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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which describes the relationship between the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?
They are the same event just known by two different names in Georgia.
Both events were trying to resolve the differences people had over the results of the Dred Scott case.
The Georgia Platform, which upheld Georgia’s right to slavery, led to a need for the Compromise of 1850.
It was the Georgia Platform, many believe, that saved the union because it showed southern support for the Compromise of 1850.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which term is used when a state attempts to ignore or refuse to accept a law from the Federal government?
nullification
compromise
emancipation
sharecropping
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which statement BEST describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?
The New York Court system changed the laws in Missouri
Missouri granted Scott the right to be free
The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court
- 4. Multiple Choice
Southern states considered the Dred Scott case a victory because according the decision in the case slaves were
treated like all other citizens.
considered to be property without rights.
to be released within the next fifty years.
able to be kept as slaves in every state of the country.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was ONE of the key issues that led to the Civil War?
land lotteries
states' rights
The Townsend Acts
taxation without representation
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which practices were used to keep freed slaves under control of local landowners after the Civil War?
reconstruction and the 13th amendment
blocakades and secession
nullification and slavery
sharecropping and tenant farming
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does the term "secession" describe
the end of slavery
the act of a state leaving the Union
the right of the federal government to collect taxes
the nullification of tarriffs
- 8. Multiple Choice
After Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1960, which state(s) withdrew from the Union?
North Carolina and South Carolina
South Carolina and Georgia
Georgia and Alabama
Alabama and Mississippi
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Nullification Crisis of 1832 was centered around ...
The annexation of Texas
The southern opposition to the tariffs
Decreased trade with France
Jackson's war on the banks
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which TWO were effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It allowed the Union army to recruit African Americans
It ended slavery in the North and South
it justified the Confederacy's firing the first shot in the Civil War
It led to European nations helping the Confederacy during the Civil War
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which TWO things did the Georgia Platform temporarily prevent?
Nullification
Slavery
War
Secession
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Confederacy held Union Soldiers at a Prison in
Andersonville, GA
Milledgeville, GA
Atlanta, GA
Savannah, GA
- 13. Multiple Choice
The image is a Civil War Era drawing that shows...
Sherman's victory at Shiloh
Sharman's March to the Sea
Scott's victory at Gettysburg
The union blockade of the coast
- 14. Multiple Choice
The site of the biggest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War was...
Andersonville
Chickamauga
Atlanta
Chattanooga
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
to make sure former slaves did not exercise their rights
to oppose federal troops in Reconstruction Georgia
to fight for the freedom of southern slaves
to provide former slaves with basic needs
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why was the Union Blockade of Georgia's coast significant during the Civil War?
the blockade delayed or prevented international help from reaching the confederacy.
It meant to end the blockade most Civil War battles would be fought at sea.
with the blockade, there was no way to retreat from battles so surrender was the only option.
the Union resources were wasted on the ineffective blockade, thus delaying their victory in the war.
- 17. Multiple Choice
How did Sherman's March to the Sea affect the state of Georgia?
Sherman's march diverted Union attention from Georgia, allowing the state's militia to recover
The march destroyed Georgia's agriculture and railroads, devastating the economy
People were proud that Georgia-born Sherman made a name for himself during the march.
The March to the Sea was the first time the Union Army actually entered the state of Georgia.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important during the Civil War?
it was the document that officially ended the war after the battle of Antietam
It was an official statement from the Union banning the practice of slavery.
It stated that voting rights could not be denied based on race
It allowed blacks to officially join the confederate army
- 19. Multiple Choice
what was the 13th amendment
to abolish slavery
to allow women to vote
to allow former slaves to be citizens
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe 15th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.abolished slaverygave women the right to vote.gave blacks the right to vote.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe 14th Amendment to the Constitution ______________________.Voting RightsBear ArmsGave equal protection
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:A. Georgia PlatformB. Missouri CompromiseC. Compromise of 1850D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following accurately describes Alexander Stephens? . .A. He was a southerner who remained loyal to the Union and served as vice president under President LincolnB. He was a Georgian who served as vice president of the Confederacy.C. He was an intimidating politician who despised most southernersD. He was a passionate secessionist who wanted Georgia to leave the Union immediately.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAfrican Americans were most inspired to fight in the Civil War afterA. Confederate leaders adopted the Georgia platformB. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.C. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.D. The South fired on Fort Sumter.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat was at stake in the battle of Chickamauga?A. Control of the railroad center in nearby ChattanoogaB. Access to the port city of SavannahC. Access to ammunitionD. The fate of Washington, D.C.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Emancipation Proclamation do?A. It freed all slaves in states fighting against the Union.B. It freed all slaves in the United StatesC. It put Ulysses S. Grant in charge of all Union forces.D. It allowed slaves to fight in the Confederate army.
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWho was William T. Sherman?A. He was the Confederate general who tried to invade the North twice but failed.B. He was the appointed governor of Georgia during Reconstruction.C. He was the Union general who conquered Atlanta and marched all the way to Savannah.D. He was the Union general who finally defeated Robert E. Lee and forced him to surrender.
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the impact of Sherman’s “March to the Sea”?A. It convinced the South that they could win the war.B. It convinced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.C. It forced Robert E. Lee to evacuate Georgia.D. It left a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah that crippled the Confederacy.
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known asA. New SouthB. ReconstructionC. Atlanta CompromiseD. Georgia Platform
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich Supreme Court case would have had the BIGGEST impact on slaves in the United States?Marbury v. Madison (1803)Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich compromise resulted in the admission of California to the Union as a free state?the Great Compromisethe Compromise of 1850the Missouri Compromisethe Kansas-Nebraska Act
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThis group helped newly freed slaves with food, medical care, jobs, housing and schooling.SharecroppingJim Crow LawsReconstructionFreedmen's Bureau
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThe economy of the South depended largely onA. New technology.B. Manufacturing.C. Politics.D. Slave labor.
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