Start of the Civil War

Why were Southerners upset that Lincoln won the Presidency?

• Southerners believed their way of life was in danger.

• Lincoln was against slavery

• both

Who won the Presidential Election of 1860?

• Franklin Pierce

• Millard Fillmore

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

What event resulted in South Carolina and 10 other states seceding from the Union?

• Bleeding Kansas

• The election of Lincoln

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Harper's Ferry

What is a Civil War?

• A war fought for religious reasons

• A war fought for freedom

• A war when people from the same country fight each other

• A war fought with words

Many of the Confederate and Union Military Officers were classmates at West Point

• True

• False

What does the word 'secede' mean?

• When groups of people from the same country fight each other

• To give up something that you want in order to avoid conflict

• A person who is running away to avoid being captured

• To separate from a nation or state and become independent

Who was the most well known commander of the Union Army?

• Stonewall Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• P.G.T. Beaureguard

• Joshua Chamberlin

1. Which of the following was an advantage the South had in the Civil War?

• larger army

• greater number of factories

• more money

• better trained generals

Based on the pictograph, predict which side would win the war because it had more resources.

• Union (North)

• Confederates (South)

• Western Territories

Where did the Civil War begin?

• Fort Sumter, South Carolina

• Raleigh, North Carolina

• Jackson, Mississippi

• Richmond, Virginia