Civil War and Reconstruction - Challenge

Where did slave owners live?

• in the North

• in the southern states

How do we know that the country's differences were too great to solve peacefully?

• Eventually the differences became unimportant to both sides.

• The country eventually went to war because the sides could not agree or compromise.

Why do you think many Northerners helped slaves escape?

• They thought it was wrong for anyone to own slaves.

• They wanted the slaves to come work for them.

Who did the Americans fight against in the Civil War?

• the Mexicans

• the British

• other Americans

Why would firing cannons at Fort Sumter cause the beginning of the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter was a favorite fort of the United States government.

• Fort Sumter was located in the South, but was owned by the U.S. government, so to fire on it was an act of war.

what is a war between people of the same country called?

• A treaty

• A Civil War

True or False:

The South decided to secede from the United States because they wanted the right to own slaves.

• True

• False

True or False:

A civil war is a conflict of one country against another country.

• True

• False

What was Reconstruction?

• Farmers were given free land to grow crops.

• People built forts to live in.

• The South began to rebuild what it had lost during the war.

Why was it important for the South to undergo Reconstruction after the war?

• To rebuild what they had lost during the war and create a new way of life.

• So they could build a new army to fight again.

• So they would know that the North was really in charge.