The Beginning of the Civil War

What attack started the Civil War?

• New Orleans

• Richmond

• Fort Sumter

• Washington DC

Which was an advantage of the North in the Civil War?

• strong military leadership

• larger population

• fighting a defensive war

• defending their liberty and homes

Which was an advantage of the North in the Civil War ?

• strong military leadership

• fighting a defensive war

• railroad transportation

• few factories

What was an advantage of the South in the Civil War?

• larger population

• strong military leadership

• more farms

• more factories and businesses

Which side had more farms to provide food for troops?

• North

• South

Which of these people ran for the Republican Party?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen A. Douglas
• John Breckinridge

Which of these people ran for the Northern Democratic Party?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen A. Douglas

• Frederick Douglass

Which of these people ran for the Southern Democratic Party?

• Abraham Lincoln

• William Garrison

• John Breckinridge

The Election of 1860 was won by the...

• Republican Party
• Northern Democratic Party
• Southern Democratic Party
• Constitutional Union Party

Anti-slavery activists founded the ______________ Party in the northern states in 1854, largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

• Republican

• Democratic

• Libertarian