War Comes to Georgia

What was General Winfield Scott's "Great Snake" plan (sometimes called the Anaconda Plan)?

• An attack of the city of Atlanta

• A naval blockade of southern ports to cut off cotton exports and military resupplies from other countries

• An attack of the city of Savannah

• An attack of the city of Milledgeville

The biggest battle of the Civil War fought in Georgia was the ....

• Battle of Atlanta

• Battle of Chickamauga

• March to the Sea

• Battle of Milledgeville

Why was the Battle of Chickamauga considered a victory for the South?

• Union Gen. Sherman was killed and his forces were defeated

• Union Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Union Army was defeated

• Union forces were driven out of Georgia back to Chattanooga, Tennessee

• Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his forces defeated Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Union Army

Atlanta was an important target for Gen. Sherman and his Union Army because ....

• It's valuable seaport on the Atlantic Ocean could be used to resupply the Union Army in the deep south

• it was an important railroad hub for the Confederacy supplying war materials throughout the south

• It's airport was vital for landing military aircraft for the war effort

• It's interstate system was valuable to the military trucks to carry troops and supplies

What was true about Georgia during the early years of the war between 1861 and 1863?

• The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in Georgia in 1861

• The Battle of Petersburg was fought in Georgia in 1862

• The Battle of Vicksburg was fought on the Chattahoochee River in 1863

• Due to its railroads, Atlanta became a major transportation hub and manufacturing center for the Confederacy