Unit 6 Civil War

What impact did the presidential election of 1860 have on Southern States?

• Southern States were happy that Abraham Lincoln was elected president

• Once elected Abraham Lincoln promised to end slavery

• Abraham Lincoln's election caused many southern states to secede

• It didn't really have an impact

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

What was one purpose of General William T. Sherman's total war strategy through Georgia?

• To prove he was the most skilled General

• allow troops under his command to get rest

• to break the spirits of Confederate citizens

• To find ships to sail his troops north

Part of the Compromise of 1850, this act required northern states to return runaway slaves to the their masters in the South

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Georgia Platform

• Dred Scott Case

*Admitted California as a Free State

*Let the territories of New Mexico and Utah decide the issue of slavery in their states

*Banned the slave trade in Washington D.C.

*Created a Fugitive Slave Act

All of these are describing what?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Georgia Platform

• Dred Scott decision

Which of the following best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Declared slaves in all states, and territories to be free

• It allowed slavery to continue in states/territories where it already existed

• Declared slaves in REBELLIOUS states to be free

• None of the above

What does "nullification" refer to?

• following a federal law

• Nothing, its a made up word

• Ignoring a federal law

• none of the above

The nullification crisis of 1832 centered around what?

• Andrew Jackson's war on the national bank

• Annexation of Texas

• The admission of Missouri into the Union

• southern opposition to tariffs (tax on imports)

What did President Lincoln claim as his primary goal upon being inaugurated as President

• Abolish slavery

• encourage States' Rights

• Preserve the Union

• Encourage states to nullify laws

Which of the following events led to Georgia debating secession in special convention?

• The Dred Scott Decision

• Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

• Firing on Fort Sumter

• The Emancipation Proclamation