Civil War Notes 1-5

Question 0

Did Abraham want to get rid of slavery?

Answer 0

No just contain it

Question 1

When was Abraham Lincoln elected as president?

Answer 1

1860

Question 2

Who was the first state to secede? Year?

Answer 2

South Carolina

1860

Question 3

Who were the states that seceded after South Carolina?

Answer 3

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas

Question 4

When was the confederate states of America created?

Answer 4

February 1861

Question 5

Who were the leaders of the Confederate states of America?

Answer 5

Jefferson Davis–President
Alexander Stevens–Vice President
Robert Toombs–secretary of the state

Question 6

Why did the north want to fight in the Civil war?

Answer 6

They wanted to restore the union

Question 7

Why did the south want to fight in the Civil war?

Answer 7

They were fighting for independence in states rights.

Question 8

How many states were in the union?

Answer 8

23

Question 9

How many states were in the south?

Answer 9

11

Question 10

How many states were border states? And what were they?

Answer 10

4

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.

Question 11

What was the Norths population?

Answer 11

22,000,000

Question 12

What was the south population?

Answer 12

9,000,000

Question 13

What was the percent of industrial development in the north?

Answer 13

92%

Question 14

What was the percent of industrial development in the south?

Answer 14

8%

Question 15

What was the percent of railroad to the north?

Answer 15

75%

Question 16

What was the percent of railroads in the south?

Answer 16

25%

Question 17

What was the Norths leadership?

Answer 17

Abraham Lincoln

Question 18

Who was the South’s leadership?

Answer 18

Davis

Question 19

What was the north plan?

Answer 19

They want to capture Ridgemont, blockade water ports, and For the Mississippi River, cutting the CSA and a two-making a difficult to defend.

Question 20

What is the South’s plan?

Answer 20

They will fight until the north becomes too tired and gives up. They will also rely on European resources.

Question 21

What is the capital of the union?

Answer 21

Washington DC

Question 22

What is the capital of the south?

Answer 22

Richmond, VA

Question 23

What was the Norths armory called?

Answer 23

Army of the Potomac

Question 24

What was the south army called?

Answer 24

Army of Northern Virginia

Question 25

Who was the North’s war leader?

Answer 25

Major Robert Anderson

Question 26

Who was the Souths war leader?

Answer 26

General Pierre Beauvegard

Question 27

Where were the first shots of the civil war fired?

Answer 27

Fort Sumter (South Carolina)

Question 28

When were the first shots of the civil war fired?

Answer 28

April 12,1861

Question 29

What happened at Fort Sumter on April 12,1861?

Answer 29

Confederate troops fire, northern troops won’t surrender, 36 hour later Anderson evacuates and the only casualty was a union horse.