Download AIM: THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS Which of the following statements

AIM:
THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS
Do Now: Answer the following multiple choice questions:
Which of the following statements best describes the infamous incident between Senator Charles Sumner and Congressman
Preston Brooks in 1854?
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Although the two men disagreed about the future of slavery, their peaceful agreements set an example for the rest of
the government.
2. After a heated speech given by Senator Sumner against slavery and its supporters, Congressman Brooks attacked and
almost killed Sumner.
3. Both men despised the new Republican Party and together, they criticized all the newly elected Congressmen.
4. They tried to set up a coalition of Democrats who wanted to create a second Congress to protest slavery and tariffs.
The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) was significant because it
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allowed slavery in California
outlawed slavery in the Southern States
upheld the actions of the Underground Railroad
ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
Founding the Confederacy
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In February 1861, representatives of the seven seceded states met to form a new nation
In five days it had written a constitution and selected former Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis
as provisional (temporary) president
“Our safety and honor required us to dissolve our connection with the United States. The South is determined
to…make all who oppose her, smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel.”
-Jefferson Davis, in his inaugural address
How would you describe the attitude of Jefferson Davis based on this quote?
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“We are without means, without machinery, and threatened by a powerful opposition.”
-Jefferson Davis, in a letter to his wife
How would you describe the attitude of Jefferson Davis based on this quote?
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o The new nation’s constitution was modeled on the U.S. Constitution except…
 It specifically recognized and protected slavery
 It recognized the “sovereign and independent” nature of each state
 It banned protective tariffs
 It limited the presidency to a single 6-year term
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The new nation was named the Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy
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On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
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In 1861, delegates from the southern states who had seceded from the Union
met to draft a new Constitution. What did they call their newly formed nation?
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
John Brown
Ulysses S. Grant
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United States of the South
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of the South
The New South
When the Confederacy seceded, it seized many forts, arsenals, and other property that
belonged to the federal government
Fort Sumter , located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina was one piece of property that was
still under Union control
 The Union commander at Fort Sumter, refused to give up the fort
 On the morning April 12, 1861, Confederate forces opened fire on the fort with heavy
artillery and cannons
o Anderson and his men surrendered
o The Civil War had officially begun
“The firing on that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the
world has yet seen…you will lose us every friend at the North. You will
wantonly strike a hornet’s nest which extends from mountains to ocean.”
– a Southerner in 1861
What fort, which is considered to have seen the first shots of the Civil War,
is being described above?
1. Fort Sumter
2. Fort Kearney
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3. Fort Carolina
4. Fort Hood
President Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers to serve for 90 days to put down the rebellion
According to the poster, what causes were the volunteers were asked
to fight for?
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“Hastily formed companies marched to camps of rendezvous, the
sunlight flashing from gun-barrel and bayonet…Merchants and clerks
rushed out from stores…saluting them as they passed…I had never
dreamed that New England could be fired with so warlike a spirit.”
How did Northerners respond to this call to arms?
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The call for troops created a crisis in the Upper South (VA, NC, TN, AR), where many people
did not want to secede, but believed they had no choice but to leave the Union
o Virginia acted first and before long all of the Upper South had joined the Confederacy
 The capital of the Confederacy was moved to Richmond Virginia
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Border states were slaveholding states
that remained in the Union and
formed a border with the
Confederacy
According to the map, which states were border states?
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Lincoln was determined to keep the
slaveholding border states from
seceding
To prevent Maryland’s secession, President
Lincoln placed parts of the state under
martial law—the military takes control of an
area, replaces civilian authorities, and
suspends certain civil rights
o The military supervised new elections and a pro-Union state legislature was elected
In order to preserve the Union and enforce martial law, Lincoln suspended writs of habeas
corpus—a person’s right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime and given a trial
o This allowed Lincoln to imprison anyone who posed a threat to the Union without
giving them a trial
During the Civil War, border states were slave
states
1. that did not join the Confederacy
2. that remained neutral during the Civil War
3. that voluntarily abolished slavery during
the war
4. where the Emancipation Proclamation
abolished slavery
What was President Abraham Lincoln’s way of handling the civil rights of
dissenters during the Civil War?
He suspended the writ of habeas corpus in areas where there was
dissent and used martial law.
2. He stopped regular elections during the war in these areas.
3. He arrested all people who might have a relative in the southern
states.
4. He accepted this dissent and protected people’s rights who did so
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What advantages did the North have at the beginning of
the Civil War?
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What advantages did the South have at the beginning of
the Civil War?
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"One good Southern boy could whip any ten
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Yankee [Northern] clerks and shopkeepers hands
down."
“The army of the South will be composed of the best
material that ever made up an army; while that of Lincoln
will be gathered from the sewers of the cities…who will
serve for pay and will run away as soon as they can when
danger threatens.”
1. Which side had a greater population? ____________________________________
Advantage
Disadvantage
How?________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. Which side had a greater slave population? _______________________________
Advantage
Disadvantage
How?________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Which side had better army officers? ____________________________________
4. Which side had greater morale and spirit? _______________________________
5. Which side had more miles of railroad? _________________________________
Advantage
Disadvantage
How?________________________________________________________________________________________
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6. In which region were most of the battles fought? _________________________
Advantage
Disadvantage
How?________________________________________________________________________________________
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7. Which side experienced greater industrial production? _____________________
Advantage
Disadvantage
How?________________________________________________________________________________________
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8. Which side had more money? _________________________________________
Advantage
Disadvantage
How?________________________________________________________________________________________
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