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Chapter 8
Section 1
Directions: Use the information on pages 252-265 to complete the following statements.
1.
When Abraham Lincoln gave his inaugural address, he knew that seven southern states had left the Union in
protest of __________________ and their belief in_________________________.
2.
Circle the letter of the correct answer to the following question. Which event officially began the Civil War?
A. Lincoln's election
B. the surrender of Fort Sumter
C. secession
D. the formation of the Confederate States of America
3.
How many Americans died during the Civil War? _____________________________________
4.
By 1863, both the Confederate Congress and the U.S. Congress had approved _________________, or
the drafting of men to serve in the army.
5.
Name three advantages that the North had over the South in the Civil War.
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6.
Circle the letter of the correct answer. The Confederacy had all of the following advantages over the North
EXCEPT
A. the Confederacy had many of the best military leaders in the United States.
B. the war was fought on territory familiar to southerners.
C. Great Britain sent the Confederacy some of its troops.
D. southerners had a cause (independence) for which they could fight.
7.
What were blockade runners?__________________________________________________
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Section 2
Directions: Use the information on pages 266-276 to complete the following statements.
1.
Circle the letter of the correct answer. Civil War battles were different from today's modern warfare in all
of the following ways EXCEPT
A. Civil War battles involved long lines of hundreds of men fighting each other, separated by 1,000
yards or less.
B. much of the battle involved hand-to-hand combat.
C. most battles involved long-range guns.
D. most battles involved cannons.
2. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
In what state were the majority of battles and skirmishes fought during the Civil War?
A. Tennessee
C. South Carolina
B. Georgia
D. Virginia
3. After Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, what did the Confederate leaders do?
_________________________________________________________________________
4. What two areas of Georgia's coast suffered their first major attacks on April 6-7, 1862?
_____________________________ and _____________________________
5. According to Figure 28 on pages 270-271, which Civil War battles in Georgia ended with no
victory for either side? _________________________ and _______________________
6. What mistake did Confederate General Braxton Bragg make after he won the Battle of
Chickamauga? _____________________________________________________________
7. What happened in Atlanta on November 15, 1864? ____________________________________
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8. Circle the letter of the correct answer. What Georgia city did General Sherman offer to President Lincoln
as a Christmas gift?
A. Atlanta
C. Savannah
B. Augusta
D. Macon
9. Savannah's surrender cut Robert E. Lee off from the _________________________ he needed to
continue the Southern war effort and _________________ the war in Georgia.
10. The Civil War was officially over on ___________________, when General _____________
surrendered to General _________________ at ______________________, Virginia.
11. True or false, Civil War prisons provided the best possible conditions for the prisoners. ____________
Section 3
Directions: Use the information on pages 281 to complete the following statements.
1. Why was the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers regiment important?
_____________________________________________________________________
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Section 4
Class: ________
Directions: Use the information on pages 286-289 to complete the following statements.
1. During the war, prices in the South ______________________.
Money became worth (circle one)
more and more
less and less.
2. List three ways that the lives of southern children changed during the Civil War.
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
3. About one-third of the soldiers who died in the Civil War died on the _________________, but most
died from ________________, _____________________, and _______________________.
GUIDED READING
Chapter 9
Section 1
Directions: Use the information on pages 298-301 to complete the following questions.
1. The term freedmen means _____________________________________________________
2. Circle the letter of the correct answer. The Freedmen's Bureau performed all of the following functions
EXCEPT
A. helped former slaves and poor whites cope with everyday problems by offering clothing, food,
and other necessities.
B. helped the freedmen adjust to their new circumstances.
C. helped the freedmen earn the right to vote.
D. focused on education as a way to help the freedmen.
3. True or false, the process of rebuilding the South and restoring the southern states to the Union was
known as Reconstruction. _____________________________________________________
4. What happened on April 14, 1865? ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
5. The Thirteenth Amendment made ______________________________________ illegal.
Section 2
Directions: Use the information on pages 302-311 to complete the following statements.
1. The Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1865 _________________________ the ordinance of
secession and voted to abolish ______________________________.
2. True or false, the Thirteenth Amendment was successful in abolishing both slavery and discrimination.
________________________________________________________________________
3. Circle the letter of the correct answer. What happened when all of the southern states (except Tennessee)
refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment?
A. Congress invalidated those state governments and re-established military rule.
B. States were directed to draft new constitutions and to include and extend the right to vote to
African Americans.
C. States were required to have their citizens ratify the new constitutions as well as the
Fourteenth Amendment.
D. All of the above.
4. Nine of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1867 were ______________, northerners
who moved south after the war. Most of the delegates were ___________, a term used to describe
southerners who supported the Republicans.
5. Circle the letter of the correct answer. During Reconstruction, which group formed the largest group of
southern Republicans and voted in large numbers to help keep the Republicans in power?
A. Poor whites
C. Carpetbaggers
B. African Americans
D. Scalawags
6. The ______________ used terror and intimidation to try and keep freedmen from exercising their new
civil and voting rights.
7. The Georgia Act returned Georgia to _________________ control, and required that the state ratify
the _____________________________ before it could return to the Union.
8. True or false, after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that blacks were eligible to hold office and the
legislature approved the Fourteenth Amendment and ratified the Fifteenth Amendment, Georgia was
readmitted into the Union. __________________________________
9. The ability to buy something now and pay for it later over a period of time is called _______________.
How did this impact the lives of sharecroppers?
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10. True or false, economic reconstruction in Georgia happened very quickly. __________
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