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Civil War causes and events in GA, SSH85

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This act allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It drew a boundary line to separate northern free states and southern slave states.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

Missouri Compromise 1820

2.

This legislation brought California in as a free state, and also created Utah and New Mexico. The Fugitive Slave Act was included in this legislation, as well:

a)

Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Dred Scott Decision

d)

Fugitive Slave Law

3.
In the Fugitive Slave Act, it was ILLEGAL for a northerner to let a runaway slave go free
a)
True 
b)
False
4.
In the Dred Scott decision, it was decided that:
a)
African Americans can not be citizens
b)
There cannot be slaves in free states
c)
Slavery is illegal
d)
Maine would be free, Missouri would be slave state
5.
Who won the Election of 1860?
a)
Ulysses S Grant
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Uncle Tom
6.
After Lincoln was elected:
a)
Southern states were happy
b)
Northern states hated him
c)
He began to establish more slave states
d)
Southern states began to secede
7.
A person who wanted to end slavery
a)
Secession
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Fugitive
d)
Southerner
8.
To break away from, or withdraw from something
a)
Abolish
b)
Secede
c)
Repeal
d)
Compromise
9.
Before the Civil War, the North was:
a)
Weak
b)
Anti-Slavery
c)
Pro-Slavery
d)
The Confederates
10.
Before the Civil War, The South was:
a)
Pro-Slavery
b)
Anti-Slavery
c)
The Union
d)
More populated than North
11.

Abraham Lincoln issues the ______________ with publicly put the Union's antislavery stance on the side of morality and encouraged African Americans to join the Union army. It gave the South a chance to surrender and end the war, but they did not.

a)

Compromise of 1580

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Pittsburg Address

d)

Dred Scot Case

12.

What effect did the overpopulation of Andersonville have on its prisoners?

a)

low wages for work

b)

sold into slavery to make room

c)

hunger, poor water supply, and disease

d)

no more soldiers for the Union to win the war

13.

What importance did Atlanta have to the South in the Civil War?

a)

Due to its railroads and industry, it was the center of major trade and transportation.

b)

It was the capital of the CSA

c)

All of the Confederate Military spent their nights there

d)

The French allies were stationed there.

14.

Which battle was the first major battle of the Civil War fought in GA, and was a Confederate victory?

a)

Battle of Alexandria

b)

Battle of Winterfell

c)

Battle of Hogwarts

d)

Battles of Chickamauga

15.

What were some of William Sherman's goals with the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea?

a)

punish and destroy the south, take away their ability to fight the war

b)

convince England to join forces with the Northern Union

c)

rebuild the farms and plantation lost in the war

d)

conquer the Spanish threat in the southern Florida

16.

Abraham Lincoln and the new Republican Party had two main goals during the lead up to the Civil War...

a)

Keep the Union from secession and prevent the spread of slavery.

b)

Move the Natives to the North and send the Rebels to the west.

c)

To collect taxes from every plantation owner and pay for the salves to be sent to their home country.

d)

have the southern states seceded and move on to the territories out west.

17.

"The legal condition of a slave in the State of Missouri is not affected by the temporary sojourn of such slave in any other Sate, but on his return his condition still depends on the laws of Missouri.

As the plaintiff was not a citizen of Missouri, he, therefore, could not sue in the Courts of the United States. The suit must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction."

This excerpt comes from which Supreme Court Case?

a)

Worcester vs Georgia

b)

Brown vs Georgia's Agriculture Commission

c)

Dred Scott Case

d)

Brown vs The People

18.

What was the primary goal of the Union Blockade?

a)

to prevent Confederate support from Spain.

b)

to keep the South from building up a powerful navy.

c)

prevent the South from shipping cotton to Britain and France in exchange for weapons and other resources

d)

to block African slaves from being brought in the southern ports.

19.

Why did many Southerners feel that states rights were violated by the abolition of slavery?

a)

they believed that the North should practice slavery.

b)

they believed that abolition violated the state's right to choose the laws that were best for them.

c)

they believed that freed slaves would take control of their states.

d)

they believed that abolition would bring back tariffs.

20.
Why was Georgia often referred to as the "heart of the Confederacy" during the Civil War?
a)
Georgia was the site of most of the military activities.
b)
Georgia's soldiers fought harder than those from other Confederate states.
c)
Robert E. Lee once referred to Georgia by that term and the name remained.
d)
Georgia had the best railroads and more industry than other Confederate states.
21.
A notorious Confederate prison was located in Georgia at:
a)
Alcatraz
b)
Andersonville
c)
Belle Isle
d)
Fulton
22.

The act of withdrawing or leaving the United States is called

a)

Secession

b)

Nullification

c)

Abolition

d)

Declaring Independence

23.

For the Compromise of 1850 to work, the North had to accept

a)

The Fugitive Slave Act

b)

The Dred Scott Decision

c)

The Election of 1860

d)

Nullification

24.

South Carolina threatened to nullify the Tariff of 1828 and 1832. Why?

a)

They believed that it hurt the South because it taxed imported goods

b)

They believed that it hurt the North because it taxed cotton exports

c)

They believed that it would slow down manifest destiny

d)

They believed that it would slow down the international slave trade

25.

The Tariff of 1828 and 1832 that put a tax on imports from Europe were designed to help ______.

a)

Northern factories

b)

Southern plantations

c)

Western cattle rachers

d)

Northern coal miners

26.

Which event happened first?

a)

Battle of Chickamauga

b)

Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860

c)

Battle of Ft. Sumter (April, 1861)

d)

Georgia Secedes the Union (Jan. 19, 1861)

27.

What was the name of the tactic General Sherman and his Union forces used as they gained control of the Atlanta and Savannah? This is where they took all of the resources and destroyed what was in their path!

a)

Quartering Act

b)

Guerrilla Warfare

c)

Total War

d)

Total Loss

28.

What gift did Abraham Lincoln receive as a "Christmas gift?"

a)

The Savannah beach

b)

the city of Savannah, GA

c)

All of the food they stole from the confederates

d)

Confederate soldiers that would be taken hostage

29.

Was the Atlanta Campaign one large battle or several small battles leading to Atlanta? (Slide 43)

a)

Several small battles leading to Atlanta

b)

One large battle

30.

What was Sherman's March to the Sea?

a)

The Union march from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico

b)

When the Confederates were forced to march from Georgia to Oklahoma as a punishment for causing the Civil War.

c)

The Union army's 300-mile march from the city of Atlanta to Savannah.

d)

The Confederate army's 300-mile retreat from the city of Atlanta to Savannah.

31.

Which person was the President of the Union?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

Ulysses S. Grant

d)

Robert E. Lee

32.

The General that lead the Campaign to capture Atlanta was...

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Robert E. Lee

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

William Sherman

33.

Sherman wanted Atlanta captured for what reason?

a)

Atlanta was the capital of the Confederacy.

b)

Atlanta had become a big supply hub having lots of railroads.

c)

Atlanta was a Union supporting town.

d)

Sherman did not want Atlanta, he only wanted Savannah.

34.

"The high tariff on foreign goods will force us to buy manufactured goods from the northern states instead of the cheaper ones from Britain. We end up paying more!"

a)

Southerner

b)

northerner

35.
To nullify a law means …
a)
to agree to the law
b)
to secede.
c)
to void or cancel the law.
d)
to vote on the law.
36.

"We need to discourage the purchase of foreign goods with a high tariff so we can promote American industry."

a)

Southerner, John C. Calhoun

b)

Northerner, Daniel Webster

37.
Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.
a)
foreign goods
b)
american made goods
c)
ice cream
d)
slaves
38.
The North was dependent on __________ while the South was dependent on __________.
a)
Industry, Slavery
b)
Slavery, Agriculture
c)
Industry, Mills
39.

"If a state thinks a law goes against the Constitution, it can nullify that law."

a)

Southern reasoning

b)

Northern reasoning

40.

The _______ was a statement published by the Georgia government, which said that Georgia would only support the Compromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Act.

a)

The Georgia Statement

b)

The Compromise Platform

c)

The Georgia Declaration

d)

The Georgia Platform