Civil War Review

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What prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?

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Lincoln was against the spread of slavery.

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How did South Carolina leaders feel about the issue of states’ rights? Options: believed the state government should control its citizens, believed the more populated states should make the major decisions, believed the federal government had the right to interfere with state laws, believed that the laws in one state should apply to the rest of the states

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believed the state government should control its citizens

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What was the significance of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession?

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withdrew South Carolina from the United States

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According to the pie graphs, what is true about the resources of the North and South in the United States in 1861?

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More industry in the north

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Why was the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter in 1861 significant?

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Marked the beginning of the Civil War

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How did the blockade of South Carolina ports during the Civil War affect people living in South Carolina?

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Kept the Confederacy from receiving supplies

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What was the main reason that many Southerners thought that Great Britain would support the Confederacy in the Civil War? Options: Plantation owners in Great Britain owned slaves. Most British immigrants to the U.S. lived in the South. Britain relied on Southern cotton for its factories. British politicians wanted to weaken the United States.

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Britain relied on Southern cotton for its factories.

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What was the key reason the United States Army captured Port Royal Sound in 1861?

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to set up a naval blockade

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How was the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River a significant achievement?

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split the Confederacy

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The Siege of Charleston was significant because of it:

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Was a long-term struggle that weakened the Confederacy