Start of Civil War

Fort Sumter...

• marked the last exchange of fire in the War
• marked the first exchange of fire in the War
• resulted in major loss of life for the Union
• resulted in major loss of life for the Confederacy

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who was Jefferson Davis?

• President before Buchanan
• President before Lincoln
• The first military officer of the Confederacy
• President of the Confederacy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Who won the Battle of Fort Sumter?

• The Confederacy
• The Union
• Neither side
• The Battle was inconclusive

What did the North and the South have in common after Fort Sumter?

• They both wanted to stop the war from escalating
• The wanted peace
• The expected no additional battles
• Both sides resolved to take steps to win the war

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The southern states ___________, meaning they decided they didn't want to be a part of the United States anymore  .

• interceded
• preceded
• seceded
• succeeded

Disputes between northerners and southerners over slavery led to 

• a unified nation.
• the Vietnam War.
• sectionalism
• a new constitution.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln
• George W. Bush
• Jefferson Davis
• Andrew Johnson

Who is the man most associated with the state's rights theory of nullification?

• Andrew Jackson
• John C. Calhoun
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

WHO IS THIS??? ( HINT- HE IS IN FRONT OF A CONFEDRATE FLAG

• ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• JEFFERISON DAVIS

How did Jefferson Davis compare the Civil War to the American Revolution?

• He said that the South was fighting for the same thing the founding fathers were
• It was also a war
• They were fighting against Great Britain
• It was also a Civil War