Civil War and Reconstruction 8th Grade

What Southern aggression was Lincoln unable to forgive ? (This signalled the official start of the Civil war)

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

• Battle of Manassas

The border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri.....

• sided with the north

• sided with the south

• were slave states but did not join the confederates

• were slave free states that sided with the Union

__________diplomacy was the idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South's raw cotton.

One major strength of the Union army was.....

• their naval force

• superior health

• their agricultural capacity

• thier knowledge of Southern terrain

The Southern army initially had more men because they had _________labor to continue farm work when they left for war.

The Northern states believed that slavery was evil and against Christianity. The additional clue that the founding fathers also believed slavery would end sooner rather than later was....

• they stopped purchasing slaves from European traders

• the Constitution of 1787 listed taxing slave owners after 1808 to discourage slavery

• Bill of Rights - Amendment 1

• Preamble of the U.S. Constitution...We the People...

The first Battle of Bull Run in Manassas Virginia....

• was an easy win for the Union

• was a disaster for Jackson

• was a win for the Confederates

• was a win for the Union

The Union Navy's most significant accomplishment to cut off the Southern states of supplies was....

• building iron clads for naval war

• a blockade of trade ships

• Florida battles

• Mississippi river take over

The first document drafted by the 13 states, after the war for Independence from Great Britain, used to describe rights of the people was called ....

• The Bill of Rights

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

The first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stated......

• We the people, in order to create a more perfect union...

• Freedom of Religion, Speech and the Press

• Right to bear arms

• Protection from unreasonable searches