Events Leading to War
The 1860 election of this president caused Southern states to begin seceding.
Abraham Lincoln
Georgia joined this group of breakaway states during the Civil War
The Confederacy
He was President of the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
The act of a state leaving the Union.
Secession
True or False: During the time of the Civil War, Georgia’s economy was based on manufacturing.
False
This act allowed states to vote on slavery, leading to violence.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This military campaign destroyed Atlanta and much of Georgia.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
He led the Union army through Georgia.
General William T. Sherman
The Northern states were also known as this.
The Union
The two major reasons Georgia seceded.
Slavery and States’ rights
This "compromise" tried to balance free and slave states
The Missouri Compromise
During the time of the Civil War, Georgia’s economy relied heavily on this crop.
Cotton
He was the President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
The farming-based Southern economy relied on this system during the time of the Civil War.
Slavery
How did Sherman’s March affect civilians in Georgia?
Caused destruction and hardship.
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled African-Americans were not citizens.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
This battle helped Lincoln win re-election.
The Battle of Atlanta (The fall of Atlanta)
This was the main belief used to justify secession
States’ Rights
This term means to weaken or make something unable to function.
Incapacitate
Name one effect of Reconstruction in Georgia.
Political or Social change (e.g., rejoining Union)?
This was the main cause of disagreement between North and South (Hint: TWO parts to this answer)
Slavery and states’ rights
This time period followed the war and tried to rebuild the South.
Reconstruction Period
This Executive Order from Abraham Lincoln, freed slaves in Confederate states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
Blocking ports to stop trade or supplies.
Blockade (Anaconda Plan)
This concept was at the heart of Georgia’s political disagreement with the Union.
States’ rights