People
Governor of Georgia during the Civil War
Who is Joseph Brown
A loose union of sovereign states in which the central government has only limited powers.
What is the Confederacy?
Official name of the southern union
What is the Confederate States of America?
location of the first battle of the Civil War.
What is Manassas, Virginia?
Georgia who wanted to wait and see what Lincoln did before seceding from the Union.
Who is Alexander Stephens?
Vice-President of the Confederacy
Who is Alexander Stephens?
A formal action or declaration taken by a special convention called for some important purpose.
What is an Ordinance?
document issued by President Lincoln stating that all slaves in the Confederacy were considered "forever free".
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle with no clear victory but prompted President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Antietam?
location of the beginning of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
Author of the Confederate Constitution
Who is Thomas R. R. Cobb?
causes that exist prior to an event occurring.
What is an immediate cause?
supported of high tariffs, free land in the west, and abolishment of slavery
Who are the Republicans?
an 1863 battle in northwest Georgia where confederate troops turned back Union army soldiers.
What is Chickamauga?
Border states during the Civil War.
What is Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware?
Andersonville Prison commander
Who is Henry Wirz?
a law requiring civilians to join the military
Sherman's final destination of his march
What is Savannah?
first 4 states to succeed from the Union.
What is South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama?
location of Georgia's secession convention.
What is Milledgeville?
A Union general who march through Georgia struck fear to the South
Who is General Sherman?
A group of Union spies who tried to disrupt the vital W&A Railroad line between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Who are Andrew's Raiders?
First capital of the confederacy
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
a city that was the most important military target in the south.
What is Atlanta?
Month, day, and year of the end of the Civil War.
What is April 9, 1865?