Civil War & Reconstruction

During the South Carolina's Secession Convention in 1860, the delegates ___________________. (3-4.4) 

•  voted to secede from the United States
• voted to abolish slavery in South Carolina
• voted to go to war against the United States
• voted to move South Carolina's capital to Charleston

The event which is considered to be the start of the Civil War is__________________________ . (3-4.4) 

• the election of President Lincoln
•  the election of Jefferson Davis
•  the firing on Fort Sumter
• the sinking of the Hunley

The first and only President of the Confederate States of America was______________________. (3-4.4) 

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant

The Union forces hurt South Carolina's economy early in the Civil War by___________________. (3-4.4) 

• refusing to buy cloth
• blockading the port at Charleston
• destroying the cotton fields
• attacking the factories in Columbia

The Hunley was a significant development during the Civil War because____________________ . (3-4.4) 

•  it was the largest railroad engine built to transport troops
• it was the first submarine to sink an enemy war ship
•  it was the first armored tank to serve on the battlefield
• it was the largest cannon used to defend Fort Sumter

The action which destroyed land, property, and morale in order to convince the southern people to endthe warwas________________________________________________.(3-4.4)   

• General Sherman’s “March to the Sea”
•  the blockade of the Charleston port
• the attack on Fort Sumter
• the Secession Convention

The purpose of the Union's blockade of South Carolina's coastline during the Civil War was__________________________________. (3-4.5) 

• to steal shipments of cotton
• to stop supplies from entering the state
•  to be in position to attack southern states 
•  to make it easier to transport soldiers from place to place

The Civil War changed many people’s lives. The war made men___________________________. (3-4.5)  

• plant more crop
•  save their money
• buy more slaves
•  leave to go fight

Both armies destroyed railroads and bridges in order to_________________________________. (3-4.5)   

• prevent Sherman’s March and the burning of Columbia
• prevent the enemy from transporting soldiers and supplies
•  prevent the Hunley from moving to another port
• prevent cotton fields from being set on fire

Elite plantation owners lost much of their wealth as a result of the war because_______________.(3-4.5) 

• they were not able to export their cotton due to the blockade
• they lost property when the Union army freed their slaves and burned their buildings
•  their Confederate bonds and currency became worthless when the South lost the war
• All of the above