Civil War in GA Test Review

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

• An order by President Lincoln freeing the slaves in the rebellious states

• The idea that the states should have more power than the federal government.

• When the states void/don't follow national laws.

• The time period before the Civil War.

What was Andersonville?

• The court ruling said that all black people, free or slave, were not U.S. Citizens & didn’t have the right to sue, and that slaves were their owner’s property.

• The time period before the Civil War

• The prison for Union soldiers that was known for its horrible living conditions

• The debate in Georgia about seceding from the Union

What does the term "Nullify" mean?

• The US government made slavery illegal in "areas still in rebellion"

• The debate in Georgia to decide if secession was the best option.

• The order by Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate states.

• When states choose to void/don't follow national laws

What does "antebellum" refer to?

• The idea to get rid of slavery

• The time period before the Civil War when tension about slavery increased

• The belief that states have powers / rights that the government can't take away.

• The court ruling said that all black people, free or slave, were not U.S. Citizens & didn’t have the right to sue, and that slaves were their owner’s property.

What does "Nullify" mean?

• Southern states wanted to do this if a law was passed that would make slavery illegal.

• The time period before the Civil War where tension between free and slave states increased.

• It made slavery illegal in the US.

• It's the document that gave eligible black males the right to vote.

What did the 13th amendment do?

• It punished states in rebellion

• Made slavery illegal in the US

• It gave black males the right to vote

• It established citizenship for all people born in the US

What does "State's Rights" mean?

• The idea that the areas in rebellion had to pay for the destruction in the Civil War

• The Compromise of 1850 made California a free state & enacted a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.

• Belief that states have powers/rights that the government can't take away.

• The belief that the federal government should have more power than the state

What did the 15th amendment do?

• It abolished slavery in the US

• It established citizenship to all people born in the US

• It established the President's Reconstruction plan

• It gave eligible black males the right to vote

This good was primarily produced in Georgia during the Civil War era.  After the Civil War, there was an economic failure of this good due to overproduction.

• Cotton

• Tobacca

• Wheat

• Rice

What did the 14th amendment do?

• It caused tension between the North and the South over the issue of slavery

• It gave black males the right to vote

• It abolished slavery in the US

• It allowed black people the right to become US citizens.