Causes of the Civil War
What did the issue of slavery cause the South to do.
What is secede
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln after this 1863 Battle in Maryland.
What was the Battle of Antietam
When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, it freed enslaved people in ______________ states.
What is rebelling states.
Why was the City of Atlanta targeted by the Union Army during the Civil War?
What is it was a major Confederate railroad hub.
Which Georgia city became the major center of manufacturing during the Civil War
What is Atlanta
This President when elected caused Southern States to secede
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This Battle was the largest Battle in Georgia
What is the Battle of Chickamauga
A political cartoon shows a snake wrapped around southern states. What is being depicted in this drawing?
What is a blockade of southern states' coastlines
What was the Anaconda Plan?
What is a plan to prevent supplies from reaching the South from overseas and cut off the Confederate supply line.
How did the Union Blockade of Georgia's coast relate to the Anaconda Plan?
What is it was used to cut off Confederate supply lines.
At the conclusion of the Civil War, Captain Henry Wirz was executed by the Federal government for his actions during the war. What is the reason for his being put to death?
He was the commandant of Andersonville Prison.
What three things caused nearly 1/3 of the prisoners die at Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp?
What is:
Starvation
Disease
Exposure
vermin:flies, bugs, maggots and lice
starvation
The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. William T. Sherman was victorious in capturing the city of Atlanta and the victory boosted the morale of the North.
What was the MOST important outcome in the Atlanta Campaign of 1864?
What is:
Is helped President Lincoln get reelected
What happened to most major cities in the South when the Civil War broke out economically?
What is most cities shifted manufacturing of cotton products to textiles and weapons
How was Georgia's Economy affected by the Civil War?
What is Cotton, Textiles and Weapons manufacturing increased.
Why was the Compromise of 1850 considered a failure?
The Civil War started 10 years later.
Sherman's March to the Sea occurred in which state
What is Georgia
How did the Emancipation Proclamation alter the Civil War?
What is it made ending slavery the official goal of the Union.
Why did William Tecumseh Sherman take great pain to capture Atlanta only to burn it to the ground after he left it?
What is that Atlanta was the South's major center of manufacturing and transportation.
What was the MOST significant part of the Anaconda Plan?
Naval Blockades
The Southerners thought that this issue BESIDES slavery was a cause to secede from the Union.
What is states' rights.
Even though the Union lost the Battle of Chickamauga why did they think it was an important battle?
It was an important step in capturing Atlanta
What two things did the Southerners oppose Abraham Lincoln on in the Election of 1860?
What is:
Stopping the Spread of Slavery
That he would threaten the Southern Economy
What were the Confederates called by the Union Army?
What is Rebels.
What was the goal of Sherman's March to the Sea?
What is to cut off Georgia's supply lines and disrupt the Southern economy AND BREAK THE SPIRIT OF Confederate citizens