Unit 5: Civil War

Which of these BEST describes the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Former slaves were afforded the right to join the war effort.

• The President publicly endorsed the abolition of slavery in southern states.

• It allowed slavery to remain unaltered in states who already used slave labor.

Lincoln promised himself that if the Union could finally gain a victory, he would free the slaves. After which battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Bull Run

Which of the following best addresses the purpose of General Sherman’s siege of Atlanta and his March to the Sea?

• Sherman was ordered to Georgia to disrupt Confederate transportation systems and to destroy anything that could be of use of the Confederate Army

• Sherman was angry at being fired from his role of Commander in Chief of the Union Army, so he went to Georgia seeking revenge.

• Sherman’s troops were in desperate need of shoes and ammunition; they went to Georgia to seize these items from the many factories there.

Which of the following best describes Sherman's March to the Sea?

• Starting in May of 1864 a series of battles fought between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Sherman was opposed by the Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston.

• September 18-20, 1863, Battle in Southern Tennessee and Northern Georgia. Confederate General Braxton Bragg defeated Union General William Rosecrans. This delayed the Union invasion of Georgia.

• November 15, 1864 General Sherman led some 60,000 troops on a march across Georgia; burned cities and destroyed everything in his path; killed civilians, destroyed crops. Sherman believed in total war

Why was Chickamauga important to the North and the South?

• It was a railroad center.

• It was located halfway between two state capitals.

• It had a number of factories that produced war supplies.

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

• Ulysses S.Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

• William T. Sherman

The Georgia Platform was a document created by the South that outlined their support for_________________________.

• Abolitionists

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott decision

The Republican Party campaign platform of 1860 called for...

• the restriction of slavery from new territories.

• the immediate abolition of slavery.

• the use of popular sovereignty to determine the fate of slavery on the frontier.

Which of the following best describes nullification?

• The belief that a state’s interests should take precedence over the interests of the national government.

• The act of declaring invalid. The south often felt they should be able to do this with Federal laws they did not like or agree with.

• A statement of support for the Compromise of 1850 put forth by Howell Cobb, Alexander Stephens and Robert Toombs in order to preserve the Union.

Before the Civil War began, which issue played the GREATEST role in increasing tension and conflict between northern and southern states?

• northern opposition to the Tariff of 1832

• westward expansion and the issue of how to seize land owned by the Native Americans

• westward expansion and the issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories