Kettle Creek

Multiple Choice

What was at stake at the Battle of Chickamauga?

• Control of the railroad center in nearby Chattanooga.

• Access to the port city of Savannah.

• Access to ammunition

• The fate of Washington, D.C.