| A | B |
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| immediate causes of the war | Lincoln's election, John Brown's raid, and southern states' secession |
| Civil War | deadliest war in U.S. history |
| Republican party platforms | high tariffs, abolishing slavery, and free land in the West |
| Milledgeville | location of Georgia's secession convention |
| South Carolina | first state to secede from the Union |
| December 20, 1860 | South Carolina secedes from the Union. |
| Ordinance of Secession | repealed ratification of the U.S. Constitution, declared Georgia an independent nation, and dissolved Georgia's membership in the U.S. |
| Alexander Stephens | wanted to wait to see what Lincoln would do as president before deciding on secession |
| Declaration of the Causes of Secession | listed the reasons why Georgia was seceding from the Union |
| Joseph Brown | governor of Georgia during the Civil War |
| residents of the Georgia mountains | tended to remain loyal to the Union |
| African Americans | were not affected much when southern states seceded |
| Montgomery, Alabama | first capital of the Confederacy |
| Confederate States of America | official name of the southern nation |
| Confederate Constitution | modeled after the U.S. Constitution, prohibited Confederate Congress from prohibiting slavery, and gave states more power than the central government |
| April 12, 1861 | date the Civil War began |
| Fort Sumter | location of the beginning of the Civil War when Confederate troops opened fire |
| Stars and Bars | name for the Confederate flag |
| Thomas R. R. Cobb | author of the Confederate Constitution |
| Jefferson Davis | president of the Confederacy |
| Alexander Stephens | vice-president of the Confederacy |
| April 12, 1861 | Confederates fired on Fort Sumter. |
| President Lincoln's preparation for war | a naval blockade of all southern ports |
| border states | Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky |
| naval blockade on Georgia | caused food shortages, high prices, and fewer manufactured goods |
| Manassas, Virginia | first major battle of the Civil War |
| Confederate slaves | built forts and prisons, served as cooks and blacksmiths, and repaired railroads |
| Emancipation Proclamation | declared all slaves in the Confederacy were free |
| Antietam | battle with no clear winner but occasion Lincoln used for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Gettysburg | place where President Lincoln made a famous speech to dedicate a battlefield as a cemetery |
| Great Locomotive Chase | April 12, 1862 |
| Atlanta | most important military target in Georgia because it was an industrial center and a transportation center |
| Chickamauga | an 1863 battle in northwest Georgia where Confederate troops turned back Union army soldiers |
| Battle of Kennesaw Mountain | June 27, 1864; Confederates killed 3,000 Union soldiers and lost only 500 of their men. |
| Battle of Atlanta | followed the Battle of Kennesaw; ended with the Confederates fleeing Atlanta leaving Sherman to loot and destroy the city. |
| Andersonville | where Union prisoners of war were kept |
| Andersonville prison | prison where almost 13,000 prisoners died |
| Henry Wirz | Andersonville prison commander |
| Sherman's purpose | to destroy resources and supplies |
| Appomattox Courthouse | location in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant |
| Savannah | location where Sherman's march through Georgia ended |
| April 9, 1865 | General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant |
| Sherman's march to the sea | November 16, 1864 |
| end of Civil War for Georgians | wanted to wait to see what Lincoln would do as president before deciding on secession |
| April 26, 1865 | General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to General Sherman. |
