Causes of the War
This economic and moral institution was the central issue that divided the North and South and was a primary cause of the Civil War.
What is Slavery
The Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in U.S. territories is known by this name.
What is Dread Scott v. Sandford?
This battle, fought in northwest Georgia in 1863, was one of the bloodiest in the Western Theater and a Confederate tactical victory
What is Chickamauga
William Tecumseh ____ led the Union campaign that captured Atlanta and later marched to the sea.
Sherman
The political idea that individual states could refuse to follow federal laws they believed were unconstitutional is called this.
What is nullification or States Rights?
The Dred Scott decision increased tensions because it said Congress had no authority to do this regarding slavery in territories.
What is banning or prohibiting slavery in U.S. territories?
The Union used a naval strategy to prevent supplies from reaching Georgia’s coast; this larger strategy is called the Union ____
What is the Blockade?
The 1864 campaign to capture Atlanta is often called Sherman’s ____ Campaign.
Atlanta
Name the 1850 agreement that attempted to settle disputes over slavery in territories and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This legal/political action, used by some Southern states, allowed them to claim they could declare a federal law void within their borders.
What is nullification?
The Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Andersonville, Georgia, was officially called Camp ____.
What is Camp Sumter
After taking Atlanta, Sherman ordered a destructive march toward the coast; this campaign is known by this name
Sherman’s March to the Sea
This Georgia statement accepted the Compromise of 1850 but warned that future violations of Southern rights could lead to secession.
What is the Georgia Platform?
The Compromise of 1850 included several parts; name one specific provision included in it (other than popular sovereignty)
What is the Fugitative Slave Act?
or Cali as a free state
Name one important effect of the Union blockade on Georgia’s economy or civilians.
What disrupted exports (cotton), shortages of goods, inflation, smuggling—any one
Sherman's March to the Sea aimed to destroy the South’s ____ of war (two-word answer: resources and will)
Supply lines / economic base / homefront morale (accept phrasing about destroying resources and will to fight)
This presidential election year and winner prompted many Southern states to begin debating secession.
Abraham Lincoln's election of 1860
This event in 1860–1861 involved debates and votes across Southern state legislatures about whether to leave the Union; give one major reason Georgia leaders considered secession.
What is any of the following events: Debates over states’ rights, protection of slavery, reaction to Lincoln’s election, preservation of Southern political power.
At Chickamauga, the Confederate army achieved a significant victory. This Confederate general (last name) commanded the Army of Tennessee during the Chickamauga campaign.
Who is Braxton Bragg (or General Bragg).
Name one major Georgia city Sherman’s troops captured or destroyed during the Atlanta Campaign before reaching Atlanta.
Examples: Marietta, Kennesaw Mountain (battle/area), Decatur, or towns along the way (accept one with brief justification).