Civil War

A Medieval time for all semi-modern Americans.

Jacob NicholasEdmondson Daniels

The purpose of the Missouri compromise was to maintain an even balance between slave states and free states.

True or False

True

This statement BEST describes the failure of compromise.Compromise did not prevent the civil war.

What was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

Runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners

The Georgia Platform was a Statement supporting,The Compromise of 1850.

The purpose of the Constitutional union party in Georgia was to,Get acceptance of the compromise

of 1850.

The purpose of the Fugitive slave law was to, Require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners.

The underground railroad was a network of people helping escaped slaves leave the south for freedom in northern cities. To which city did most slaves from Georgia flee?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

How did the Kansas-Nebraska act change the Missouri compromise?

It permitted slavery north of Missouri's southern boundary

Why did the Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?because Scott was a slave and was

not eligible to sue in court

Which candidate for president of the United States in 1860 won the electoral vote?Abraham Lincoln

Which candidate won the least number of states in his bid for the presidency?Stephen . A. Douglas

Which two candidates split the southern vote?Breckinridge and bell

Which confederate official was from Georgia?Alexander Jefferson

After Lincolns election which man called for Georgia to remain in the union?

Alexander Stephens

Where was the bloodiest one-day battle of the civil war take place?Antietam

After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

Antietam

How was the emancipation proclamation a concession to the south?The south could keep their slaves if

they stopped fighting

How was Chickamauga important to the North and South?It was a railroad center.

What contributed to the lack of success of the Union blockade?Blockade runners slipped through

the Blockade.

Atlanta's military importance to the confederacy was that it was the

Industrial and transportation center of the confederacy

During the civil war, how would the location of the fighting In Georgia best be describedHeavy along a line from Dalton to

Atlanta to Savannah

Who was the Confederate commander during the battle for Atlanta?John Bell Hood

What union general led the northern army on its march to the sea and saw to it that much of Georgia's capital resources were destroyed

William Sherman

After the destruction caused by his march through Georgia, why did General Sherman refrain from burning Savannah

He protected over 28 million dollars worth of cotton stored in Savannah

William T .Sherman attacked the civilian infrastructure between Atlanta and Savannah in order to,

end civilian support for the war effort and shorten the war

This map shows the united states in what year?1863

Which statement summarizes the information shown on this map?The west is unsettled territory, yet

the east is organized into larger states.

Where was a notorious confederate prison in Georgia?Andersonville

The BEST description of the freedmen’s bureau during reconstruction was that it,

Provided education, training, and social services for the newly freed slaves.

Which statement BEST describes the contributions of the freedmen’s bureau in education.

The bureau set up thousands of primary schools, industrial, or vocational schools and teacher-training centers for African Americans in the south.

After the civil war, what system was created to provide labor to work for former plantations?

Sharecropping.

How were tenant farmers different from sharecroppers?Tenant farmers usually made a

small profit.

Which best describes the differences between share cropping and tenant farmingShare croppers owned nothing but

their labor, while tenant farmers owned farm animals and equipment to use in working other peoples land.

What was president Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconstruction called?

10-Percent Plan

According to Lincoln's reconstruction plan which group of southerners would be pardoned after taking an oath of allegiance?

Former soldiers and prisoners of war.

To be pardoned, former confederates had to agree to,defend the U.S. Constitution

To whom did president Johnson's reconstruction plan deny a general pardon?Southerners who owned more than

$20,000 worth of land.

Why was president Lincoln's reconstruction plan not enacted?The plan did not become effective

before he was assassinated.

Which provision was NOT part of Andrew Jackson's reconstruction plan?A. Higher taxes.B. Nullify their ordinances of

succession.C. Approve the thirteenth

amendment.D. A promise not to repay those

who helped finance the confederacy.

Why did president Johnson appoint James Johnson as provisional governor of Georgia in 1865?

He opposed succession as a congressman.

Which statement BEST describes the most important difference between the reconstruction plans of president Lincoln and the radical congress?

The congressional plan treated the southern states like conquered provinces requiring congress to monitor the treatment of freedmen.

What did the thirteenth amendment to the U.S. constitution do that brought about many changes in Georgia's in Georgia's society and economic structure after the civil war?It freed the slaves.

Under the terms of the radical congressional plan of reconstruction, what amendment did a southern state have to ratify before it could rejoin the union

Fourteenth.

What did the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. constitution do?It gave blacks citizenship.

What did the eighteenth amendment to the U.S. constitution do?It gave blacks the right to vote.

The fourteenth admen to the U.S. constitution was passed in response to,Adoption of laws know as Black

Codes by the southern states.

Henry McNeil Turner was expelled from his seat in the Georgia state legislature on the grounds he did not have,the right to vote, or hold political

office.

Beginning soon after the end of the civil war, what secret organization used force and violence to influence Georgia society?

KKK. (Ku Klux Klan)

The main goal of the KKK was to,Return control of the southern

governments to the democrats

Sharecroppers paid their landowners by,Providing labor and a large

percentage of the crop.