Civil War

What does "secede" mean?

• to file a lawsuit

• to break away

• to protest

• to join

The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Georgia
• Mississippi

Which 2 issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?

• States' rights and slavery
• Manifest destiny and Indian Removal
• The Missouri Compromise and California Gold Rush
• The election of James K Polk and the Northwest Ordinance

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Jackson

• Booker T. Washington

When the Confederate States seceded did they create their own separate currency?

• Yes

• No

The firing on Fort Sumter took place because:

• The Union wanted to get control of the fort.

• The Confederacy wanted to destroy the fort.

• The Confederacy was upset that the U.S. still had control of a fort in the South.

• The Confederacy wanted to punish the soldiers there.

Lincoln ordered a blockade of Charleston and the entire south to:

• keep a closer watch on the South

• keep the South from getting any supplies

• catch seafood along the coast

• keep southerners from escaping to the North

Another name for the South?

• Union

• Confederacy

What was the purpose of the Union's naval blockade strategy?

• to keep slaves from escaping

• to cut-off Southern trade & ruin the Confederate economy

• to supply markets for Northern industries

• to capture the Missisiipi& Missouri Rivers

What effect did the Union naval blockade have on the South's economy during the war?

• created shortages of supplies

• extremely high inflation

• crippled cotton exports

• ALL choices