The Conflict Takes Shape

Question 1

In April 1861, how many slave states were still in the Union?

Answer 1

8

Question 2

What are the advantages of the North?

Answer 2

4x as many free citizens as the South, had control of 70% of the railroad lines, and strong navy.

Question 3

What are the disadvantages of the North?

Answer 3

Difficult military challenges, don’t know land and more open to attack.

Question 4

What are the advantages of the South?

Answer 4

Help from people living in the country, lots of trees, knew land

Question 5

What are the disadvantages of the South?

Answer 5

Economic weakness, few factories + railroads, political problems, small population

Question 6

Who was the leader of the Confederacy?

Answer 6

Jefferson Davis

Question 7

Who was the leader of the Union?

Answer 7

Abraham Lincoln

Question 8

Explain Robert E. Lee.

Answer 8

Lincoln asked him to command Union troops, but he was loyal to his home state, Virginia, which was part of the Confederacy. He ended up being head general for the Confederate troops.