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General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" was important to the Union war effort because

• it placed the Mississippi River under Union control.
• it convinced Great Britain to stop supporting the Confederacy.
• important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.
• Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender his forces as a direct result of Sherman's victory.

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

• Battle of Atlanta
  
• Battle of Savannah
• Battle of Chickamauga
  
• Battle of Fort Pulaski
  

These are describing the Civil War Battle of

• Antietam.
  
• Chickamauga.
  
• Gettysburg.
  
• Vicksburg.

The passage comes from an important historical document, the Emancipation Proclamation. Who wrote this document?

• Abraham Lincoln 
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Franklin Roosevelt

How is the city of Savannah related to the Union strategy of a full blockade of Confederate ports?

• Savannah was the last port needed to be secured in order to totally blockade the coast of Georgia.
  
• Savannah was the least significant city in Georgia, and the Union strategy centered on securing Atlanta and capturing the Tennessee River.
• Savannah was the least significant city in Georgia, and the Union strategy centered on securing Atlanta and capturing the Chattahoochee River.
• Savannah was the most significant port in Georgia, and the Union strategy centered on securing bases at Savannah and the outlying islands to fully blockade Georgia.

Which would make the BEST title for this list of notes about the Civil War?

• The Battle of Shiloh
• The Battle of Antietam
  
• The Battle of Nashville
  
• The Battle of Chickamauga

What was the name of the prison camp in Georgia?

• Auschwitz
• Savannah
• Andersonville
• Chickmauaga

_________ march to sea was done by who?

• Robert E. Lee
• Stonewall Jackson
• William T. Sherman
• Ulysses S. Grant

The Atlanta Campaign was a march from

• Chattanooga-Atlanta
• Atlanta-Savannah
• Dalton-Macon
• Chattanooga-Macon

Who was the Vice-President of the Confederacy?

• Robert E. Lee
• Jefferson Davis
• Alexander Stephens
• Stonewall Jackson