Civil War in Georgia SS8H5b

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.

The South needed to keep its ports open during the war

• to maintain navy for attacks on northern seaports

• to maintain the only major transportation resource in the South.

• to ship and sell its cotton in Europe in exchange for supplies and arms.

• to protect the privateers who were making millions in profits from the war.

The MOST LIKELY reason General William T. Sherman wanted to control the rail lines running through Atlanta, Georgia, during his "Atlanta Campaign" was because he wanted to

• prevent residents of the city from fleeing to the North.

• cut off the flow of supplies to the Confederate army.

• use the rail lines to quickly transport his troops.

• extend the rail lines into the northern states.

This Civil War-era illustration is showing

• Grant's victory at Shiloh.

• Sherman's "March to the Sea".

• Scott's victory at Gettysburg.

• the Union blockade of the South.

This was the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War with over 34,000 casualties and the largest battle ever fought in Georgia. It was a Confederate victory.

• Battle of Chickamauga

• Battle of Kettle Creek

• Sherman's March to the Sea

• Siege of Savannah

Sherman’s march through Georgia ended in

• Andersonville Prison.
• North Carolina.
• Savannah
• Atlanta

Why was Georgia the “heart of the Confederacy”? 

• The fishing was great along the Chattahoochee River
• It was the largest city
• It was a strategic location that supplied the south with its railroad network
• It had the best restaurants for soldiers.

True or False:
Almost 1,000 prisoners died at Andersonville Prison.

• True
• False

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

Early in his Presidency, (before the Emancipation Proclamation) Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

• preserve the Union.

• encourage sectionalism.

• enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.

• end slavery throughout the entire country.