Unit 7 SS8H5 The Civil War Study Guide 164782

The decisiveness over whether a state can fully govern what goes occurs inside their own state borders is BEST summarized as which of the following pre-Civil War concerns?

• slavery

• secession

• states' rights

• nullification

Union General Grant appointed General Sherman to lead western forces. He focused on destroying railway lines and was successful in capturing which major railroad hub?

• Savannah

• Atlanta

• Andersonville

• Chattanooga

Prior to the Civil War, which of the following did Georgia willingly accept even though it caused division in the South?

• states' rights

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Georgia Platform

• Compromise of 1850

The state of Georgia was pivotal in influencing the entire South regarding the issue of slavery. Which of the following stated that Georgia would officially accept the Compromise of 1850?

• Stephen's Law

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Georgia Platform

• Compromise of 1850

Due to cash crops like cotton, the South depended on which of the following to maintain its economy?

• slavery

• secession

• states' rights

• nullification

Look at the list below

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Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850

Resist Congress’s efforts to outlaw slavery

Support slavery in new territories

Which of the following would be the BEST title for the box?

• provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law

• provisions in the Dred Scott ruling

• provisions in the Georgia Platform

• campaign platform of Alexander Stephens

The diagram represents a series of chronological events that occurred prior to the Civil War.

1- Compromise of 1850; 2- Dred Scott Decision; 3- ?; 4- Georgia seceded from the Union

Which of the following BEST fit with the series of events?

• establishment of the Free Soil Party

• election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

• South Carolina returned to the Union

• election of Jefferson Davis in 1861

Both abolitionists and those who supported popular sovereignty were angered because by the ruling in the Dred Scott case. Which of the following summarizes the Supreme Court’s decision? Choose the BEST two answers.

• slaves can decide for themselves whether to reside in free territory

• slaves can sue for their freedom because of the Fifth Amendment

• slaves had no right to sue

• slavery violated the Missouri Compromise

Due to south and specifically Georgia’s dependence on its coastal ports, Union General Winfield’s war strategy consisted of which of the following plans?

• utilizing northern factories to create weaponry

• . a naval blockade of the Southern coast

• destroying all naval yards in the southern states

• creating a new branch of the military called the Navy.

To prevent the Confederacy from receiving supplies via ship and from trading cotton overseas, which naval strategy did the Union establish?

• Blockade Runners

• Union Blockade

• Union “scorched” earth policy

• March to the Sea