Unit 4 The Civil War Review

Why was it important to destroy  Atlanta?

• It was Jefferson Davis' favorite place in the South.
• It was the industrial and transportation center of the confederacy.
• It was the city with the largest population of slaves to be freed.
• It was the city with the highest number of Government buildings.

To break away from a group, withdraw or leave

• state's rights

• slavery

• Gettysburg

• secede

The name given to the southern army.

• Confederates
• Union
• Americans
• Military

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

• low wages for work

• sold into slavery to make room

• hunger, poor water supply, and disease

• no more soldiers for the Union to win the war

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

Which issue played the GREATEST role in dividing the North and South in the years leading up to the Civil War?

• slavery

• foreign trade

• Indian removal

• war with Mexico

In 1863 this declared all slaves in the rebelling states were free.

• Declaration of Independance

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• Battle of Bull Run

When Lincoln was elected as President in 1860.....

• Southern states seceded.

• Northern states seceded.

• Slavery ended

• The South supported Lincoln

The purpose of the Union blockade was....

• to raid the warehouses in the South and take their cotton.

• to destroy the Confederate Navy

• to block goods and supplies from coming into or going out of the South.

• for the Union to capture Atlanta.

What was the impact of Sherman’s “March to the Sea”?

• It convinced the South that they could win the war.

• It convinced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

• It forced Robert E. Lee to evacuate Georgia.

• It left a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah that crippled the Confederacy.