Unit 5 Test

What was the name of the prison camp in Georgia?

• Auschwitz
• Savannah
• Andersonville
• Chickmauaga

What was the name of this Union strategy?

• The Anaconda Attack
• The Anaconda Plan
• Operation Snake Bite
• The Great Bite

Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" had all of the following effects EXCEPT

• it transformed the Union's goal of the war.

• it caused the Union to change its Confiscation Acts.

• it led to mass movements of slaves out of border states

• it led to the British and French refusal to support the Confederate States.

Sherman believed that the Civil War would end only if the Confederacy's strategic, economic, and psychological capacity for warfare were decisively broken. Sherman therefore applied the principles of scorched earth: he ordered his troops to burn crops, kill livestock, consume supplies, and destroy civilian infrastructure along their path.

What offers the BEST reasoning behind William Tecumseh Sherman's strategy of using "total war" to defeat the South?

• the strategy of "total war" was needed to stop the Confederates from trading with France and England..

• Sherman's men wanted revenge for the horrifying treatment of Union soldiers in Andersonville prison camp.

• The destruction in Georgia would be so complete that it would break the Confederacy's will to continue fighting.

• The invasion of Georgia would lead to armed revolt by the slaves, which in turn would help the Union win the war

"For the last ten years we have had numerous and serious causes of complaint against our non-slave-holding confederate States with reference to the subject of African slavery. They have endeavored to weaken our security, to disturb our domestic peace and tranquility, and persistently refused to comply with their express constitutional obligations to us in reference to that property, and by the use of their power in the Federal Government have striven to deprive us of an equal enjoyment of the common Territories of the Republic."

- from Georgia's Declaration of Secession, January 19, 1861

Georgia became the fifth state to secede at a convention held in Milledgeville, Georgia. What conclusion can be drawn as to why Georgia seceeded from the Union?

• The northern states were disturbing the peace.

• The Georgia government wanted a new constitution.

• Georgia had been fighting for ten years and was tired.

• The Federal government violated Georgia's rights as a soverign state.

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 number represents the time period in which the Civil War began?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Fought between September 18-20, 1863

Battle was in northwest Georgia, just south of Chattanooga

Second-highest number of casualties in the war

Decisive victory for the Confederate troops

Union forces withdraw to Chattanooga

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Nashville

• The Battle of Chickamauga

• The Battle of Gettysburg

Which was a direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

• South Carolina seceded from the Union.

• Confederate forces attacked Ft. Sumter.

• Union forces attacked Richmond, Virginia.

• The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas should be president.

Which two issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?

• the election of James K. Polk and the Northwest Ordinance

• the Missouri Compromise and the California Gold Rush

• Manifest Destiny and Indian Removal

• slavery and states' rights