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The War Between The States
1. Who was the first Republican President and took office in 1861?
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The War Between The States
1. Who was the first Republican President and took office in 1861?
2. Which seven states had already seceded?
2. Which seven states had already seceded?
3. Who fired on Fort Sumter? How many casualties were there?
3. Who fired on Fort Sumter? How many casualties were there?
4. Who proclaimed a rebellion?
4. Who proclaimed a rebellion?
5. How many militiamen did he call on to quash the “rebel” states?
5. How many militiamen did he call on to quash the “rebel” states?
6. Which four states joined the South?
6. Which four states joined the South?
7. Who had the right to secede? (sidebar)
7. Who had the right to secede? (sidebar)
8. Who was for free trade? Who was for protectionism? (sidebar)
8. Who was for free trade? Who was for protectionism? (sidebar)
9. Strictly speaking, what kind of war never took place in the United States?
9. Strictly speaking, what kind of war never took place in the United States?
10. What is the definition of civil war?
10. What is the definition of civil war?
11. Give two examples of civil war?
11. Give two examples of civil war?
12. Which states sought to declare themselves independent?
12. Which states sought to declare themselves independent?
13. What is a more appropriate term than Civil War?
13. What is a more appropriate term than Civil War?
14. Which amendment gave the legal basis for the South to secede?
14. Which amendment gave the legal basis for the South to secede?
15. What remained a right reserved to the states?
15. What remained a right reserved to the states?
16. Which President did not believe that the federal government had the right
to coerce a seceding state?
17. Which political leader stated that it would be better for states to part as
friends than to be held together by constraint? (sidebar)
16. Which President did not believe that the federal government had the right
to coerce a seceding state?
17. Which political leader stated that it would be better for states to part as
friends than to be held together by constraint? (sidebar)
List five authorities that stated that American states had the legal right to secede:
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List five authorities that stated that American states had the legal right to secede:
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23. What was not an issue in the first half of the war?
23. What was not an issue in the first half of the war?
24. According to the U.S. Senate, what was the purpose of the war?
24. According to the U.S. Senate, what was the purpose of the war?
25. Which Union general said, “If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I
would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side.”?
25. Which Union general said, “If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I
would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side.”?
26. Who said that “if he could save the Union by freeing no slave he would do
that”?
27. What would have happened to the northern economy if the South seceded?
26. Who said that “if he could save the Union by freeing no slave he would do
that”?
27. What would have happened to the northern economy if the South seceded?
28. What kind of trade system did the South have?
28. What kind of trade system did the South have?
29. What played a crucial role in persuading important sectors of Northern
society to support war?
30. Which regions were threatened with the loss of political power and wealth
because of the South’s free trade system?
29. What played a crucial role in persuading important sectors of Northern
society to support war?
30. Which regions were threatened with the loss of political power and wealth
because of the South’s free trade system?
31. What did they demand in order to remove the South’s free trade system?
31. What did they demand in order to remove the South’s free trade system?
32. What did the great majority of Southerners not own?
32. What did the great majority of Southerners not own?
33. Which two Southern generals described slavery as “a moral and political
evil.”?
34. Who invaded who?
33. Which two Southern generals described slavery as “a moral and political
evil.”?
34. Who invaded who?
35. Why did soldiers from both sides fight?
35. Why did soldiers from both sides fight?
36. Which side fought to preserve the Union?
36. Which side fought to preserve the Union?
37. Which side fought for independence and preserve self-government?
37. Which side fought for independence and preserve self-government?
38. Which side kept in harmony with the European code of war?
38. Which side kept in harmony with the European code of war?
39. Which Northern general and his men destroyed houses and farmland in
Mississippi?
40. Who said, “Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our
liberty, our progress, and our civilization, and I mourn for the stake which
was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was
saved at Waterloo.”?
39. Which Northern general and his men destroyed houses and farmland in
Mississippi?
40. Who said, “Therefore I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our
liberty, our progress, and our civilization, and I mourn for the stake which
was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was
saved at Waterloo.”?
“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up
and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. .
. . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing
government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people, that can, may
revolutionize, and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit."
Abraham Lincoln
“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up
and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. .
. . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing
government may choose to exercise it. Any portion of such people, that can, may
revolutionize, and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit."
Abraham Lincoln