Mr.C's Civil War

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Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because: they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

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they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

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The primary reason the Civil War was fought was over the issue of

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slavery

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One reason South Carolina chose to leave the Union was because: the other states refused to trade with South Carolina, people in the state believed their state's rights were being denied, the state was paying high tariffs, plantation owners were being forced to trade with northern businesses.

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people in the state believed their state's rights were being denied

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This was the president of the Confederate States.

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Jefferson Davis

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Who was the President of the Union?

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Abraham Lincoln

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This battle was the turning point in the war.

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Battle of Gettysburg

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This was the main economy of the Confederacy: Agriculture, Industry, Shipping, Trade

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Agriculture

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This was the main economy of the Union

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Industry

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Most soldiers died in the war because of

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disease

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Choose the best definition of the term "border state". A border state is a state . . .

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that had slaves but officially remained loyal to the United States.