Civil War Part 1

Identify the four presidential candidates of the Election of 1860.

• Stephen A. Douglas, Democratic Party

• John Breckenridge, Southern Democratic Party

• Abraham Lincoln, Republican Party

• John Bell, Constitutional Union Party

•  Jefferson Davis, Southern Democratic Party

Restricting slavery to its current locations would most likely be on the platform for which party?

• Southern Democrat

• Northern Democrat

• Constitutional Union

• Republican

This map shows the results of the presidential election of 1860.

Based on this map, which statement about the election of 1860 is true?

• The nation was politically divided along geographic lines and the South opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln.

• Northern states were evenly divided on their support for Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.

• If the Democratic Party had not been divided by sectionalism, Abraham Lincoln would have lost the election.

• Americans were united behind Abraham Lincoln and he received the majority of the popular vote.

Use the map to answer the question.

What geographic advantage did the Confederacy have compared with the Union?

• Control over the Hudson River.

• Major ports located along the Gulf of Mexico.

• Extensive river systems to transport troops.

• Long mountain ranges protecting it from invasion.

In doing this there needs to be no bloodshed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.   –Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Address

What was Lincoln referring to in the above excerpt?

• Fort Knox

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Loudoun 

And now the State of South Carolina having resumed her separate and equal place among nations, deems it due to herself, to the remaining United States of America, and to the nations of the world, that she should declare the immediate causes which have led to this act. In the year 1765, that portion of the British Empire embracing Great Britain, undertook to make laws for the government of that portion composed of the thirteen American Colonies. A struggle for the right of self-government ensued, which resulted, on the 4th of July, 1776, in a Declaration, by the Colonies, "that they are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do."

South Carolina is using political theory from which document to justify its actions?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• A.      The Mayflower Compact

Use the information to answer the question.

 

Miles of Railroad

Northern States 22,000

Southern States 9,000

How did the difference in railroad miles impact the Civil War? 

• The South won by destroying the railroads in the North.

• The difference made little impact since the South had ports for trade.

• The North was able to transport supplies and troops more easily.

• The South had an advantage because it had fewer railroads to maintain.

Which respective strategies match up best with the Union and Confederacy?

• Python and Offense

• Anaconda and Defense

• Anaconda and Offense

• Python and Defense