Part 1 Flashcards
Why did the civil war occur
Conflict over slavery
Economic differences
Failure of congress to compromise
Election of Lincoln
Secession of southern states
Firing on fort Sumter
What is popular sovereignty
Where people of the territory get to decide when is becomes a state
What is the northern economic
Industry
What is the southern economic
Agriculture
What is a free soil party
They don’t want slavery to expand
What state secedes from the union
South Carolina
What was the date of the firing on fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
Who was the firing led by
Commander Anderson
List eleven CONFEDERATE states
Virginia Florida Louisiana N carolina Texas Alabama S Carolina Arkansas Georgia Mississippi Tennessee
What are the 10 UNION states
Maine Vermont Massachusetts New York Rhode island Connecticut Ohio Pennsylvania Iowa New Jersey Illinois Oregon
Name 5 BORDER states
Missouri Kentucky West Virginia Maryland Delaware
Four advantages north had
Money
People
navy
Manufacturing
Four advantages south had
Experience with guns
Better generals
Didn’t need to win
King cotton
North’s reason for fighting
Preserve union
Anti slavery
Democracy
Souths reason for fighting
Slavery
States rights
Liberty