Causes of the Civil War
The Civil War and Georgia
Reconstruction Plans
Reconstruction Groups
People of the Time
100
Before the Civil War, the South's economy was based on _________________. The North's economy was based on ________________.
agriculture; manufacturing/industry
100
What was the purpose of the Union Blockade?
Cut off trade between the South and Europe to try and "choke" the South's economy. This was an attempt to avoid warfare.
100
The 13th Amendment did this.
Ended slavery
100
Name 3 things that the Freedmen's Bureau aided freedmen and poor whites with during Reconstruction.
Education (modern day schools based on this model), legal representation, clothing, food, jobs, shelter
100
Person who burned Atlanta to the ground.
William T. Sherman
200
How did the Dred Scott case increase tensions between the North and South?
It essentially made all states slave states, which angered Northern states.
200
Name 2 difficulties that a prisoner at Andersonville would probably encounter.
1. Contaminated drinking water. 2. Overpopulation. 3. Traitors known as raiders. 4. Disease. 5. Lack of food/shelter.
200
The 14th Amendment did this.
Gave equal citizenship to all races.
200
Name 2 goals of the KKK.
1. Intimidate freed blacks and white Republicans. 2. Keep black people from voting in elections. 3. Establish social control over freedmen.
200
Elected in the Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
300
Explain the division in Northern and Southern voting in the Election of 1860.
Northern states voted for Lincoln; Southern states were divided among 3 Democratic candidates.
300
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed all slaves in rebelling states; shifted the focus of the Civil War
300
The 15th Amendment did this.
Gave voting rights to all male citizens.
300
What were 2 reasons given for the expulsion of the black senators in the General Assembly?
1. The GA Constitution declared them "non-citizens." 2. Various complaints about their moral character.
300
Sued for his freedom and lost against the state of Missouri.
Dred Scott
400
Explain both parts of the Compromise of 1850.
1. California became a free state. 2. Northern states had to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.
400
Name 3 facts about the Battle of Chickamauga.
1. First fight on GA soil. 2. Second bloodiest battle of the Civil War. 3. Was a part of a larger plan to capture Chattanooga and Atlanta, both rail hubs. 4. Large Union defeat
400
2 reasons why Congress replaced Presidential Reconstruction
1. Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 2. Black Codes
400
What were 2 effects of the expulsion of black legislators?
1. Georgia remained unreconstructed (delayed GA from re-entering the Union) 2. Georgia was unfavorably compared to other Southern states 3. Black people and white people were at odds in GA.
400
Black legislator who was a minister; expelled from the GA General Assembly
Henry McNeal Turner
500
Explain the situation in which South Carolina declared nullification.
Andrew Jackson placed a tariff on European goods to encourage the South to buy more expensive goods from the North.
500
Compare and contrast Sherman's Atlanta Campaign with Sherman's March to the Sea.
Similarities: Both left a path of destruction along the way, causing the South to lose land, resources, and people. Differences: While the Atlanta Campaign was more involved with battles, the March to the Sea was more concerned with destroying the land. The South's spirit was more weakened.
500
2 things that the South had to do to come back into the Union during Lincoln's original plan
1. 10% of the state had to pledge allegiance to the Union. 2. Abolish slavery
500
Compare and contrast sharecropping and tenant farming.
Both consisted of poor, usually illiterate freedmen and whites who usually never escaped debt. Tenant farmers usually owned their equipment and animals while sharecroppers owned nothing.
500
Andersonville commander who was executed for terrible prison conditions after the way.
Henry Wirz
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