SS8 QR: Fort Sumter and North/South Strengths and Weaknesses

1. Which state was the first to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860?

• Georgia
• Virginia
• South Carolina
• Maryland

2. _______ was the commander at Fort Sumter who was in need of reinforcements and resupplies.

• Jefferson Davis
• Abraham Lincoln
• Major Robert Anderson
• Colonel Sanders

3. After Lincoln decided to resupply the fort, _________ decided to force the commander of Fort Sumter to surrender.

• Eli Whitney
• Jefferson Davis
• John Brown
• Frederick Douglass

4. Which side had the industrial advantage in the Civil War?

• North
• South

5. What was a "disadvantage" of the South?

• When war would come to the South, they knew their land in order to fight.
• They lacked trained military officers
• Transporting food to soldiers and civilians was difficult
• The South was not very "resourceful".

6. Fighting on the defensive in its own territory was a strength of the ________.

• North
• South

7. Which side was fighting to maintain their way of life?

• North
• South

8. Although the Confederacy(The South) was smaller in population than the Union(The North), what were they almost equal in?

• Number of Factories
• Number of Railroad Lines
• Number of Slaves
• Number of soldiers in their armies

9. On what date and time did the Civil War begin?

• April 12, 1860 at 12 noon
• April 12, 1861 at 4:30 a.m.
• April 13, 1865 at 6:00 a.m.
• April 1, 1861 at 4:30 a.m.

10. What percentage of the nation's railroads were in the NORTH?

• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%