The Civil War Begins (Unit 4.1)

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at:

• Ft. Riley

• Ft. Herbert

• Ft. Simpson

• Ft. Sumpter

What was the MAIN Southern argument for slavery?

• People had always had them, so...

• The First Amendment guaranteed the right to own slaves

• Each state should be able to choose for itself (states' rights)

• The economy would collapse without slaves

In the Election of 1860, Northern Democrats' position on slavery was:

• Southern slave owners should pay higher taxes to keep their slaves

• The principal of popular sovereignty (voting/choosing) should decide the issue in each state

• Slaves should be freed immediately

• Slavery should be gradually ended

The MOST IMMEDIATE effect of the Election of 1860 was:

• South Carolina seceded from the Union

• John Brown led a raid on the armory at Harpers Ferry

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed

• The beginning of Reconstruction

In which area did the North NOT hold an advantage?

• Industrial development

• Miles of railroad

• Number of troops

• Quality of military leaders

Why wasn't there much industry and manufacturing in the South?

• People were dependent upon cotton farming

• There weren't any cities

• The South wouldn't use new technology

• The South couldn't raise enough financial capital (money) to build factories and begin manufacturing

What was one DISADVANTAGE of the North?

• They had a smaller population

• They had no lines of communication

• They had to invade and fight in unfamiliar lands

• They had a smaller manufacturing sector

What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

• To punish the South

• To end slavery

• To bring war criminals to justice

• To reconnect/reunify the North and South

What was the main reason Lincoln won the Election of 1860?

• He convinced people that slavery was wrong

• The Democrats were divided on the issue of slavery and couldn't decide on one candidate to run against Lincoln

• He did very well in the Lincoln-Douglas debates

• His wife came from a slave-owning family

______________ was an escaped slave who wrote about his experiences and shared them with northerners.

• Miles Johnson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Frederick Douglass
• Tanner Ludlow