Civil War Beginnings

First shots of Civil War were fired at

• Charleston, SC

• Montgomery, AL

• Richmond, VA

• Fort Sumter, SC

Abraham Lincoln was a ________.

• Republican

• Democrat

• Independent

• Whig

First state to secede

• Virginia

• Alabama

• South Carolina

• Georgia

Abraham Lincoln opposed ________.

• All slavery in all states

• Slavery in the territories

• Slavery in the North

• Slavery in the South

SC's reason for secession

• Congress could amend the Constitution to abolish slavery.

• The tariffs were too high.

• The Democrats lost the election.

• The slaves were revolting.

On Dec. 20, 1860, the state of SC ratified the ________.

• SC Constitution

• Ordinance of Secession

• Confederate Constitution

• 13th Amendment

City in which Southern states met to form the Confederacy

• Charleston, SC

• Montgomery, AL

• Atlanta, GA

• Richmond, VA

Elected president of the Confederacy

• Abraham Lincoln

• C.G. Memminger

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert Smalls

Abraham Lincoln's response to Confederate attacks on Fort Sumter

• naval blockade of Southern coast

• immediate surrender

• Army attack on Charleston

• Sink all Confederate ships

General Scott's Union plan for war

• Defend Northern forts

• Guerilla warfare

• Attack Charleston from land

• Anaconda Plan