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BE PREPARED: Grab both papers from the table Get 3 COLORS! REMEMBER… Check Home Access to see what you are missing. Finish the year strong! HOMEWORK: PRESIDENTS TEST (PERIODS 2, 4, AND 8) 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? 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 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) Why was it important for MD to stay in the Union? KEY = Union states = Confederate states = Border States (slave states remaining in the Union) Abraham Lincoln President of the Union Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy “A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.” The North Preservation of the Union above all else The power of the Federal Government over that of individual states The South “We seek no conquest. All we ask is to be left alone.” States’ Rights over those of the Federal Government Considered breaking away from the Union similar to the Revolutionary War 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… 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 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) 3) Capture Mississippi River 1) Blockade Southern Ports 2) Seize Richmond, VA. 1) Fight a defensive war (until northerners became tired of fighting) 2) Count on European money and supplies (withhold cotton until nations help) If the answer is… A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO” B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING” D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE 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 If the answer is… A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO” B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING” D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE The Confederacy believed in… A. B. C. D. the rights of the federal government states’ rights the idea of popular sovereignty preserving the Union If the answer is… A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO” B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING” D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE All of the following were strengths of the Union entering the war EXCEPT… A. B. C. D. having a lot of factories having a larger population having superior generals having more of the nation’s food If the answer is… A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO” B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING” D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE Once the Civil War broke out, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were… A. B. C. D. slave states that seceded to the Confederacy slave states that stayed in the Union free states that fought the Confederacy granted popular sovereignty and remained in the Union