SS8H5 Civil War

What effect did the overpopulation of Andersonville have on its prisoners?

• low wages for work

• sold into slavery to make room

• hunger, exposure, and disease

• no more soldiers for the Union to win the war

What importance did Atlanta have to the South in the Civil War?

• Due to its railroads, it was the center of major trade and transportation.

• It was the capital of the CSA

• All of the Confederate Military spent their nights there

• The French allies were stationed there.

Which battle was the first major battle of the Civil War fought in GA, and was over control of the south's railroads?

• Battle of Alexandria

• Battle of Winterfell

• Battle of Hogwarts

• Battles of Chickamauga

What was the primary goal of the Union Blockade?

• to prevent Confederate support from Spain.

• to keep the South from building up a powerful navy.

• prevent the South from shipping cotton to Britain and France in exchange for weapons

• to block African slaves from being brought in the southern ports.

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• Southern states agreed to end slavery before the war

• Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

• California was admitted as a free state.

• It created a power imbalance in House and Senate.

Why did many Southerners feel that states rights were violated by the abolition of slavery?

• they believed that the North should practice slavery.

• they believed that abolition violated the state's right to choose the laws that were best for them.

• they believed that freed slaves would take control of their states.

• they believed that abolition would bring back tariffs.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A place where slaves were sold
• It was a railroad that was underground and carried slaves to freedom.
• A network slaves used to get to freedom.
• A smooth form of transportation.

Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?

• Shiloh
• Antietam
• Vicksburg
• Gettysburg

Atlanta's military importance to the Confederacy was that it was the 

• capital of the Confederacy.
• most populated city in the Confederacy.
• industrial and transportation center of the Confederacy.
• home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy.

What Union general led the northern army on its "March to the Sea" and saw to it that much of Georgia's capital resources were destroyed?

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