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