The U.S. Civil War.

Why was the 1861 Confederate victory at Fort Sumter in South Carolina significant? 

• Popular sovereignty allowed states to choose if they wanted to be free or slave states.
• It marked the end of the Civil War.
• It marked the beginning of the Civil War. 
• Robert E. Lee won this battle. 

Formally withdrawing from the United States

• To Confederate
• Leaving
• engagment

• Secession

An Illinois lawyer who became the 16^th President of the United States

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas
• James Buchanan
• John C. Fremont

What state was first state to secede from the union?

• Georgia
• Alabama
• South Carolina
• North Carolina

What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?

• Fredonia

• Confederate States of America

• Southern States of America

• Articles of Secession

What was the stance of the Republican party regarding slavery?

• It should be abolished.

• The federal government had no power over slavery.

• Slavery should not be allowed to expand to western territories.

• The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

The Civil War began when the Confederates fired upon

• Washington DC

• the Alamo

• Fort Sumter

• New York Harbor

What political party in the South defended a State's right to practice Slaver?

• The Republican Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Libertarians

• The Abolitionists.

Why was the South angered over the Election of Abraham Lincoln? Pick 2!

• Abraham Lincoln had promised to outlaw slavery in the South.

• Only 40% of the people voted for Lincoln, but he still won the Election.

• To the South, Lincoln was viewed as an Abolitionists, who would abolish slavery.

• The South felt that the U.S. was becoming too large.

What attacked marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Attack on Fort Sumter in SC.

• The Harpers Ferry Attack

• Bleeding Kansas.