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2nd Nine Weeks Review

Authored by Edward Pittman

Social Studies

8th Grade

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2nd Nine Weeks Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was President Lincoln's objective in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

Lincoln was trying to bring a swift end to the war

Lincoln made the war about slavery and caused European nations to resist aiding the Confederacy.

Lincoln wanted to support abolitionist in their fight to end slavery

The war was going badly and Lincoln was looking for a way out

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Atlanta targeted by the Union Army during the Civil War?

Atlanta was an important railroad center

The Confederacy wanted Atlanta to be the capital

Union prisoners were kept in Atlanta

The North wanted the South to know what war was like

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Union strategy to cut off Confederate supply lines from Europe in order to weaken the South.

King Cotton Diplomacy

Emancipation Proclamation

Anaconda Plan

Cotton Seizure Plan

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What affect did Sherman's March to the Sea have on Georgia?

March to the Sea was the first time the Union Army entered Georgia

The March to the Sea allowed the Confederates to push Sherman out of Georgia

During the March to the Sea General Sherman can to the aid of Georgia

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?

Runaway slaves in the North had to be returned to their slave masters

Slaves were property, without rights, and could be taken anywhere

If slaves were taken to a state with laws against slavery then they were free

Slaves were given citizenship and voting rights

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are two reasons Southerners were opposed to the election of Abraham Lincoln?

Lincoln wanted to halt the spread of slavery in the country and they thought he was a threat to the Southern economy

Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the Southern states and stop trade with England

Lincoln was in favor of low tariffs and wanted to allow slavery in the west.

Lincoln supported going to war with Mexico after Texas was annexed

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the economic reason Georgians and the South supported the idea of slavery.

Abolitionist from the North travelled to Georgia to speak against slavery, angering southerners

Georgia began to rely on industry more, therefore not wanting slaves as much

Georgia relied on slavery for the production of cotton so they defended it's use

The Southern aristocracy began to take up ideas for the abolition of slavery.

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