GA Studies | Unit 6 | OL | The Causes of the Civil War

Multiple Choice

Based on the map from 1789, which of the following states was a free state?

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Massachusetts

• North Carolina

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the division between states in the United States in 1800, as shown on the map?

• States were divided into slave states and free states.

• All states were free states.

• All states were slave states.

• There were no divisions between states.

Multiple Choice

Who promoted the Missouri Compromise to satisfy both proslavery and antislavery forces?

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• John C. Calhoun

• James Madison

Multiple Select

Which of the following were outcomes of the Missouri Compromise of 1820-1821?

• Missouri was admitted as a slave state.

• Maine was admitted as a free state.

• A boundary was set at the 36°30′ line.

• Slavery was abolished in all states.

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason the Tariff of 1828 was called the 'tariff of abominations' by the South?

• It benefited New England states but hurt southern states.

• It abolished slavery in the South.

• It increased the price of cotton.

• It was supported by John C. Calhoun.

Multiple Choice

Which event led to South Carolina passing an Ordinance of Nullification?

• The Tariff of Abominations

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Multiple Select

Which of the following were parts of the Compromise of 1850?

• California admitted as a free state

• Abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• Immediate emancipation of all slaves

• Texas received $10 million for boundary dispute

Multiple Choice

Who picked up the effort to pass the Compromise of 1850 after Henry Clay left the Senate?

• Stephen Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• James K. Polk

Multiple Choice

What was the main proposal of the Wilmot Proviso of 1846?

• To allow slavery in all new territories.

• To prohibit slavery in territory conquered from Mexico.

• To make Texas a free state.

• To abolish slavery in existing slave states.

Multiple Choice

How did the balance between slave states and free states change from 1837 to 1846 according to the maps?

• The number of slave states decreased while free states increased.

• The number of slave states remained the same while free states increased.

• Both slave and free states increased equally.

• The number of slave states increased while free states decreased.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following territories had slavery determined by popular sovereignty after the Compromise of 1850?

• California and Oregon Territory

• Utah and New Mexico Territory

• Texas and Arkansas

• Kansas and Nebraska

Multiple Select

Which territories were opened to slavery as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• Kansas and Nebraska

• Utah and New Mexico

• California and Oregon

• Texas and Louisiana

Multiple Choice

Dred Scott challenged his status as a slave in court after being taken to free territory. What was the final outcome of his case in the Supreme Court?

• He was granted freedom

• He remained a slave

• He was sent back to Missouri

• He was given citizenship

Multiple Choice

How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 influence the division between free and slave states in early America?

• It allowed slavery in all territories

• It banned slavery in the Northwest Territory

• It created new slave states

• It had no impact on slavery

Multiple Choice

Someone who believes in states' rights would BEST support which of the following statements?

• National Laws are more important than state laws

• We should obey all federal laws

• There is no need for a national government

• The National government has no right telling states how to handle their business

Multiple Choice

Why was the Georgia Platform important

• It stated that Georgia had a right to nullify any federal law dealing with cotton

• I stated that Georgia would not accept the terms of the COmpromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law

• It stated that Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law

• It stated that Georgia would secede from the Union

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

Which part of the United States supported Abraham Lincoln most in becoming president in the election of 1860?

• north

• South

• East

• South Carolina

Multiple Choice

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

• Union

• Whigs

• Tories

• Confederacy

Multiple Choice

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.

• Kennesaw

• Chickamauga

• Atlanta

• Antietam

Multiple Choice

Andersonville Prison held ______.

• Confederate POWs

• Rebellious slaves

• Union POWs

• confederates that peid the tariff of 1832

Multiple Choice

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

• Mobile

• Dahlonega

• Atlanta

• Valdosta

Multiple Choice

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

• It was the capital of Georgia

• It was the industrial and transportation center

• It was the home of Robert E Lee

• It was where the Battle of Chickamauga was fought

Multiple Choice

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

• The Union soldiers lost their will to fight

• It led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

• It gave the South hope that they would win

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

Multiple Choice

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

• It did not affect the North's strategy

• It made the North enforce the Fugitive Slave Act

• It caused the North to be more diplomatic

• It caused the North to be seek Total War and destroy the South

Multiple Choice

What did General Sherman do to destroy the resources of the South?

• He launched a March to the Sea

• He imposed social distancing

• He imposed a tariff on supplies imported from Britain

• He boycotted all products with cotton

Multiple Choice

What is being described? California was admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act was passed; Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Georgia Platform

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Compromise of 1850

Multiple Choice

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

• It was an attempt to block all of the railroad stations

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

• It was an attempt to stop Lee's army from advancing to Washington DC

• It was an attempt to block the passage of the Missouri Compromise

Multiple Choice

The election of Abraham Lincoln led to

• southern states seceding from the Union

• southern states protesting with a March in Washington DC

• northern states nullifying the election results

• a recount in Illinoise

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

Alexander Stephens fought the debate over secession in Georgia. If Georgia leaders had voted for secession, Georgia would have ____.

• Joined the Union

• Seceded from the Confederacy

• seceded from the Union

• won the war

Multiple Choice

North and South had conflict over which of the following?

• Slavery

• The enforcement of tariffs

• states' rights

• All of these

Multiple Choice

What does this description describe?

Started in Atlanta and ended in Savannah

Destroyed towns and plantations along with the Souths fighting spirit.

• Sherman's Atlanta Campaign

• Civil War

• Sherman's march to the sea

• Emancipation Proclamation

Multiple Choice

What did Alexander Stephens warn if Georgia did secede?

• They would prosper economically

• Georgia would suffer economic ruin

• It would give Georgia more land

• That it would help Georgians with better transportaion

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Did Georgia decide to secede or stay in the United States?

• Secede

• Stay

Multiple Choice

What admitted California as a free state and dealt with the fugitive slave act

• Compromise of 1850

• 13th amendment

• 15th Amendment

• Emancipation Proclamation

Multiple Choice

Where was the Prisoner of war camp, operated by the Confederate, had very harsh living conditions, And was over crowded?

• Andersonville

• Birmingham

• Atlanta

• Cochran

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the following?

Northerners wanted to abolish slavery

Southerners wanted to keep slavery as it was a way of life for them.

• Issues that lead to Civil War

• Union Blockade

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Andersonville camp

Multiple Choice

This freed all the slaves in the states fighting against the union.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Andersonville camp

• Battle of kettle creek

• March to the sea

Multiple Choice

Georgia would accept the compromise of 1850 as long as the north complied with the fugitive act would be?

• Compromise of 1850

• Georgia Platform

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Civil war

Multiple Choice

Abraham Lincoln issues the ______________ with publicly put the Union's antislavery stance on the side of morality and encouraged African Americans to join the Union army. It gave the South a chance to surrender and end the war, but they did not.

• Compromise of 1580

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Pittsburg Address

• Dred Scot Case

Multiple Choice

What effect did the overpopulation of Andersonville have on its prisoners?

• low wages for work

• sold into slavery to make room

• hunger, poor water supply, and disease

• no more soldiers for the Union to win the war

Multiple Choice

Which battle was the first major battle of the Civil War fought in GA, and was over control of the south's railroads?

• Battle of Alexandria

• Battle of Winterfell

• Battle of Hogwarts

• Battles of Chickamauga

Multiple Choice

Abraham Lincoln and the new Republican Party had two main goals during the lead up to the Civil War...

• Keep the Union from secession and prevent the spread of slavery.

• Move the Natives to the North and send the Rebels to the west.

• To collect taxes from every plantation owner and pay for the salves to be sent to their home country.

• have the southern states seceded and move on to the territories out west.

Multiple Choice

What was William Sherman's goals with the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea?

• punish and destroy the south, take away their ability to fight the war

• convince England to join forces with the Northern Union

• rebuild the farms and plantation lost in the war

• conquer the Spanish threat in the southern Florida

Multiple Choice

"The legal condition of a slave in the State of Missouri is not affected by the temporary sojourn of such slave in any other Sate, but on his return his condition still depends on the laws of Missouri.

As the plaintiff was not a citizen of Missouri, he, therefore, could not sue in the Courts of the United States. The suit must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction."

This excerpt comes from which Supreme Court Case?

• Worcester vs Georgia

• Brown vs Georgia's Agriculture Commission

• Dred Scot Case

• Brown vs The People

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• Southern states agreed to end slavery before the war

• Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

• California was admitted as a free state.

• It created a power imbalance in House and Senate.

Multiple Choice

What were blockade runners during the civil war?

• Soldiers that created new blockades to stop enemy advancement ahead of the main armies arrival

• Citizens that were used to infiltrate enemy blockades to spy

• Citizens that avoided the Union blockades to complete trades with Europe

• Soldiers that ran through enemies blockades knowing it was certain death

Multiple Choice

What were ironclads?

• Soldiers dressed in full armor

• A secret citizen organization against the Union

• Warships that were covered in iron and steel

• Strongholds made out of iron and steel

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How did the Compromise of 1850 deal with the issue of slavery?

• Stated that all future states would be required to be slave states except for California.

• Resulted in the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Made Mississippi River the dividing line between slave states and free states.

• Abolished slavery in new states

Multiple Choice

-Tariffs of 1828 and 1832

-States' rights versus federal authority

-Andrew Jackson's threat to attack South Carolina

What was the impact of the events listed above?

• South Carolina’s secession

• Indian Removal Act

• Nullification crisis

• Compromise of 1850

Multiple Choice

Why did Southerners argue states’ rights were violated by abolitionists who opposed slavery?

• Abolition violated states’ rights to choose what their laws should be.

• Abolition would cause freed slaves to take over their states.

• Southerners believed all states should be slave states.

• Abolition would cause states to pay higher taxes.

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What was Georgia’s response to the Compromise of 1850?

• Georgia seceded from the Union along with the other southern states.

• A platform that called for immediate secession from the Union.

• A platform that outlined Georgia’s conditional acceptance of the Compromise.

• Georgia did not ratify the Compromise of 1850.

Multiple Choice

Which was a direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

• Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter.

• The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas should be president.

• Union forces attacked Richmond, Virginia.

• South Carolina seceded from the Union.

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case said that a slave

• had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.

• was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.

• who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.

• was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.

Multiple Choice

Which BEST explains why Georgia’s decision to secede was important to the southern states?

Georgia had a

• geographic location blocking the southern states’ access to the North.

• long-standing belief in a more powerful federal government.

• highly skilled navy that could engage the northern states in naval battles.

• high economic value because it was a major agricultural producer.

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

Which battle is remembered for being both the largest battle fought in Georgia and one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War?

• Battle of Savannah

• Battle of Fort Pulaski

• Battle of Atlanta

• Battle of Chickamauga

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

Which part of the United States supported Abraham Lincoln most in becoming president in the election of 1860?

• north

• South

• East

• South Carolina

Multiple Choice

Andersonville Prison held ______.

• Confederate POWs

• Rebellious slaves

• Union POWs

• confederates that peid the tariff of 1832

Multiple Choice

What is being described? California was admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act was passed; Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Georgia Platform

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Compromise of 1850