Beginning of Civil War

What was the significance of the Battle of Fort Sumter?

• The slave state of Maryland seceded from the United States

• Jefferson Davis was executed for treason

• It forced Lincoln to resign as President of the United States

• Although no one died, it started the Civil War: the bloodiest war in American history

Which political party was created to combat slavery in the United States?

• The Bull Moose Party

• The Federalist Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Republican Party

Who was the military commander for the UNION (north) forces?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

Confederate forces fired first here, which began the Civil War.

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.​ (a)  

• Slavery

• Land Acquisitions

• Territories

Answer explanation

Many consider a significant starting point to slavery in America to be 1619, when the privateer The White Lion brought 20 enslaved African ashore in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The crew had seized the Africans from the Portuguese slave ship Sao Jao Bautista.

beginning of the Civil War

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

d

Civil War

Manifest Destiny

American Revolution

Popular Sovereignty

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8.8B

8.8C

According to Lincoln, in 1861, what was the main issue of the Civil War?

• maintain the Union

• end slavery everywhere

• punish the Confederacy for seceding

According to Lincoln, in 1861, what was the main issue of the Civil War?

• maintain the Union

• end slavery everywhere

• punish the Confederacy for seceding

Who was the military commander for the CONFEDERATES (southern states)?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee