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Duplicate of The Civil War
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Civil War 8th grade #civilwar #georgiastudies
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1
Where was the notorious Confederate prison in Georgia?
Andersonville
Alcatraz
Fulton
Belle Isle
2
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Georgia
3
Why did slavery grow drastically in Georgia in the late 1700s/early 1800s?
The invention of the cotton gin
The south started harvesting rice
The climate improved
Tobacco production increased
4
How did General Sherman and his soldiers act during their march to the sea?
They burned cities and took valuables
They got scared and ran back
They killed everyone they saw
They were nice to everyone
5
What was the deadliest battle in the Civil War?
Chickamauga
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Antietam
6
What was the bloodiest one day battle in the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Chickamauga
Antietam
Gettsyburg
7
In what state did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
Mississippi
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
8
After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issue the
The 13th amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
The Presidential Address
Gettysburg Address
9
What were Sherman's two campaigns?
Atlanta Campaign
Attack on Georgia
March to the Sea
Scorch and Burn
10
Who won the election of 1860?
John Bell
Stephen Douglas
Abe Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
11
What Union general led the northern army on its "March to the Sea" and destroyed Atlanta?
William T. Sherma
Robert E. Lee
Ulysees S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
12
Sherman attacked the civilian infrastructure between Atlanta and Savannah in order to
end civilian support for the war and shorten the war
punish the South for seceding from the Union
retaliate for lives lost in the battle of Atlanta
force Georgia troops to return home to defend Georgia
13
Who was the Confederate commander at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
George Meade
George McClellan
14
Georgia was the ________state to leave the Union.
5th
3rd
1st
2nd
15
Why was Chickamauga important to the North and South
It was halfway between two capitals
It was a major recruitment center for the South
It had a large number of factories
It was a railroad center
16
. What slaves did the Emancipation Proclamation free?
Those in border states.
Those in union states
Those in confederate states
All slaves in the US
17
What was the most notorious prisoner of war camp during the Civil War?
Macon County Jail
Auschwitz
Andersonville
County Prison
18
What was the last battle/engagement of the Civil War?
Sherman's March to the Sea
Courthouse Battle of Antietam
Battle of Bull Run
Appomattox Courthouse
19
What was fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery advocates in Kansas known as?
Bleeding Kansas
The Civil War
Compromise of Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
20
What was a union strategy to prevent the confederacy from trading?
March to the Sea
Georgia Seal Act
Boycott on Georgia
The Union Blockade
21
The fighting of the Civil War in Georgia can be described as
heavy along a line from Dalton to Atlanta to Savannah
concentrated in the Savannah area
all in north Georgia
light and almost nonexistent
22
Gettysburg was another failed attempt to attack the north by which general?
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
23
What was Sherman’s March to the Sea?
The last battle of the war
A battle in which the confederates won
An attempt to blockade the Confederacy
A military campaign from Atlanta to the port of Savannah
24
Where did the bloodiest one-day battle of the Civil War take place?
Antietem
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Vicksburg
25
What battle in Charleston ultimately started the Civil War?
Battle of South Carolina
Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Charleston
26
Atlanta's military importance to the Confederacy is that it was the
industrial and transportation center of the Confederacy
capital of the Confederacy
most populated city of the Confederacy
home to the largest number of slaves in the Confederacy
27
After what battle was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Antietam
Bull Run
28
What is true of the Battle of Chickamauga? anooga All of the above
It was considered a confederate victory
The union captured Chattanooga
All of the above
It was the second bloodiest battle of the war
29
Which political party chose Stephen Douglas as their candidate in 1860?
Southern Democrats
Republicans
Northern Democrats
The Constitutional Union Party
30
The South need to keep its ports open during the war
to ship and sell cotton to Europe for supplies and weapons
to attack ports in the North
to make profits from the war
to maintain the only transportation for the South