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Civil War begins part 1

Civil War begins part 1

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Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

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

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they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

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he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

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he had a plan to raise taxes

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Which item would best complete the list?
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Inexperienced military leaders
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Lack of Industries
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Larger Population
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Lack of agricultural land

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"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -- Abraham Lincoln 1858
According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that
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slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately
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sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union
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the Souther states should be allowed to secede
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to save the nation, the North should compromise with the South on slavery

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After Lincoln's election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?
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Joseph Brown
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Thomas Cobb
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Robert Toombs
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Alexander Stephens

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What was the most important advantage the North had during the Civil War?
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unified popular support for the war effort
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superior military leadership
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economic aid from Great Britain and France
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greater human and economic resources

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The events above contributed to-

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the election of Abraham Lincoln

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the start of the American Civil War

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the creation of the Missouri Compromise

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the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What Union strategy caused the people in the South to suffer from a lack of supplies? 
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Underground Railroad
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The Blockade
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The Two Front War

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Vocabulary:
When 11 southern states left the Union to create the Confederacy
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Secession
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Imperialism
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Indoctrination
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Popular Soverignty

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Which Confederate official was from Georgia?
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Jefferson Davis, the president
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Lyman Hall, the secretary of state
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Alexander Stephens, the vice president
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William Sherman, the commander-in-chief

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Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

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Gettysburg

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Pilot Knob

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Bull Run

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Fort Sumter

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What was the first state to secede from the United States?

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New York

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Missouri

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Texas

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South Carolina

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