Review: Events Leading up to The Civil War
1) List the eleven Confederate States of America:
Virginia Florida Louisiana
N. Carolina Alabama Texas
S. Carolina Mississippi Arkansas
Georgia Tennessee
2) List ten of the Union States:
Maine Vermont N. Hampshire Massachusetts
Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey
Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois
Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Kansas Oregon California
3) List the five Border States:
Missouri Kentucky West Virginia
Maryland Delaware
Identification: Use your book & what we discussed in class to identify the
following terms AND tell WHY THEY ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT. (2-3 sentences)
A) Jefferson Davis ---> 1st (& only) President of the CSA. Presided over
secession from the U.S. Ran the Confederacy during the Civil War
B) Fort Sumter ---> Where the Civil War begin in Charleston, S.C. on April 12,
1861. A bloodless opening to the bloodiest war in American history.
C) Election of 1860 ---> 4 parties nominated candidates: Republicans - Abraham
Lincoln, Northern Democrats - Stephen Douglas, Southern Democrats - John C.
Breckinridge, Constitutional Unionists - John Bell. Lincoln won the election
even though he didn’t receive a majority of the popular votes. South seceded
after his election.
D) South Carolina ---> the 1st state to secede from the Union. Also where the
Civil war began (Fort Sumter April 12, 1861). Led the break up of the United
States.
E) Robert E. Lee ---> the commanding general of the Confederate Army. Turned
down Lincoln’s offer to lead the United States Army because of his loyalty to
Virginia. Probably caused the war to last longer than it would have.
F) Lincoln’s view of slavery ---> was NOT an abolitionist. He wanted to keep
slavery contained in the South. Because many Southerners mistakenly believed
he wanted to end slavery they felt they had to secede from the Union to
protect their way of life.
G) Southern & Northern reasons for fighting ---> North: Union (no state can
secede), Anti-slavery (didn’t want slavery to expand [not abolitionists]),
democracy (the South was trying to overrule the majority of Americans). South:
states rights (South had joined the Union, they can leave it), slavery
(freeing slaves would mean social & economic chaos), liberty (North was
threatening their way of life). Both sides were so far apart that a compromise
seemed impossible.
1) List four advantages the North (USA) had at the beginning of the War.
A) population $$$$
B) manufacturing surplus food
C) railroads & transportation
D) Navy
2) List three advantages the South (CSA) had at the beginning of the War.
A) Better generals
B) Experience with guns “Home field” advantage
C) Lived in country Didn’t have to win
3) What were the three strategies the South (CSA) devised to win the War?
A) no cotton exports
B) get France & Britain to help (guns, supplies, $$$)
C) wait for North to attack
4) What were the three strategies the North (USA) devised to win the War?
1) Naval blockade
2) Keep Border States loyal
3) Conquer the South
A) capture Tennessee
B) capture the Mississippi River
C) capture Richmond, Virginia (Confederate capitol)
