Civil War

1. Which term is used when a state attempts to ignore or refuse to accept a law from the Federal government?

•  nullification
• compromise
• emancipation
• sharecropping

2. Which describes the relationship between the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?

• They are the same event just known by two different names in Georgia.
• Both events were trying to resolve the differences people had over the results of the Dred Scott case.
• The Georgia Platform, which upheld Georgia’s right to slavery, led to a need for the Compromise of 1850.
• It was the Georgia Platform, many believe, that saved the union because it showed southern support for the Compromise of 1850.

Southern states considered the Dred Scott case a victory because according the decision in the case slaves were

• treated like all other citizens.
• considered to be property without rights.
• to be released within the next fifty years.
• able to kept as slaves in every state of the country.

4. Which event was a key issue that led to the Civil War?

• land lotteries
• states' rights
• The Townsend Acts
• taxation without representation

5. Signed Georgia’s secession ordinance

Elected a Senator and Governor after the Civil War

Served as Vice President of the Confederacy during the Civil Ware

The list above refers to which person?

• Jefferson Davis

• Alexander Stephens

• Alexander Smith

• Alexander McGillivray

6. Which battle was important because it temporarily kept the Union army out of Georgia after they had taken Chattanooga?

• Gettysburg
• Antietam
• Andersonville
• Chickamauga

7. Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important during the Civil War?

• It was the document that officially ended the war after the Battle of Antietam.
• It was an official statement from the Union banning the practice of slavery.
• It stated voting rights could not be denied based on race.
• It allowed blacks to officially join the Confederate army.

8. Why was the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast significant during the Civil War?

• The blockade delayed or prevented international help from reaching the Confederacy.
• It meant that to end the blockade, most of the Civil War battles would be fought at sea.
• With the blockade, there was no way to retreat from battles so surrender was the only option.
• Union resources were wasted on the ineffective blockade, thus delaying their victory in the war.

9. Use the following quote to answer question #_9_:
“I only regarded the march from Atlanta to Savannah as a shift of base, as the transfer of a strong army...from the interior to a point on the sea coast, from which it could achieve other important results.”  - William T. Sherman, Memoirs
What “important results” did Sherman achieve in his March to the Sea?

• he was able to conduct trade with other countries from this location
• he was able to free all of the Northern prisoners of war on his march
• he disrupted the economy and major infrastructure of the confederacy
• he relocated the northern armies to Savannah, where they finished the war

10. Which of the following was NOT a reason Georgia was the “heart of the Confederacy”?

• strategic location
• ability to supply food and equipment
• railroad network
• good harbors