What was the main reason secessionists gave to leave the Union at Georgia's

Question

Secession Convention?
(1 point)
• to preserve the institution of slavery
• to enforce fugitive slave laws
• to strengthen sectional relationships
• to nullify federal tariff laws

Answer 1

The main reason secessionists gave to leave the Union at Georgia's Secession Convention was to preserve the institution of slavery.

Answer 2

What was the main reason the Union blockaded the port of Savannah during the
Civil War?
(1 point)
• To prevent needed supplies from entering the Confederacy
• To lessen the freight load of the southern railroads
• To force the Confederacy to move its capital city
• To force the Confederacy to only trade with Britain

Answer 3

The main reason the Union blockaded the port of Savannah during the Civil War was to prevent needed supplies from entering the Confederacy.

Answer 4

True or false: both the North and the South believed the war would be short
(1 point)
• True
• False

Answer 5

True. Both the North and the South initially believed that the Civil War would be a short conflict.

Answer 6

Slaveholding states that bordered free states and did not secede during the Civil War became known as
states.

(1 point)
• Traitor

• Border

• Flip flop

• Blockade

Answer 7

Slaveholding states that bordered free states and did not secede during the Civil War became known as Border states.