Union
Who was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln.
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad.
First Capital of Georgia?
Savannah.
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
What document listed reasons American colonists wanted to be free from British Rule?
The Declaration of Independence
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclemation.
What is the highest point of Georgia?
Brasstown Bald
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg.
What is the bottom geographical region of Georgia?
Coastal Plains
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin.
What is the middle region of Georgia?
Peidmont.
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops.
How did Abe Lincoln die?
Assassination.
Those who didn't accept/believe in slavery were called?
Abolitionists.
what swamp is located in the Inner Coastal Plains?
The Okefenokee
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it?
Anaconda Plan
Manned Military forts in Georgia.
Highland Scots
When did Abe Lincoln run for Presidency?
1860
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
What are the fall line cities?
Macon, Augusta, and Columbus.
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter.
Georgia settlers who argued to change to laws of the Georgia colony.
Malcontents.