Question 5. War To End Slavery

Question 1

Fort Sumter

Answer 1

Confederate from the south hopes their people wouldn’t be stupid - they didn’t want military involved. The south needed to be shown the union’s power so Lincoln sent ships to scare them. Conferderates shot and started war

Question 2

7 states seceded

Answer 2

Lincoln promised not to interfere with slavery where it existed - which the south didn’t believe. They didn’t want the be a minority within the nation

Question 3

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 3

This made ALL slaves free. White people still treated them like slaves but Freedman’s Bureau helped ex slaves start their life.