SS: 8.3 Quiz

Robert E. Lee

(1807-1870) was a Virginian general who led the Confederate Army.

Jefferson Davis

(1808-1889) was a Mississippi planter who became President of the Confederate States of America.

northerners outnumbered southerners and supported him

Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860 mainly because

it guarded Charleston Harbor

Fort Sumter was important strategically because

start a war, if there was to be one

In his inaugural address, President Lincoln said that it would be up to the South to

the army's best officers fought for the Confederacy

In the early days of the Civil War, leadership in the United States Army became an issue because

lack of experience

Some people doubted that Lincoln could lead as President because of his

Lincoln as President was a threat to their way of life

Southern states began to secede largely because they felt that

felt that the Union would not protect their rights

Southern states seceded because they

slave states that remained with the Union

The "border states" were

secession

The main difference between Lincoln's and Davis's inaugural speeches was their positions on

a familiarity with the land

Which of the following was a strength of the South during the Civil War?

its supply lines

Which of the following was a weakness of the North during the Civil War?

Border States

a slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War

martial law

rule by the military instead of an elected government

Unamendable

unable to be changed