How can military and emancipation accounts of the Atlanta Campaign both be useful?
Correct answer(s):
- They examine different dimensions of the same events
Topic
Civil War and Antebellum Georgia
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How did cotton expansion affect enslaved labor despite faster cotton processing?
Correct answer(s):
- It sustained demand for enslaved field labor
About what share of Georgia’s population was enslaved in 1860?
Correct answer(s):
- 44%
What did cotton expansion increase demand for in antebellum Georgia?
Correct answer(s):
- Land and enslaved labor
Which labor system became central to Georgia’s plantation economy?
Correct answer(s):
- Enslaved labor
In what year did Georgia secede from the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- 1861
Which issue was central to Georgia’s secession crisis?
Correct answer(s):
- Protecting slavery
When did the Atlanta Campaign take place?
Correct answer(s):
- 1864
Which coastal city was the destination of Sherman’s 1864 advance from Atlanta?
Correct answer(s):
- Savannah
How could Union advances affect enslaved people in Georgia?
Correct answer(s):
- They could create opportunities to seek freedom