The Civil War L1

federal post in Charleston, South Carolina, that surrendered to the Confederacy; marked the beginning of the Civil War

four slave states - Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri - that bordered the North and did not join the Confederacy

Union general with a two-part strategy for defeating the Confederacy

Confederate plan to enlist Britain's aid in return for continued cotton shipments

This strategy did not work because Britain had large stores of cotton and got more from India and Egypt.

• cotton diplomacy

• Confederate diplomacy

The Civil War began in 1861 when Confederate troops began to fire on _.

• border states

• Fort Sumter

Union general _ planned to destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade of southern ports.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Winfield Scott

The South tried to win foreign allies through _.

• border states

• cotton diplomacy

In his inaugural address, _ promised not to end slavery where it existed.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Winfield Scott

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were _ that did not join the Confederacy.

• border states

• cotton diplomacy