civil war of georgia

Withdrawal of a state or states from the united states

• secession

• nullification

• expansion

• colonization

• none

The unions original goal for fighting in the civil war

• to end slavery across the united states

• to keep union seperated

• to save the union

• too become independent from england

another name for the united states of america is..

• c.s.a

• the union

• 13 colonies

• confederacy

A tax on imported foods

• embargo

• nullifcation

• quota

• tariff

A new political party of the time that took an anti-slavery position.

• republican party

• whig party

• dog face party

• none

Who was elected president in the Election of 1860?

• Georgia Washington

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Abraham Baldwin

After the Election of 1860, Georgia held a a secession convention at the state capital in Milledgeville to debate whether to secede from or stay in the Union. What did Georgia decide to do?

• work on a compromise to keep peace between the North and South

• accept the elections results and remain in the Union

• secede from the Union and join the Confederacy

• go back to being a British colony

What best describes Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery?

• He wanted to immediately abolish slavery across the United States.

• He preferred slavery in the northern states and no slavery in the southern states.

• He wanted slavery to spread all across the United States.

• He believed he could not end slavery where it already existed but did not want slavery to spread to the western territories.

Private citizens who took the risk of sneaking past the Union blockade for the chance at huge profits.

• slaves

• women

• blockade runners

• soldiers

An announcement in which Lincoln freed the slaves in rebel Confederate states. Black soldiers were recruited into the Union Army and ending slavery became a goal of the Civil War.

• Declaration of Independence

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Proclamation of 1763

• Charter of 1732