WorksheetsCivil War In Georgia
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who supports slavery
Someone who is against the practice of slavery and wants to end it
Someone who wants to expand slavery
Someone who is indifferent to slavery
What are states' rights?
Rights that are explicitly stated in the Constitution
Rights that are up to the state to decide and not in the Constitution
Rights that apply only to federal government decisions
Rights that are decided by the President
What is nullification? What example did we talk about and which President passed it?
Acceptance of federal laws by state governments
Rejection of a federal law deemed unconstitutional by the state government
Creation of new federal laws by state governments
Approval of tariffs by state governments
Explain the Dred Scott decision. Why did the Southern states approve?
Slaves were considered citizens with rights to sue
Slaves were considered property and did not have rights or the ability to sue
Slaves were granted freedom in Southern states
Slaves were allowed to vote in Southern states
What is the GA Platform and what did it do to the Compromise of 1850?
It supported secession from the Union
It delayed the start of the Civil War and supported the Fugitive Slave Act
It abolished slavery in Georgia
It opposed the Fugitive Slave Act
What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
To abolish slavery in all states
To address issues such as slavery in new territories and the Georgia Platform
To create new federal laws for the Union
To support the Southern states' secession
What were the 3 points of the Compromise of 1850?
California would be a free state, abolish slavery in all states, and establish the Fugitive Slave Act
Abolish the slave trade in Washington DC, establish the Fugitive Slave Act, and allow slavery in new territories
California would be a free state, abolish the slave trade in Washington DC, and establish the Fugitive Slave Act
Abolish slavery in Southern states, establish the Fugitive Slave Act, and allow California to be a slave state
What was the goal Lincoln expressed in his Presidential campaign?
Keep the Union intact and expand slavery
Prevent the end of slavery and abolish the Union
Keep the Union intact
Abolish slavery and dissolve the Union
What was the result of the election of 1860? Why did the Southern states react this way?
Lincoln’s election led to Southern states seceding from the Union because they thought he would end slavery and ruin the South’s economy.
Lincoln’s election led to Southern states uniting with the Union to strengthen the economy.
Lincoln’s election had no impact on the Southern states.
Lincoln’s election led to the Southern states abolishing slavery voluntarily.
Describe how the Battle of Chickamauga impacted the North and the South. Where did the battle take place?
The Union army defeated the Confederate army in Tennessee, raising Union morale.
The Confederate army defeated the Union army in Georgia, forcing their retreat back to Tennessee and raising Confederate morale.
The Union army defeated the Confederate army in Georgia, forcing their retreat back to Tennessee and raising Union morale.
The Confederate army defeated the Union army in Tennessee, forcing their retreat back to Georgia and raising Confederate morale.
Why was taking Atlanta so important to Sherman?
Atlanta was the capital of the Confederacy.
Atlanta was an important railroad hub and manufacturing center, and Sherman could cut off supply lines by taking it.
Atlanta was a major port city, and Sherman could block Confederate trade routes.
Atlanta was a key location for Confederate military training camps.
What was the purpose of “Sherman’s March to the Sea”?
To capture Confederate leaders.
To destroy railroad supply lines and the Southern economy.
To recruit soldiers for the Union army.
To negotiate peace with the Confederacy.
Why did the Southern states leave the Union and form the Confederacy?
They believed the state should be able to govern itself without interference from the national government.
They wanted to expand their territory into the North.
They wanted to abolish slavery.
They wanted to join forces with European nations.
What was the “Anaconda Plan”?
A strategy to invade the Confederate capital directly.
A plan to cut Confederate supply lines by blocking Southern ports, weakening the Confederate army.
A plan to recruit soldiers from the Southern states.
A strategy to negotiate peace with the Confederacy.
Who wrote the “Emancipation Proclamation” and what did it do?
Written by George Washington, it made ending slavery the Union’s goal.
Written by Abraham Lincoln, it made ending slavery the Union’s goal.
Written by Thomas Jefferson, it made ending slavery the Union’s goal.
Written by Ulysses S. Grant, it made ending slavery the Union’s goal.
Describe Andersonville.
A Confederate prison camp where Union soldiers were treated well.
A POW camp in Georgia for Union soldiers where 1/3 of prisoners died from hunger, exposure, and disease.
A Union camp for Confederate prisoners where 1/3 of prisoners died from hunger, exposure, and disease.
A Confederate camp for Union soldiers where prisoners were provided adequate food and shelter.
To break away from a group
state's rights
slavery
Gettysburg
secede
