Georgia's role
Georgia was willing to allow California into the Union as a free state as long as the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Georgia Platform
War was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern and Southern states
cancellation of a federal law. ( to reject a law)
Nullification
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War.
Secession
Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with the Atlanta as the ultimate objective; Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta.
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
Dred Scott Case (Scott vs Sandford)
Who became the Vice President of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States.
Fugitive Slave Act
Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15- December 25, 1864 with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a “scorched earth” policy to end the South’s will to fight.
Sherman's March to Sea
What is the belief by people that their ideas interests are more important than other peoples opinions
Sectionalism
Slave that traveled from state to state with his owner and believed he should be free.
Dred Scott
Document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
Emancipation Proclamation
Prison was a Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers. Conditions were harsh due to overcrowding, low supplies, disease and inadequate provisions such as tainted water.
Andersonville
An election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election, Southern states seceded from the Union.
Election of 1860
General of the Union Army lead the soldiers to capture Atlanta and the March to Sea.
William Sherman
Georgia was willing to allow California into the Union as a free state as long as the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Georgia Platform
Battle that was fought to stop union soldiers from advancing to Atlanta. It was a confederate victory.
The Battle of Chickamauga
A period in the history of the Southern United States, from the late 18th century until the start of the American Civil War in 1861.
Antebellum Era
Who won the state of GA in the election of 1860 although he did not win the overall presidency
John Breckenridge