Chapter 16 The Civil War; Section 1 The War Begins, ( From Textbook ; U.S History, Begginings to 1914")

False, cotton diplomacy was the idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South's raw cotton to supply its booming textile industry.

Cotton diplomacy was the idea that France would support the Confederacy because it needed the South's raw cotton supply

True

Fort Sumter, a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.

True.

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States.

.False; He said In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end slavery where it existed

In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised to end slavery all over the South

True

Wedged between the North and the South were the key border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.