Causes of the Civil War
Georgia's Role in the Civil War
Key People, Laws, and Decisions
Battles, Campaigns, and Military Strategy
Primary Sources, Maps & Historical Reasoning
100
This belief argued that the federal government should not interfere with laws made by individual states-
What are states’ rights?
100
This city was a major railway hub, making it a critical target during the Atlanta Campaign-
What is Atlanta?
100
He was elected president in 1860, prompting several Southern states to consider secession-
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This campaign focused on capturing a major transportation center to disrupt Confederate supply lines-
What is the Atlanta Campaign?
100
Which law MOST supported the message of this advertisement?
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
400
What were the 2 main components (pieces) to the compromise of 1850?
What are:
1. California is admitted to the Union as a free state
2. The government would pass the Fugitive Slave Act, requiring runaway slaves to be returned back to the South.
400
This coastal strategy prevented the South from trading cotton for weapons and supplies-
What is the Union blockade?
400
This document declared enslaved people in rebellious states “forever free,” shifting the war’s purpose-
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Union forces viewed this battle as a crucial step toward capturing Atlanta, even though they lost-
What is the Battle of Chickamauga?
400
“I stood in my doorway and saw the road full of soldiers…
They came in every direction — tearing down fences, taking our corn, killing our chickens, and carrying away everything they could.
Smoke rose from burning barns and homes nearby… My heart sank, for I feared we would be left with nothing.”
What Civil War event is MOST LIKELY being described?
What is the March to the Sea?
500
The event in which Georgia supported the Compromise of 1850 in order to pass the Fugitive Slave Act. Georgia issued a political statement that encouraged other Southern states not to secede—yet.. delaying the Civil War by over 10 years.
What is the Georgia Platform of 1850?
500
This battle in northwest Georgia was one of the deadliest of the war and resulted in a Confederate victory-
What is the Battle of Chickamauga?
500
- Led the Union's Atlanta Campaign to control the Railroad system in the south
- Led the Union's March to the Sea, where Union soldiers left a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah
- Established the idea of "Total War" where Union soldiers would burn crops, tear apart railroads, and wipe out total cities in an attempt to destroy Southern morale for the war.
All of these actions were led by which Union General?
Who is General William T. Sherman?
500
Name of the strategy that aimed to break the will of civilians by targeting infrastructure, industry, and food supplies-
What is total war? (Sherman’s strategy)
500
Georgia's over-dependence on _______ production led to many people in the state rationalizing and even defending the use of ___________
What is cotton? What is slavery?
750
This Supreme Court ruling heightened tensions by declaring that Congress had no authority to ban slavery in territories and that enslaved people were not citizens-
What is the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?
750
This military action, Led by General William Sherman, cut a destructive path from Atlanta to Savannah to cripple the Confederacy’s ability to fight-
What is the March to the Sea?
750
Georgia’s leaders cited this political party’s anti-slavery platform as a major reason for secession-
What is the Republican Party?
750
Which Union event is most likely being shown in the painting above?
What is the March to the Sea (led by General William Sherman)?
750
What was the Union Strategy that would surround the South on all sides, slowly closing in and cutting off all food, weapons, and other supplies? (The Union Blockade was a big part of this strategy!)-
What is the Anaconda Plan?
1000
1. What was the event that involved a state challenging the federal tariff system by declaring a tariff void, showing that some states were willing to defy federal authority?
2. Which State was involved in this event?
3. How did the National Government respond to this?
1. What is the Nullification Crisis of 1830?
2. Who was South Carolina?
3. The Federal Government said that their authority was greater than state authority
1000
1. This Georgia location served as the Confederacy’s most notorious prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War-
2. By the end of the war, conditions in this camp were so bad that ___ amount of Union soldiers were dying each day-
What is Andersonville Prison?
What is 85 Union Soldiers died per day?
1000
This Confederate officer was executed after the war due to the deadly conditions faced by prisoners under his command at Andersonville-
Who is Henry Wirz?
1000
The Battle of Chickamauga took place in which REGION of Georgia?
What is the Appalachian Plateau (Northwest Georgia), near the Tennessee border just south of Chattanooga?
1000
“We affirm that the government of the United States has failed to protect the rights of the Southern States.
It has permitted outside states to wage war against our institutions and has encouraged hostility toward the property we are entitled to hold. We will no longer allow ourselves to be treated in such a manner."
This passage would MOST LIKELY be used to justify what major political action?
What is Secession?