2nd Nine Weeks Review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Why did Georgian demands for the removal of the Cherokee increase in the 1820s?

• There were repeated attacks by Cherokee Indians on white settlers

• Gold was discovered on Cherokee land

• The Cherokee had supported the British during the war

• The Cherokee and Creeks were constantly at war

Which of the following did President Jackson use to enforce events like the Trail of Tears

• Marshall Doctrine

• Indian Removal Act

• Yazoo Land Act

• Intolerable Act

How did President Jackson respond to the Supreme Court case Worcester v Georgia in 1832

• He followed the decision of the Supreme Court

• He resigned from office out of protest of the decision

• He asked the Congress to remove the Supreme Court Justices

• He ignored the Supreme Court's decision