Civil War (SS8H5)

How did the Compromise of 1850 deal with the issue of slavery?

• Stated that all future states would be required to be slave states except for California.

• Resulted in the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Made Mississippi River the dividing line between slave states and free states.

• Abolished slavery in new states

-Tariffs of 1828 and 1832

-States' rights versus federal authority

-Andrew Jackson's threat to attack South Carolina

What was the impact of the events listed above?

• South Carolina’s secession

• Indian Removal Act

• Nullification crisis

• Compromise of 1850

Why did Southerners argue states’ rights were violated by abolitionists who opposed slavery?

• Abolition violated states’ rights to choose what their laws should be.

• Abolition would cause freed slaves to take over their states.

• Southerners believed all states should be slave states.

• Abolition would cause states to pay higher taxes.

What was Georgia’s response to the Compromise of 1850?

• Georgia seceded from the Union along with the other southern states.

• A platform that called for immediate secession from the Union.

• A platform that outlined Georgia’s conditional acceptance of the Compromise.

• Georgia did not ratify the Compromise of 1850.

Which was a direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

• Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter.

• The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas should be president.

• Union forces attacked Richmond, Virginia.

• South Carolina seceded from the Union.

The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case said that a slave

• had the right to sue for freedom in a federal court.

• was only a citizen after he or she purchased freedom.

• who lived on free soil for any length of time was free.

• was not a citizen but rather the property of an owner.

Which BEST explains why Georgia’s decision to secede was important to the southern states?

Georgia had a

• geographic location blocking the southern states’ access to the North.

• long-standing belief in a more powerful federal government.

• highly skilled navy that could engage the northern states in naval battles.

• high economic value because it was a major agricultural producer.

The main purpose of General Sherman’s “March to the Sea” in 1864 was to

• capture the important railroad depot at Charleston.

• destroy the South’s strategic and economic capacity to fight.

• convince France and Britain to get out of the war.

• permanently destroy Georgia’s ability to produce cotton.

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

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

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

• It immediately freed the slaves throughout the country.

• The President abolished slavery in the southern states.

Which battle is remembered for being both the largest battle fought in Georgia and one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War?

• Battle of Savannah

• Battle of Fort Pulaski

• Battle of Atlanta

• Battle of Chickamauga