Quiz 1 Civil War Flashcards
President of the Confederate Staes of America
Jefferson Davis
President of the United States
Abraham Lincon
Number of States United States of America
23 (north and west)
Number of states for the Confederate States of America
11
Reasons for fighting United States of America
To keep the union together
Reasons for fighting confederate States of America
Defending liberty and rights to succeed the union
Position on states rights United States of America
Opposed, wanted national government
Position on states rights Confederate States of America
Agreed, wanted strong state government
Population United States of America
22 million
Population Confederate States of America
9 million and 4 million were slaves
Economy United States of America
Manufacturing
Economy Confederate States of America
Agriculture
Strengths United States of America
- Big population
- More travel
- Better army and navy
- Factories
- Stronger food scources like farms
Strengths Confederate States of America
- Military leadership
- Believed
- Slave labor
- Defending homeland
Weaknesses United States of America
- Military leadership
- Needed to invade south
- Didn’t know southern land
- Did not have good international support
Weaknesses confederate States of America
- The economy could not support them
- Bad farms
- Minimum factories
- Lacked railroads
- No navy
- Shortage of food
- Stubborn states
Define border state. Identify them by name
A sleeve star that remained in the union
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware
