Civil War

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Ft. Sumter
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Bull Run
• Hiroshima 

States in the South believed

• They should have more representatives in Congress
• They were better
• They should have the right to decide their own laws
• They were French

The primary issue of the war changed. What was the underlying issue that became profound?  

• Money
• Popular Sovereignty
• Slavery
• Self-defense

The North first entered the war to 

• prevent slavery
• to crush the Union
• to steal money from banks
• to keep the Union together

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected? 

• Southern States
• Northern States
• Hawaii
• Great Britain

Why did the Southern states want to leave the Union?

• They knew many Republicans were against Slavery
• They were sore loosers
• They wanted to move
• They were against violence

The first state to secede from the Union was

• Canada
• North Carolina
• Arkansas
• South Carolina

Not fighting on their own soil was a disadvantage for the 

• North
• South

The amount of railroads was a disadvantage for the 

• North
• South

Disadvantages for the South included:

• smaller population, fewer railroads, a weaker government
• support for the war was divided, flow of money was better than in North
• Lincoln was their leader
• They had too many factories