ss-us-a-events leading to secession and war

How many more states seceded from the Union when Lincoln called for volunteers to fight the South?

4

platform

A plan of action or statement of a group.

appropriations

A sum of money or other thing being appropriated.

The event that finally caused South Carolina to secede from the Union was _____.

Abraham Lincoln being elected president

Lee's campaign to invade Maryland was stopped after his defeat at the Battle of:

Antietam

All of the following were a presidential candidate in the 1860 election except:

Dred Scott

Knowing a war was going to start anyway, Congress did little to stop it.

False

Who was offered command of the Union Army after Fort Sumter and felt a victory in the North would turn public opinion against the war?

General Robert E. Lee

Which of the following led to the successful protection of Richmond from McClellan?

Geographic obstacles

In his first inaugural address, what points did Lincoln emphasize?

He had no intention of invading the South. He was going to allow slavery in the states that already had it. He was not going to allow the seizing of Federal property.

How did Lincoln force the South to fire the first shots of the war?

He ordered a supply ship to Fort Sumter.

Why was Lee torn about his loyalty?

He was born in Virginia and his family was there.

The commanding officer of Fort Sumter was _____.

Major Anderson

What two states did not secede from the Union?

Maryland and Missouri

Why did President Lincoln place General McClellan under the command of General Halleck?

McClellan failed to capture Richmond.

The North gained control of the northern part of the Mississippi River once Grant captured the city of:

Memphis

Select the two railroad lines that the North needed to capture to cut Southern communications.

Memphis to Chattanooga to Richmond Vicksburg to Savannah

General Butler's and Admiral Farragut's capture of New Orleans and Natchez gave the North control of the southern part of the:

Mississippi River

Why did Union forces change leadership?

Mistakes in maneuvers

Select the three positions that were included in Lincoln's inaugural address.

No state had a right to leave the Union. Federal posts in the South would be defended. Slavery could continue where it already existed.

The battle in which more Americans fell than in all the previous wars the United States had fought was at:

Shiloh

Fort Sumter was located in _____.

South Carolina

Select the three states that seceded from the Union after the election of Lincoln.

South Carolina Mississippi Georgia

Border States

Southern states that did not secede

The Union forces in the West, led by General Grant, first invaded the state of:

Tennessee

reflection

The election of Abraham Lincoln sparked the South's secession in 1861. There were a number of Congressional attempts to stop the South from seceding, all of which failed. The South immediately took control of all Federal property with the exception of Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, and Castle Pinckney. Lincoln was determined to resupply Fort Sumter. When he tried to do so, the South attacked Fort Sumter, signaling the beginning of the Civil War. By getting the South to start the war, Lincoln was able to win a major international victory by making the South look like the aggressor.

coerce

To compel, force.

appease

To put an end to by satisfying.

installation

a military base or camp

Robert Anderson

commander of Fort Sumter

Select the three positions that were included in the 1860 Republican platform.

denounced John Brown's raid slavery could continue where it already existed no slavery in new territories

Crittenden Compromise

extend the 36° 30' line to the Pacific Ocean

Fort Sumter

first shots of the Civil War

South Carolina

first to secede from the Union

West Virginia

formed from five western counties

propaganda

information put out by a government to promote a policy, idea, or cause

Jefferson Davis

president of the Confederacy

What do North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee have in common?

seceded after Fort Sumter

Before the war began, how many Southern states seceded from the Union?

seven

negotiate

to attempt to come to an agreement on something through discussion and compromise

Alexander Stephens

vice-president of the Confederacy