WorksheetsCivil War causes and events in GA, SSH85
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
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.
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Missouri Compromise 1820
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:
Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Law
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.
Compromise of 1580
Emancipation Proclamation
Pittsburg Address
Dred Scot Case
What effect did the overpopulation of Andersonville have on its prisoners?
low wages for work
sold into slavery to make room
hunger, poor water supply, and disease
no more soldiers for the Union to win the war
What importance did Atlanta have to the South in the Civil War?
Due to its railroads and industry, it was the center of major trade and transportation.
It was the capital of the CSA
All of the Confederate Military spent their nights there
The French allies were stationed there.
Which battle was the first major battle of the Civil War fought in GA, and was a Confederate victory?
Battle of Alexandria
Battle of Winterfell
Battle of Hogwarts
Battles of Chickamauga
What were some of William Sherman's goals with the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea?
punish and destroy the south, take away their ability to fight the war
convince England to join forces with the Northern Union
rebuild the farms and plantation lost in the war
conquer the Spanish threat in the southern Florida
Abraham Lincoln and the new Republican Party had two main goals during the lead up to the Civil War...
Keep the Union from secession and prevent the spread of slavery.
Move the Natives to the North and send the Rebels to the west.
To collect taxes from every plantation owner and pay for the salves to be sent to their home country.
have the southern states seceded and move on to the territories out west.
"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?
Worcester vs Georgia
Brown vs Georgia's Agriculture Commission
Dred Scott Case
Brown vs The People
What was the primary goal of the Union Blockade?
to prevent Confederate support from Spain.
to keep the South from building up a powerful navy.
prevent the South from shipping cotton to Britain and France in exchange for weapons and other resources
to block African slaves from being brought in the southern ports.
Why did many Southerners feel that states rights were violated by the abolition of slavery?
they believed that the North should practice slavery.
they believed that abolition violated the state's right to choose the laws that were best for them.
they believed that freed slaves would take control of their states.
they believed that abolition would bring back tariffs.
The act of withdrawing or leaving the United States is called
Secession
Nullification
Abolition
Declaring Independence
For the Compromise of 1850 to work, the North had to accept
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Dred Scott Decision
The Election of 1860
Nullification
South Carolina threatened to nullify the Tariff of 1828 and 1832. Why?
They believed that it hurt the South because it taxed imported goods
They believed that it hurt the North because it taxed cotton exports
They believed that it would slow down manifest destiny
They believed that it would slow down the international slave trade
The Tariff of 1828 and 1832 that put a tax on imports from Europe were designed to help ______.
Northern factories
Southern plantations
Western cattle rachers
Northern coal miners
Which event happened first?
Battle of Chickamauga
Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860
Battle of Ft. Sumter (April, 1861)
Georgia Secedes the Union (Jan. 19, 1861)
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!
Quartering Act
Guerrilla Warfare
Total War
Total Loss
What gift did Abraham Lincoln receive as a "Christmas gift?"
The Savannah beach
the city of Savannah, GA
All of the food they stole from the confederates
Confederate soldiers that would be taken hostage
Was the Atlanta Campaign one large battle or several small battles leading to Atlanta? (Slide 43)
Several small battles leading to Atlanta
One large battle
What was Sherman's March to the Sea?
The Union march from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico
When the Confederates were forced to march from Georgia to Oklahoma as a punishment for causing the Civil War.
The Union army's 300-mile march from the city of Atlanta to Savannah.
The Confederate army's 300-mile retreat from the city of Atlanta to Savannah.
Which person was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
The General that lead the Campaign to capture Atlanta was...
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
William Sherman
Sherman wanted Atlanta captured for what reason?
Atlanta was the capital of the Confederacy.
Atlanta had become a big supply hub having lots of railroads.
Atlanta was a Union supporting town.
Sherman did not want Atlanta, he only wanted Savannah.
"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!"
Southerner
northerner
"We need to discourage the purchase of foreign goods with a high tariff so we can promote American industry."
Southerner, John C. Calhoun
Northerner, Daniel Webster
"If a state thinks a law goes against the Constitution, it can nullify that law."
Southern reasoning
Northern reasoning
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.
The Georgia Statement
The Compromise Platform
The Georgia Declaration
The Georgia Platform
