Civil War Causes Videos 11-14

Which statement accurately reflects the results of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October, 1859?

• Brown and his men stole weapons, some on both sides were killed, Brown was captured alive, and not a single enslaved person was freed.

• Brown and his men stole weapons, armed hundreds of slaves, who went into the South killing slave owners.

• Brown and his men stole weapons, some on both sides were killed, Brown was stabbed to death in the engine house, and the rest of the rebels were captured and executed.

• Brown and his men never got into Harpers Ferry because it was heavily guarded.

What is the best description of the Battle of Fort Sumter?

• It was a very bloody battle in which many of the soldiers inside the fort were killed.

• It was a very bloody battle in which many of the South Carolina Confederates were killed.

• Although the Confederates fired on the fort for several hours, nobody inside the fort was killed during the battle.

• Although the Confederates fired on Union warships for several hours, nobody on the warships were killed.

Why did the North blame the Confederates in South Carolina for starting the war?

• South Carolina Confederates asked Major Anderson to surrender a federal fort.

• South Carolina Confederates fired on a United States war ship.

• South Carolina Confederates fired on Fort Sumter even though Lincoln promised he was only sending food to feed the hungry soldiers inside Fort Sumter.

• South Carolina armies invaded the North.

Why did the Confederates blame Lincoln for starting the war?

• Lincoln asked Congress to end slavery in the South.

• Lincoln sent armies into South Carolina, and attacked Charleston by land.

• Lincoln attacked the Confederate capital at Richmond.

• They argued that Lincoln had sent armed ships to help federal soldiers in Fort Sumter, which was an act of war.

What did Lincoln warn the South in his First Inaugural Address?

• If the slave states seceded, there would be a war and it would be their fault, not his.

• The North would attack first if anymore slave states seceded.

• He warned the South not to enslave anymore people in the Deep South.

• There would be a war if the South did not immediately grant slaves equal rights.

What did Lincoln promise the South in his First Inaugural Address?

• He promised to end slavery everywhere in the United States.

• He promised to allow slave owners to spread slavery into the western territories.

• He promised to support popular sovereignty in the western territories.

• He promised not to end slavery where it already existed.

Which of the following statements is true of the secession crisis of 1860-1861?

• All 15 slave states seceded from the Union before the war started.

• 11 slave states seceded before the war started, and the other 4 stayed loyal to the United States.

• 7 states seceded before the war started, and 4 more seceded after the war started.

• 11 slave states seceded before the war started, and 4 more seceded after the war started.

Why did seven slave states MAINLY form a Confederacy, write a constitution, and choose a President?

• to convince Europe that the Confederacy was a legitimate nation

• to scare Abraham Lincoln

• to persuade more slave states to join

• they had always wanted independence

Why did Lincoln beat John Breckenridge, the pro-slavery candidate in the South?

• Breckenridge was too pro-slavery.

• Breckenridge was for uniting the country.

• Since northern states had a greater population, they got more votes.

• Lincoln was able to get more votes in the South than Breckenridge got in the North.

Why was Lincoln able to defeat Douglas in the northern states?

• Most northerners wanted equal rights for freed slaves.

• Most northerners were tired of the violence caused by popular sovereignty.

• Most northerners wanted slavery to spread to the western territories.

• Most northerners wanted to keep compromising with slave owners in the South.