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Georgia Studies

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which battle fought in Georgia was a Confederate victory? (Confederacy won the battle)

a)

Chickamauga

b)

Chattanooga

c)

Sandersville

d)

Atlanta

2.

Who was the Union commander at Atlanta?

a)

Lincoln

b)

Meade

c)

Grant

d)

Sherman

3.

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in

a)

around the world

b)

the North

c)

the states in Rebellion

4.

Sherman's order to destroy everything usable that was left behind was meant to achieve what

a)

scorched earth

b)

punish southerners

c)

the crush the spirit of the south

5.

What was the name of the prison camp in Georgia?

a)

Savannah

b)

Andersonville

c)

Chickamauga

6.

Biggest battle in Georgia

a)

Battle of Atlanta

b)

Battle of Kennesaw

c)

Battle of Chickamauga

7.

Who won the battle of Chickamauga?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

8.

After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the following document

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Gettysburg Address

9.

What year did Lincoln won the election?

a)

1860

b)

1861

c)

1863

10.

The Atlanta Campaign was a march from

a)

Chattanooga to Atlanta

b)

Atlanta to Savannah

c)

Chattanooga to Macon

11.

The battle known as the single bloodiest day in the Civil War

a)

Battle of Chickamauga

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle of Bull Run

12.

Who was the governor when Georgia succeeded?

a)

John Reynolds

b)

James Wright

c)

Joseph E. Brown

13.

Which American document, issued by Abraham Lincoln, led to the freedom of slaves in territories rebelling against the Union?

a)

The Slavery Proclamation

b)

The Civil Rights Declaration

c)

The Emancipation Proclamation

14.

After the devastating destruction caused by his march through Georgia, why did General Sherman NOT burn Savannah?

a)

He gave Savannah to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift.

b)

He decided to buy a home and live in Savannah.

c)

He succeeded in dividing the upper and lower Confederacy and no longer needed to destroy civilian areas.

15.

What is the name of the infamous Civil War prisoner of war camp, located in Macon County, where 13,000 soldiers died?

a)

Elmira Prison

b)

Andersonville Prison

c)

Gratiot Street Prison

16.

What law allowed special government official to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

17.

The Compromise of 1850 admitted what state as a free state?

a)

Kansas

b)

Maine

c)

Missouri

d)

California

18.

People who campaigned to end slavery were called what?

a)

rebels

b)

yankees

c)

abolitionists

19.

The bloodiest 1-day battle of the Civil War took place here

a)

Vicksburg

b)

Antietam

c)

Gettysburg

20.

What Union general led the northern army on its "March to the Sea" and saw to it that much of Georgia's capital resources were destroyed?

a)

Robert. E. Lee

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

William T. Sherman

21.

Which Georgia statesman disagreed with secession warning that a civil war would lead to economic ruin of the south?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Alexander Stephens

c)

John Breckenridge

22.

When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, many southern states, including Georgia, left the union or ____________.

a)

nullified

b)

seceded

c)

exercised sectionalism