GA Studies Civil War

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to

• let Missouri have slavery until 1850.
• allow slavery in Main, but not in Missouri.
• maintain a balance of slave states and free states.
• return slaves captured in free states to their owners in slave states.

Which of the following was in the final ruling of the Dred Scott Case?

• The courts ruled with Dred on his case

• Slaves were property and not citizens and could not sue in court

• Slavery helped The economy

• Slaves were essential workers

A southern politician who believed in the doctrine of nullification would have been most supportive of

• States’ rights.

• Crop diversification.

• Abolition

• A strong federal government.

Shortly after Lincoln’s election, Georgia

• Seceded from the Union.

• Seceded from the Confederacy.

• Remained loyal to the Union.

• Abolished slavery to avoid war.

The main focus of the Georgia Platform was on

• Slavery.

• Tariffs.

• Money.

• Popular sovereignty.

How was the Emancipation Proclamation a concession to the South?

• All slaves would be freed.
• Only male slaves would be freed.
• The South could keep their slaves if they stopped fighting.
• The slaves could decide if they wanted to remain on the plantations.

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

• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• William T. Sherman
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

William T. Sherman attacked the civilian infrastructure between Atlanta and Savannah in order to

• retaliate for lives lost in the battle for Atlanta.
• force Georgia troops to return home to defend Georgia.
• end civilian support for the war effort and shorten the war.
• punish the South for seceding from the Union and forming the Confederacy.

How did the naval blockade impact the South? (choose 3)

• it weakened the economies of the southern states

• it encouraged southern states to plant more tobacco

• it helped the South establish trade relationships with the North

• it caused a lack of manufactured goods in southern states

• it limited the export of the South's valuable cotton crop

What gives the best description of the importance of Andersonville prison?

• The prison was overcrowded and many Union soldiers suffered terrible horrors.

• The prison was constantly flooded.

• The prison is the place that many Union soldiers escaped.

• The prison had lots of food and comfortable places to sleep.