Causes and Course of Civil War (Topic 8, Lessons 3 and 4)

Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860 mainly because

• he was the only well-known candidate.

• northerners outnumbered southerners and supported him.

• few southerners bothered to vote.

• Stephen Douglas was not supported in the South.

What event directly led to secession of the southern states?

• Fort Sumter

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• election of Jefferson Davis as president of the CSA

• election of Abraham Lincoln as president of the USA

Which event started the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Siege of Vicksburg

In his inaugural address, President Lincoln said that it would be up to the South to

• secede or not.

• start a war, if there was to be one.

• re-enter the Union.

• agree to limits to slavery.

Southern states seceded because they

• wanted to attack the United States.

• feared a slave revolt once Lincoln was elected.

• felt that the Union would not protect their rights.

• disagreed with the United States Constitution.

The “border states” were

• slave states that remained with the Union.

• free states that joined the Confederacy.

• states that remained neutral during the war.

• states along the Mexican border.

One advantage the Confederacy had over the Union during the Civil War was that the Confederate forces had...

• numerous factories for producing weapons and ammo

• an extensive railroad system for moving troops and supplies

• a larger number of military troops in reserve

• knowledge of the terrain where most battles were fought

Which of the following was a weakness of the North during the Civil War?

• its navy

• its supply lines

• its population

• its industry

____________________ means to formally leave the United States.

• Secede

• Segregate

• Sectionalism

• Stay

Southern General from Virginia who led the South's largest army and lost a major battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant