Civil War Begins

Before President- elect Lincoln took office _________- states seceded from the Union.

• 7

• 11

Hoping to prevent more states from seceding from the Union, Lincoln in his inaugural address pledged that he would not ____________ in the South.

• raise taxes

• abolish slavery

After the Confederates attacked __________, Lincoln declared that a state of rebellion existed in the South.

• the border states

• Fort Sumter

The capital of the Confederacy was ___________.

• Richmond, Virginia

• Memphis, Tennessee

Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland were known as the _____________.

• border states

• Lower South

The strategic positions of the border states made them of great importance to __________.

• the North

• the South

• both the North and the South

The US Sanitary Commission was created in 1861 to help ___________ troops.

• Union

• Confederate

Part of the ___________ strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River.

• southern

• northern

The main _______ plan focused on seizing Washington, DC.

• Union

• Confederate

The South tried to gain support, particularly from _________, using cotton diplomacy.

• Spain

• Great Britain