Georgia and the Civil War

Name the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War.

• Shiloh
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Antietam

What was the name of the speech given by Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves should be free?

• The Gettysburg Address
• The Emancipation Proclaimation
• I Have a Dream
• Lincoln's Inauguration Address

Name the battle that was the turning point of the Civil War.

• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg
• Antietam
• Shiloh

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln
• William T. Sherman
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Jefferson Davis

Who was the president of the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln
• William T. Sherman
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Jefferson Davis

Which battle took place near an important railroad center in Georgia?

• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The Attack on Fort Sumter
• The Battle of Chickamauga
• The Battle of Dalton

Why did Sherman march the Union through Georgia civilian towns?

• To get back at Jefferson Davis for owning slaves.
• To set slaves in Georgia free so they could run to the North.
• To ruin public opinion of the war, and bring down the morale of the South, and shorten the war
• The show President Lincoln that he was the best canidate for Vice President.

What was The Anaconda Plan also known as?

• The Union Attack
• The Union Brigade
• The Confederate Defeat Plan
• The Union Blockade

Why was it important to destroy  Atlanta?

• It was Jefferson Davis' favorite place in the South.
• It was the industrial and transportation center of the confederacy.
• It was the city with the largest population of slaves to be freed.
• It was the city with the highest number of Government buildings.

Where in Georgia did most of the fighting in the Civil war take place?

• In North Georgia
• In South Georgia
• Between The Blue Ridge Mountains the the Piedmont Region.
• Along a line connecting Dalton and Savannah