Ch 15

Why did Southerners believe they had a real chance of winning the Civil War

a. Southern men believed they were physically tougher than northern men.

In his inaugural address, President Lincoln revealed that he hoped to avoid disunion by?

take measures to stop the contagion of secession and buy time in order for emotions to cool

What irony emerges when considering the wartime leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis?

c. Abraham Lincoln brought little political experience to his presidency yet rose to the occasion to become a masterful leader, whereas Jefferson Davis, a seasoned politician, proved to be a relatively ineffectual chief executive.

Why did some states in the Upper South opt for secession from the Union?

a. They couldn't see themselves fighting fellow Southerners.

Most Northerners viewed secession as

a. an attack on the best government on earth and a severe challenge to the rule of law.

How many of the fifteen slave states joined the Confederacy?

b. eleven

How did Northerners view the war once it began?

c. The Civil War was a struggle to preserve the Union.

Why did white Southerners from all classes enlist to fight Yankees?

c. They wanted to ensure that blacks remained subordinate to whites.

What happened in the loyal border states of Missouri and Kentucky?

c. a prosouthern minority remained sympathetic to the southern cause and sometimes resisted Union control.

What event marked the official beginning of armed hostilities between the North and South?

d. Confederates firing on Fort Sumter

What disadvantage did the South face when it came to supplying the Confederate armies?

d. It lacked the resources available to the north.

Why did the South experience greater inflation than the North during the Civil War?

d. The Confederacy printed more money.