Civil War

Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

• North

• South

• Border states

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An abolitionist wants to

• spread slavery

• fight for the South (Confederacy)

• withdraw from the Union

• end slavery

Who was elected President in 1860 that led to the secession of 11 southern states?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

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What was the MOST SIGNIFICANT outcome of the 1860 Presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln was elected
• Abraham Lincoln lost the election
• Slavery was immediately abolished (ended)
• The Southern states started to secede( withdraw/leave)

What advantage did the South have the North during the Civil War?

• greater manufacturing
• more effective navy
• better government
• more capable military leaders

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

The firing on Fort Sumter took place because:

• The Union wanted to get control of the fort.

• The Confederacy wanted to destroy the fort.

• The Confederacy was upset that the U.S. still had control of a fort in the South.

• The Confederacy wanted to punish the soldiers there.

One of General Lee's most important generals who would stand like a "Stonewall" during battles and was accidentally killed by his own men.

• Jefferson Davis
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant

War between people of the same country

• secede
• state's rights
• civil war
• slavery

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede