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Civil War and Georgia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What city was William Sherman determined to destroy by fire because it was a major center for transportation (railroad) and manufacturing. | Atlanta |
| In 1733 the colony of Georgia made slavery illegal, but how did it change before and during the Civil War | Since the South relied on slaves to plant and pick cotton, the called it a necessary evil and defended it's use |
| Court case where a slave fought to become free all the way to the Supreme Court but was ruled he was not a citizen and just because he lived in a free state didn't mean he was free | Dred Scott |
| To help ease the tensions of westward expansion and the question of slavery in new states, these were made | Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 |
| Second bloodiest battle in the Civil War and was a victory by the Confederates in Georgia, but was a step to control the South's railroads | Battle of Chickamauga |
| The nickname for the Union Blockade to squeeze the South by cutting off supplies and weapons from Europe | Anaconda plan |
| When a state says it can VOID or refuse a federal law within it's borders | Nullification |
| Lincoln won the election of 1860, but the the next month(s) it led to the Civil War when the southern states did this for fear of changing their way of life (slavery permitted) | Secession (South Carolina was first in Dec 1860, Georgia was 4th in January of 1861) |
| The Union blockade impacted prisoners at Andersonville as well as what critical item was limited for the prisoners | Food was scarce and unavailable |
| What section of the country would have been more advocates of State's rights? | The South |
| Which section was more industrial with factories | The North |
| Which section was more agricultural with large plantations | The South |
| What led to more pressure between the North and the South when it came to slavery | whether or not there would be slaves in the new territories in the West due to expansion |
| The Georgia Platform had two requirements...What were they? | Adoption of the Fugitive Slave Act and to stop trying to end the expansion of slavery in western territories |
| Sherman's destructive path from Atlanta to Savannah (scorched earth plan) was trying to destroy the Southern what? | Economy and means of transportation and supply |
| Slavery came under the overarching umbrella of what as opposed to control given to the federal government? | State's rights |
| Runaway slaves had to be returned to the South under what law | The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (Part of the Georgia Platform to allow the Compromise of 1850) |
| The Nullification Crisis of 1838 is where South Carolina threated secession if they could not void a tariff, but who did the North say had authority? | The president and congress, not the state |
| What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? | It freed the slaves in the rebellious states |
| Soldiers in the South | Confederates |
| Soldiers in the North | Union |
| Overcrowded prison where many soldiers died of starvation, disease, and succumbed to the cold | Andersonville |
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