Chapters 20 & 21

Which term best describes the following five states (Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware) at the beginning of the Civil War?

• Border States

• Abolition States

• Disloyal States

• Confederate States

What was the impact of the Battle of Fort Sumter?

• President Lincoln used the battle to call for volunteers to join the Union army.

• President Lincoln stopped using forts during the war.

• More Southern states decided to support President Lincoln.

• The long battle discouraged the South and demoralized the troops.

How did the Battle of Fort Sumter begin?

• Abraham Lincoln sent supply ships to the fort, and Jefferson Davis ordered his troops to fire.

• Abraham Lincoln ordered his troops to retake the fort from the North.

• Jefferson Davis sent supplies to the fort, and Abraham Lincoln ordered his troops to fire.

• Jefferson Davis ordered his troops to retake the fort from the South.

This political cartoon illustrates the Union strategy to ______ the Confederacy and split it in half.

• Blockade

• Break up

• Attack

• Assimilate

Capturing cities along which body of water would split the enemy in half?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

In which region would this political cartoon have most likely appeared?

• The North

• The South

Which candidate in the election of 1860 was a member of the Republican Party and opposed spread of slavery to new territories?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• John Bell

Which candidate in the election of 1860 was a member of the Southern Democratic Party and supported expansion of slavery to the West?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• John Bell

Which candidate in the election of 1860 was a member of the Northern Democratic Party and supported popular sovereignty on slavery issue?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• John Bell

Which candidate in the election of 1860 was a member of the Constitutional Union Party and was neutral on the issue of slavery?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• John Bell