Civil War in Georgia Interactive

SS8H5: The Impact of the Civil War on Georgia

A. Key Issues and Events Leading to the Civil War

• Slavery: Central issue causing division; Southern states supported expansion into new territories, while Northern states opposed it.

• States’ Rights: Contest over balance of power between state and federal government.

• Nullification: Crisis of the 1830s where Southern states rejected federal tariffs, leading to conflict over state sovereignty.

• Compromise of 1850: Attempt to ease tensions; admitted California as a free state; included Fugitive Slave Act to satisfy the South.

  
  

• Debate Over Secession: Georgia faced internal divisions; some favored secession, while others supported staying in the Union.