Georgia's Role in the Civil War

Withdrawal of a state or states from the United States.

• secession

• nullification

• expansion

• colonization

The Union's original goal for fighting in the Civil War.

• To end slavery across the United States

• To preserve (save) the Union

• To keep the Union separated

• To become independent from England

Another name for the United States of America.

• C.S.A.

• The Confederacy

• The Union

• The 13 colonies

11 southern states seceded from the the Union and formed their own country called... (Select all answers that apply)

• C.S.A.

• The Confederacy

• The Union

• The Confederate States of America

The government that runs the entire United States, also known as the central government or national government.

• state governments

• local governments

• federal government

• confederation government

The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government are known as

• nullification

• secession

• civil war

• states' rights

A tax on imported goods.

• embargo

• quota

• tariff

• nullification

The argument that a state has the right to nullify, or not follow a federal law.

• nullification

• secession

• civil war

• tariff

South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union due to high tariffs, claiming it had the right to nullify federal law and Andrew Jackson responded with the threat of military force.

• Georgia Platform

• Nullification Crisis

• The Dred Scott Case

• Compromise of 1850

A series of laws aimed to keep peace between the North and South, including admitting California to the Union as a free state and passing the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Nullification Crisis

• Georgia Platform

• Georgia's Secession Debate

• Compromise of 1850