The Union's original goal for fighting in the Civil War.

Another name for the United States of America.

11 southern states seceded from the the Union and formed their own country called... (Select all answers that apply)

The government that runs the entire United States, also known as the central government or national government.

The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government are known as

A tax on imported goods.

The argument that a state has the right to nullify, or not follow a federal law.

South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union due to high tariffs, claiming it had the right to nullify federal law and Andrew Jackson responded with the threat of military force.

A series of laws aimed to keep peace between the North and South, including admitting California to the Union as a free state and passing the Fugitive Slave Act.

A proclamation stating that Georgia would support the Union and the Compromise of 1850. Other states followed GA's lead, preventing civil war for 11 years.

The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans, whether slave or free, were not citizens of the U.S. and also ruled that the federal government could not prohibit slavery in the western territories.

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

Who was elected president in the Election of 1860?

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?

What best describes Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery?

A strategy in which the Union Navy prevented the South from shipping cotton to Europe in return for weapons and supplies. Georgia ports at Savannah, Brunswick and Darien were blocked by Union ships.

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

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.

This was the second bloodiest battle of the Civil War with over 34,000 casualties and the largest battle ever fought in Georgia. It was a Confederate victory that prevented the Union from entering Georgia.

In a series of battles, General William T. Sherman captured this major railroad hub and key industrial center which brought a devastating blow to the Confederacy.

Sherman's army implemented the Union's total war philosophy: creating a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying Georgia's war-making infrastructure, devastating the economy and weakening southern morale.

A Georgia Confederate prisoner-of-war camp for captured Union soldiers. Due to horrible conditions, more men died (close to 13,000) here than at any other Civil War prison.