1. BE PREPARED: REMEMBER… HOMEWORK:
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HOMEWORK:
PRESIDENTS TEST (PERIODS 2, 4, AND 8)

2. Bell Work 1) Why did many of the southern states leave the Union
once Lincoln was elected President?
2) a) Which region of the south was the first to secede?
b) Why?
3) Why were the Union and Confederacy fighting over Fort
Sumter?
4) Which side took over the fort after the first battle of the
Civil War?

3. Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC
All U.S. belongings (including forts) will be held onto, secession is impossible, and if arms were used against the U.S. it would be seen as a rebellion and the country would use force back
Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC

4. The first shots of the Civil War were at Fort Sumter in South Carolina…
Why do you think the Union and Confederates were fighting over the fort?
Union
(in the fort)
Confederates
(firing into the fort)

5. Why was it important for MD to stay in the Union?
KEY
= Union states
= Confederate states
= Border States (slave
states remaining in the Union)

6. Abraham Lincoln President of the Union
The War’s Leaders
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Union
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy

7. The North Reasons for Fighting
Preservation of the Union above all else
The power of the Federal Government over that of individual states
“A house divided against itself cannot stand."
I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.”

8. Reasons for Fighting The South
States’ Rights over those of the Federal Government
Considered breaking away from the Union similar to the Revolutionary War
“We seek no conquest. All we ask is to be left alone.”

9. Strengths and Weaknesses
The North
Had many people to grow food and work in factories
Factories to produce weapons
Railroads to transport food and supplies
Larger population – 20 million over Southern 9 million - more soldiers to fight
Most of the Nation’s food was grown in the North
Unfamiliar with the land (terrain)
Transport troops, supplies…

10. Strengths and Weaknesses
The South
Fought a defensive war to protect their homes
Superior Generals
“Home field” advantage
Confederate soldiers were farmers who knew how to hunt and live off the land
Fewer soldiers
Lack of sufficient resources

11. Union Plan for Victory ANACONDA PLAN
1) Navy will blockade Southern ports (cut off supplies from Europe)
2) Seize Confederate capital (Richmond, Va.)
3) Seize control of the Mississippi River (separate Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas from Confederacy)

12. UNION PLAN Capture Mississippi River 2) Seize Richmond, VA.
1) Blockade Southern
Ports

13. Confederate Plan for Victory
1) Fight a defensive war (until northerners became tired of fighting)
2) Count on European money and supplies (withhold cotton until nations help)

14. Maryland was an important border state because…
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Maryland was an important border state because…
A. if it seceded, the Union capital would be cut off
B. they had a lot of slaves that could immediately join
the Union Army
C. it produced a lot of cotton that the Union could use
to raise money for the war
D. it housed all of the Army’s weapons

15. The Confederacy believed in…
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The Confederacy believed in…
A. the rights of the federal government
B. states’ rights
C. the idea of popular sovereignty
D. preserving the Union

16. If the answer is…
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All of the following were strengths of the Union entering the war EXCEPT…
A. having a lot of factories
B. having a larger population
C. having superior generals
D. having more of the nation’s food

17. If the answer is…
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Once the Civil War broke out, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were…
A. slave states that seceded to the Confederacy
B. slave states that stayed in the Union
C. free states that fought the Confederacy
D. granted popular sovereignty and remained in the
Union