Reasons
Name the two groups "both groups have" that fought in the Civil War.
Union (North)
Confederacy (South)
Name the president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
What is another name for the Anaconda Plan?
Union Blockade
What was the ruling of Dred Scott case?
Slaves were property, without rights, and could be taken anywhere
Abolitionist
The right of a state to void, or not to follow a federal law
Nullification
Name the Union General responsible for destroying the Confederacy economy during the Civil War?
William T. Sherman
Emancipation Proclamation ONLY freed slave where?
the CSA
What was the first major battle fought in Georgia?
Battle of Chickamauga
Which technological invention made the South depended on cotton?
cotton gin
Why did many Southerners oppose Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election? "Give at least one reasons"
- Lincoln wanted to halt the spread of slavery in the country
- They thought his victory would threaten the Southern economy
Where did the March to the sea start and stop?
started in Atlanta ended in Savannah
What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?
to destroy everything in GA that could help the South win the war (example: to destroy Georgia's railroads, roads, cotton gins, mills, and warehouses)
____accepted the Compromise of 1850, avoiding secession
Georgia Platform
____cut off Confederate supply lines in order to weaken the South and Georgia's ports were main supply lines.
Anaconda Plan
What are the taxes on imported and export goods called?
Tariffs
Name one intention of Abraham Lincoln when he implemented the Emancipation Proclamation
Weaken the Confederacy economy
To help put the Union back together
To encourage ALL African Americans to help fight with the Union in the Civil War
__________sent signal to South that slavery days were coming to an end
election of 1860
What allowed California was admitted as a free state which gave the North control of Congress
Compromise of 1850
___ made Atlanta a major center for trade and manufacturing?
Railroads
What made states believe that each state had the right to nullify federal laws, secede from the Union, and decide whether to allow slavery in the state?
Compromise of 1850
The fight for the Union became a war for freedom because of ____
the Emancipation Proclamation
States have the right to overthrow a bad government?
Secession
What is Popular Sovereignty?
would decide for themselves to have slavery or not (popular vote)
Idea that federal government only has the powers in the Constitution. States have rights that the U.S. cannot violate
States Rights'