Unit 7 Civil War Begins

Which region (north or south) did NOT support the Republican Party?

• The southern state

• the border states

• the norther states

• the unassociated territories

Importance of Fort Sumter

• location of the end of the civil war

• destroyed by the Union when attacking Port Royal

• where the first shots of the civil war were fired

• main focus of Sherman's march to the sea

What does the word secede most closely mean?

• Vote

• Withdraw

• Win

• Attack

Best definition of Border State?

• states that did not allow slavery but seceded

• states that were along the border of Texas

• States that allowed slavery but were loyal to the Union

• States that first seceded and thought of themselves as a new nation

In the election of 1860, which political party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had a platform that opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories?

• Republican

• Northern Democrats

• Southern Democrats

• Constitutional Union

Which event was the MAIN cause of South Carolina's secession from the United States in 1860?

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the firing on Fort Sumter

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

The Northern Democrat position towards slavery in the election of 1860 was that?

• the principle of popular sovereignty should be consistently applied in the remaining territories

• the program of gradual, compensated emancipation should be started

• there should be an immediate emancipation of the slaves in the South

• the Southern slave owners should be allowed to keep their slaves if they agreed to pay higher taxes

South's main goal during the Civil War?

• create a new nation and protect slave owning rights

• reunite with the union

• overthrow the presidency of Abraham Lincoln

• spread slavery all over the United States

Direct result of President Lincoln Wining the election of 1860?

• Confederate Forces attacked ft. Sumter

• Union Forces attacked Richmond Virginia

• The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas was president

• South Carolina Seceded from the Union

Abraham Lincoln's biggest objective in the Civil War was to...

• save the Union

• End Slavery

• Destroy the South

• Win the election of 1864