Road to the Civil War

Which battle started the Civil War?

• Ft. McHenry

• Ft. Sumter

• Ft. Washington

• Ft. Adams

Who was the President when the first states seceded?

• Lincoln

• Washington

• Buchanan

• Adams

What was the name of the Southern Nation?

• United States of the South

• Canada

• The Secession South

• Confederate States of America

What was the capital of the Confederate states of America?

• Washington, DC

• New York City

• Richmond VA

• Boston

President of the Confederate States

• Hank Aaron

• Jefferson Davis

• Lincoln

• Zack Wilson

Lincoln's Main War Goal

• Save the Union

• End Slavery

• Let the South free

• defeat the British

First state to secede

• North Carolina

• Mississippi

• South Carolina

• Kansas

Why did John Brown take the arsenal at Harpers ferry?

• Start the Civil War

• overturn the government in kansas

• join the army

• Start a slave revolt

The Dred Scott decision stated that

• slavery in the US would be ended

• African Americans were not citizens

• slaves were free

• states could nullify federal laws

Stephen Douglas believed

• slavery should not spread into the Western territories

• the western territories should use pop. sovereignty

• the South should secede

• All slaves should be freed