Intro to Civil War

The American Civil War was fought in ____.

• Europe
• The United States of America 
• South America
• South Carolina

The Civil War was fought between the years ___. 

• 1860-1960
• 1861-1875
• 1961-1965
• 1861-1865

The northern and southern states had different  ___ that were the main part of their economies.

• businesses
• Presidents
• rivers
• monies

Northern and Southern states both had ___ and ____, but the north relied more upon mills/factories and the south depended more upon farms. 

• water and land
• industry and agriculture
• corn and cotton
• machines and inventions

Southern ___ had become dependent upon slave labor after more than 200 years of living with slavery. 

• time
• immigrants
• religion
• culture

Southern people wanted to spread slavery into westward territories because ____.

• the new leaders would then vote for laws to keep slavery.
• the new leaders would then abolish slavery.
• the new leaders would then vote for new presidents.
• everyone wanted more slaves.

States' Rights means ____.

• States can do whatever they want without worry.
• Each state has the right to tell the President "No!".
• Each state can tell Congress to make new laws just for them.
• Every state has the ability to create laws that are suited to meet the needs of its citizens. 

South Carolina was happy that the national government wanted to interfere with the laws about slavery. 

• True
• False

John C. Calhoun had a strong influence in the government, and he believed that a state had the right to secede (leave) from the Union if it saw fit. 

• True
• False