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  • Which battle is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War?
    Battle of Gettysburg
    Battle of Shiloh
    Battle of Chickamauga
    Battle of Antietam
  • What event occurred as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
    Nullification
    Lincoln's election
    South Carolina's secession
    Bleeding Kansas
  • Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
    California
    Missouri
    Kansas
    Maine
  • The Civil War began when the South attacked
    Fort Pulaski
    Gettysburg
    Antietam
    Fort Sumter
  • Who was the general who headed the Confederate forces?
    Robert E. Lee
    George B. McClellan
    Ulysses S. Grant
    William T. Sherman
  • Which general was responsible for the burning of Atlanta?
    Grant
    Meade
    McClellan
    Sherman
  • Which individual, though he argued against secession, went on to become VP of the Confederacy?
    Andrew Johnson
    Jefferson Davis
    Alexander Stephens
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Who was the Republican nominee for president in 1860?
    Stephen Douglas
    John Bell
    John Breckenrigde
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What was the GA Platform?
    Supported popular sovereignty
    Supported states' rights
    Supported slavery throughout the US
    Supported the Compromise of 1850
  • After Lincoln's election, which man called for GA to remain in the Union?
    Robert Toombs
    Joseph Brown
    Alexander Stephens
    Thomas Cobb
  • Which accurately describes southern states' reaction to the election of Lincoln?
    They demanded a recount of votes.
    They protested his election.
    They immediately attacked Fort Sumter.
    They began to secede from the Union.
  • Which was an organized escape plan for slaves fleeing their owners?
    The Fugitive Slave Law
    The underground railroad
    The slave revolt
    The slave code
  • What stance did GA take concerning the Compromise of 1850 according to the GA Platform?
    Rejected the compromise
    Called for secession
    Supported the compromise
    Called for nullification
  • Which correctly explains the term "nullification"?
    to do away with
    to put on hold
    to amend or change
    to ratify or approve
  • Which state was added to the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
    Missouri
    Nebraska
    California
    Maine
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