SS8H5b - Civil War in Georgia

Which of the following was not true of the Ordinance of Secession

• It declared Georgia an independent nation.
• It repealed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
• It dissolved Georgia’s membership in the United States.
• It declared war on the United States.

What state was the first to secede from the Union? 

• Texas
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• North Carolina

What Georgian wanted to wait and see what Lincoln did before seceding from the   Union?

• Joseph E. Brown
• Alexander Stephens, future VP of the C.S.A.
• Stephen Douglas
• Robert E. Lee

What part of Georgia is more loyal to the Union?  

• North Georgia mountain areas
• The Coastal Region
• The Backcountry
• The larger cities in GA

What years did the Civil War occur? 

• 1775-1783
• 1941-1945
• 1914-1918
• 1861 - 1865

What was the official name of the southern nation? 

• Southern States of the United States.
• Confederate States of America.
• United States of the Confederacy.
• Confederacy

What were the 4 border states?

• Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Maryland
• Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Delaware
• Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland
• Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware

The Civil War began on

• February 12, 1861.
• January 19, 1861.
• December 20, 1861.
• April 12, 1861.

The Civil War began when

• Lincoln was elected president.
• the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor
• South Carolina seceded from the Union.
• Union troops attacked Confederate troops at Bull Run in Virginia.

The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves in __________________ were free.

• slave states
• The rebel states, the Confederacy
• the Confederate army
• the United States