Civil War

Even though these states had slavery, they did not join the Confederate states.

• Confederate States
• Union States
• Border States
• West Virginia

It allowed people to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders through popular sovereignty.

• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Missouri Compromise
• Dredd Scott Decision
• Compromise of 1850

This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery

• Election of Jefferson Davis
• Tariffs
• Election of Abraham Lincoln
• Resupplying Fort Sumter

What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?

• Anaconda Plan
• Rattlesnake Plan
• Scorpion Plan
• Blockade Plan

What was a major weakness of the Confederacy?

• factories
• smaller populations
• larger populations
• slavery

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery
• to end British control of the Western territories
• to make a profit selling war supplies
• to preserve the Union

Which of the following was a Union advantage during the Civil War?

• heavy military support fr Great Britain
• more experienced generals
• Southern Nationalism
• more soldiers and factories

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort Williams
• Fort Donelson
• Fort Pickens

After the Kansas Nebraska Act many people moved to the western territories. Why did so many people move to these territories?

• To get away from their kids
• To find more land
• To make it a state
• To be able to vote on a free/slave state

The economy in the southern part if the United States was agricultural and relied on ______.

• immigrants
• slaves
• indentured servants
• women