Causes of the Civil War
Georgia in the Civil war
Reconstruction in Georgia
Key Figures
Amendments & Laws
100

What was the name of the compromise that admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?

What is the Missouri Compromise?

100

What was Georgia’s role in the Confederacy?

What is it was a major supplier of goods and troops?

100

What was Reconstruction?

What is the period after the Civil War to rebuild the South?

100

Who was the president of the Confederacy

Who is Jefferson Davis?

100

What amendment gave citizenship to former slaves?

What is the 14th Amendment?

200

What term describes the idea that states could decide for themselves whether to allow slavery?

What is states' rights?

200

What major Civil War battle took place in Georgia in 1863?

What is the Battle of Chickamauga?

200

What amendment abolished slavery

What is the 13th Amendment?

200

Who led the Union army during the March to the Sea?

Who is William T. Sherman?

200

What amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

What is the 15th Amendment?

300

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

What is slaves were considered property, not citizens?

300

What was the purpose of Sherman’s March to the Sea?

What is to destroy the South’s ability to fight?

300

What organization helped freed slaves with food, education, and jobs?

What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?

300

Who was the U.S. president during the Civil War?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

What law divided the South into military districts during Reconstruction?

What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?

400

What was the Georgia Platform?

What is Georgia's support for the Compromise of 1850 to preserve the Union?

400

What city did Sherman burn during his March to the Sea?

What is Atlanta?

400

What were Black Codes?

What is laws that restricted the rights of freedmen?

400

Who was Alexander Stephens

Who is the Vice President of the Confederacy from Georgia?

400

What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

What is to protect the rights of African Americans?

500

What event caused Southern states, including Georgia, to secede from the Union?

What is the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

500

What was Andersonville known for during the Civil War?

What is a Confederate prison with terrible conditions?

500

What was the purpose of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?

What is to intimidate African Americans and prevent them from voting?

500

Who was Henry McNeal Turner?

Who is an African American legislator and minister during Reconstruction?

500

What was sharecropping?

What is a farming system where freedmen worked land for a share of the crops?