Civil War and Reconstruction

After his election, this president went on to end slavery.

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

Word for states leaving the Union.

• Confederacy

• States' rights

• Secession

• Liberty

What was the cause for the Southern states to secede?

• Lincoln's election of 1860

• They didn't like the clothes the North wore

• The North was taking all of the slaves from the South because they needed help farming

What was the reason taking sides was hard for the people in border states?

• The states allowed slavery, but wanted to remain in the union.

• They didn't like the South

• They were abolitionists

• They formed their own country

What was the effect of having large plantations and little help in the South?

• Less slavery

• Less money

• More slavery

• Southerners leaving the south

What did the South fear with Lincoln's election?

• He would increase the amount of slavery used

• He would keep the North and South separated

• He would abolish slavery

• None of the above

The south was for slavery because

• they wanted to be difficult
• they liked slaves
• slavery was profitable 
• this is wrong. 

The North first entered the war to 

• prevent slavery
• to crush the Union
• to steal money from banks
• to keep the Union together

The primary issue of the war changed. What was the underlying issue that became profound?  

• Money
• Popular Sovereignty
• Slavery
• Self-defense

What is the name for people who wanted to put an end to slavery?

• Underground Railroaders 
• Suffragists
• Bushwackers
• Abolitionists