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Antebellum Georgia and The Civil War Test REVIEW The term __ANTEBELLUM_______ means the period of time BEFORE the Civil War. CLIMATE_ was an important geographic factor contributing to economic differences in the northern and southern sections of the United States. The NORTH’s climate led to the development of a large manufacturing economy. SECTIONALISM is the belief that a section of the country’s interests should be placed above national interests. Most political leaders in the North were opposed to/ in favor of high tariffs on imported goods. ___STATE’S RIGHTS_is the belief that states are independent except in cases in which the U.S. Constitution specifically delegates power to the national government. . The doctrine of states’ rights was more popular in the _SOUTH_____ than in the North. Most political leaders in the _SOUTH_______believed that states could secede from the Union if they felt their rights were violated. _________NULLIFICATION_ was the belief that a state could nullify (or veto) a law passed by Congress that it considered unconstitutional. The _MISSOURI____ Compromise allowed Maine to enter the Union as a _FREE___state and Missouri to enter as a __SLAVE__state. The Compromise of ___1850____allowed ___CALIFORNIA to enter the Union as a free state and required free states to return ___RUNAWAY________slaves to their owners in the South. In the ___DRED _SCOTT___ case in 1857, the ____SUPREME_COURT__ ruled that he could not____SUE__ because he was not a ___CITIZEN_______________. 15. Abolitionists wanted to END SLAVERY The North thought secession was illegal/ legal. Many political leaders in the South believed that the election of __ABRAHAM LINCOLN would lead to total abolition of slavery in America. _____________JEFFERSON DAVIS_____ was elected president of the Confederacy, and Georgia’s ____ALEXANDER STEPHENS______was elected vice-president. .The Civil War began on _APRIL 12, 1861____________at Fort ____SUMTER____in Charleston, South Carolina. . The bloodiest day of the Civil War occurred at the Battle of ___ANTIETAM___________. The ________EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION________declared that on January 1, 1863, that all slaves in states of _____REBELLION (Otherwise known as the CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA) would be free. In the early years of the Civil War, the main Union military strategy with respect to Georgia was a naval __BLOCKADE________of Georgia’s ports. General William T. __SHERMAN_____________ wanted to _DESTROY______ Atlanta and the rest of Georgia. Sherman’s ___MARCH_____to the Sea ended with the capture of ____SAVANNAH______ (Georgia’s greatest port city) in December 1864. The surrender of General ____LEE_____________ to General____GRANT_________ at ____APPOMATTOX_______Court House in Virginia on April ___9, 1865________ marked the end of the Civil War. The _____NORTH_____ won the Civil War. The _____NORTH_______ was more prepared for war because it had more resources than the ___SOUTH________. There were __11___ states in the Confederacy. As the production of cotton increased, the need for slaves _INCREASED__________. For the North and South to have equal power in Congress, there had to an ___EQUAL______ number of slave and free states. The _____SOUTH____ believed the U.S. Constitution was an agreement made by independent states who could withdraw voluntarily. The ____NORTH_____ had more people than the _____SOUTH_____. Most of the banks and money in the U.S. were located in the _NORTH_______. Most of the Civil War was fought in the ___SOUTH_____. Andersonville prison held_____UNION______prisoners. (Confederate or Union) What were the border states? MARYLAND, DELAWARE, KENTUCKY, MISSOURI The capital of the Confederacy was RICHMOND, VA. The official name of the southern nation was the CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Which state was the first to secede from the Union? SOUTH CAROLINA What was the common nickname for a Union soldier? BILLY YANK What was the common nickname for a Confederate soldier? JOHNNY REB/ CONFEDERATES BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE IN 2-3 SENTENCES Fort Sumter Battle of Gettysburg Sherman’s March to the Sea Andersonville Prison Appomattox Courthouse Emancipation Proclamation Battle of Antietam Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law Dred Scott decision