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WorksheetsCivil War in GA Test Review Part 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
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.
What was the Georgia Platform?
The court ruling that said slaves couldn't sue becuase they were not citizens
When the southern states accepted the Compromise of 1850, but agreed to resist if the North didn’t follow it or if it hindered slavery/fugitive slave act
The idea that states don't have to follow federal laws
The plan to punish the South for seceding
What did the Dred Scott case decide?
It freed the slaves in the Confederate states.
It said that the Cherokee were not subject to Georgia laws.
It 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.
It abolished slavery in Georgia.
This wanted the South to come back easily and only required 10% of the population to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States and ratify the 13th Amendment.
The Presidential (Lincoln and Johnson's) Reconstruction Plans
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Georgia Secession Debate
The Congressional Reconstruction Plan
What was the Georgia Secesssion Debate?
The U.S. Government made slavery illegal in the “areas still in rebellion.”
The decision that slaves were property, not citizens, and didn't have the right to sue.
The argument to let California in the Union as a free state
After Lincoln's election, some Georgians supported full secession from the Union, while others felt it was best to stay in the Union and negotiate with the north.
What happened when Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Presidential Election?
The Whig party was created.
The 11 southern states seceded from the Union
Slavery was immediately abolished
Dred Scott sued for his freedom.
