SS8H5 Post-Test Review

How did Sherman's March to the Sea affect the infrastructure of the state of Georgia?

• Sherman's march diverted Union attention from Georgia, allowing the state's militia to recover

• The March to the Sea destroyed Georgia's railroads, roads, cotton gins, mills, and warehouses.

• People in the state were proud that Georgiaborn Sherman distinguished himself during the march.

What did the Supreme Court conclude in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Neither African Americans slaves nor their descendants could be citizens.

• Slavery could not be abolished through an amendment to the Constitution.

• Racial segregation of public facilities was legal if the facilities were equal.

How did naval (Naval=ships) superiority affect the course of the Civil War?

• After the Confederacy established an effective naval blockade, the Union was cut off from trade with Europe.

• The Confederate navy was able to intercept and defeat British ships sent to relieve their Union allies in the war’s final battle.

• After the Union established an effective naval blockade, the Confederacy was cut off from trade with Europe.

How did Sherman's March to the Sea affect the state of Georgia?

• Sherman's march diverted Union attention from Georgia, allowing the state's militia to recover.

• The March to the Sea destroyed Georgia's agriculture and roads, devastating the state's economy

• People in the state were proud that Georgiaborn Sherman distinguished himself during the march.

• The March to the Sea was the first time the Union army actually entered the state of Georgia.

What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?

• keep the Union intact

• raise taxes on the rich

• end government corruption

• nationalize major corporations

• prevent the end of slavery

Why did many Southerners oppose Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election? Select all that apply.

• Lincoln planned to lower tariffs on many European goods.

• Lincoln wanted to halt the spread of slavery in the country.

• They thought his victory would threaten the Southern economy

• They thought electing him would harm US trade with South America.

• Lincoln supported going to war with Mexico after Texas was annexed.

Agreement that admitted California as a free state, allowed popular sovereignty to decide the slave issue in western territories, and issued a strong Fugitive Slave Law

• Nullifciation

• Missouri Compromise

• States' Rights

• Compromise of 1850

The belief that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, secede from the Union, and decide whether to allow slavery in the state

• States' Rights

• Nullification

• Tariff

• Compromise of 1850

The Battle of Chickamauga is significant because

• it was the site of the first Union victory.

• it was the deadliest Civil War battle to date

• it was the last Union incursion into the South.

• it was the first major Civil War battle fought in Georgia.

How did the Union blockade of Georgia's coast relate to the Anaconda Plan?

• The purpose of the Anaconda Plan was to block foreign troops from helping the South and Spain had directed its troops to land along Georgia's coast.

• The purpose of the Anaconda Plan was to arm Southern slaves and the blockade was meant to distract the Confederate navy while weapons were shipped on the Mississippi River

• The purpose of the Anaconda Plan was to cut off Confederate supply lines in order to weaken the South and Georgia's ports were main supply lines.