Figures of the Civil War
Who was the General that went through Georgia and destroyed everything in His path.
William T. Sherman
This battle occurred only ten miles south of the Tennessee/Georgia border, there were more that 18,000 casualties.
The battle of Chickamauga
What was the name of the Prison that was located in Georgia and was used to hold captured Union Soldiers.
Andersonville
What compromise that included the Fugitive Slave Act built tensions between the North and the South?
Compromise of 1850
Why were the Southern states scared when Lincoln Because the President.
They Feared that he would abolish slavery and then threatened to secede.
Who was the president that was elected in 1860, that the south feared would Abolish Slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
Who won the Battle of Chickamauga?
The confederate States
The attack on this Charleston port marked the official beginning of the American Civil War.
Fort Sumter
What year did the election of Abraham Lincoln take place
1860
Who was the president of The Southern States/Confederacy during the civil war.
Jefferson Davis
Why was Camp Sumter chosen as the site for prisoners of war to be held.
Because it was near a major railroad.
Georgia’s secession from the Union mainly occurred because of…
Abraham Lincoln's Election causing to southern states to secede to protect slavery.
Who was the General that switched from the Union to join the Confederacy after Virginia Joined the Confederacy.
Robert E. Lee
Sherman March to the sea stretched from ____ to ____.
Atlanta, Savannah
The Dred Scot Case stated that slaves were ____.
Property
Who was the 18th president of The United States and Was also a general.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Anaconda plan blocked trade from Great Britain from going to the Confederate states. Which river did they also block?
The Mississippi river
What term is used to describe ignoring a federal law.
Nullification