Civil War Part 1

Question 1

Why did the Civil War occur?

Answer 1

1. Conflict over slavery in territories
2. Economic differences between North and South
3. Failure of Congress to Compromise
4. Election of Lincoln as President
5. Secession of Southern States
6. Firing on Fort Sumter

Question 2

What is popular sovereignty?

Answer 2

People of the territory get to decide wether to become slave or free state when the territory becomes a state.

Question 3

Describe the economic differences between the North and South.

Answer 3

North - industry 85%

South - agriculture

Question 4

Which was the first state to secede and when?

Answer 4

South Carolina- December 20, 1860

Question 5

What event marked the official start of the civil war?

Answer 5

Firing on Fort Sumter

Question 6

When is the official start of the civil war?

Answer 6

April 12,1861

Question 7

Who led the attack on Fort Sumter?

Answer 7

Commander Anderson

Question 8

Where is Fort Sumter?

Answer 8

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

Question 9

List eleven of the Confederate States of America.

Answer 9

1. Alabama
2. Arkansas
3. Florida
4. Georgia
5. Louisianna
6. Mississippi
7. North Carolina
8. South Carolina
9. Tennessee
10. Texas
11. Virginia

Question 10

List the Union States (know 10)

Answer 10

1. Maine
2. Vermont
3. New Hampshire
4. Massachusetts
5. Rhode Island
6. Connecticut
7. New York
8. New Jersey
9. Pennsylvania
10. Ohio
11. Indiana
12. Illinois
13. Michigan
14. Wisconsin
15. Minnesota
16. Iowa
17. Kansas
18. Oregon
19. California

Question 11

List the five border states.

Answer 11

1. Missouri
2. Kentucky
3. West Virginia *
4. Maryland
5. Delaware

Question 12

What advantages did the North have at the beginning of the war? (Know 4)

Answer 12

1. Population - 22 million people (Confederacy 9 million (3.5 million slaves))
2. $$$$
3. Manufacturing - 85% of United States
4. Surplus food
5. Railroads and transportation-double the Confederacy
6. Navy

Question 13

List four advantages the South had at the beginning of the War.

Answer 13

1. Better Generals
2. Experience with guns
3. “Home Field” advantage
4. Lived in country
5. Didn’t have to win
6. King Cotton - use to win foreign support with England and France

Question 14

What reasons did the North have for fighting?

Answer 14

1. Preserve the Union (no state can secede)
2. Anti-slavery (didn’t want slavery to expand (not abolisionist))
3. Democracy - the South was trying to overrule the majority of Americans

Question 15

What reasons did the South have for fighting?

Answer 15

1. States rights - South had joined the Union, they can leave it
2. Slavery - freeing slaves would mean social and economic chaos
3. Liberty - North was threatening their way of life)

Question 16

What happens when Lincon calls for militia?

Answer 16

1. 90 day term to subdue the South, made pf 75,000 men
2. Volunteers rush to enlist
3. Virginia secedes

Question 17

What happens when Virginia secedes?

Answer 17

1. Virginia will not allow Federal troups to go thrpigh Virginia to attack the Confederacy
2. Robert E. Lee resigns from the US Army and joins the Confederacy

Question 18

What is the Union strategy?

Answer 18

Anaconda plan - created by General Winfield Scott

1. Blockade the South from selling good and transporting people
2. Gain control of the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in half
3. Capture the Confederate capital, Richmond, VA

Question 19

What is the Confederate strategy?

Answer 19

Defensive war - hold off Union until England and France outwordly support the Confederacy