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THE CIVIL WAR: Events

THE CIVIL WAR: Events. What is secession?. What is secession?. ANSWER! Formal withdrawal of states from the Union. What caused the Southern states to secede from the Union (“trigger” to start of Civil War)?. What caused the Southern states to secede from the Union (“trigger”

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THE CIVIL WAR: Events

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  1. THE CIVIL WAR: Events

  2. What is secession?

  3. What is secession? ANSWER! Formal withdrawal of states from the Union

  4. What caused the Southern states to secede from the Union (“trigger” to start of Civil War)?

  5. What caused the Southern states to secede from the Union (“trigger” to start of Civil War)? ANSWER! Election of Abraham Lincoln

  6. Why did the Southern states distrust Lincoln?

  7. Why did the Southern states distrust Lincoln? ANSWER! Feared Lincoln would abolish (get rid of) slavery

  8. What made the southern states believe that Lincoln was an abolitionist (wanted to abolish slavery)?

  9. What made the southern states believe that Lincoln was an abolitionist (wanted to abolish slavery)? ANSWER! Lincoln’s speech: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” He believed the nation could not continue half-free, half slave.

  10. How did the Southern states justify leaving the Union?

  11. How did the Southern states justify leaving the Union? ANSWER! They believed states had freely entered the Union and could leave (secede) if they chose

  12. Where was the opening confrontation of the Civil War?

  13. Where was the opening confrontation of the Civil War? ANSWER! Ft. Sumter, S.C.

  14. Why did Lincoln use military force to keep the Union intact?

  15. Why did Lincoln use military force to keep the Union intact? ANSWER! Lincoln insisted that the Union be held together by force if necessary, to put down the “rebellion”

  16. Who was the Union military commander, who won victories over the South after several Union commanders had failed?

  17. Who was the Union military commander, who won victories over the South after several Union commanders had failed? ANSWER! Ulysses S. Grant

  18. Who was the Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia?

  19. Who was the Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia? ANSWER! Robert E. Lee

  20. Why did Lee decide to fight with the South, even though he opposed secession?

  21. Why did Lee decide to fight with the South, even though he opposed secession? ANSWER! Did not believe the Union should be held together by force, would not fight against his home state of Virginia

  22. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

  23. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? ANSWER! Freed slaves located in “rebelling” states (seceded Southern states)

  24. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

  25. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued? ANSWER! After the Battle of Antietam

  26. What was the Northern war aim after the Emancipation Proclamation?

  27. What was the Northern war aim after the Emancipation Proclamation? ANSWER! Destruction of Slavery

  28. What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on foreign participation in the Civil War?

  29. What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on foreign participation in the Civil War? ANSWER! Discouraged any interference of foreign governments

  30. Who was the former slave and abolitionist who urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the Union army?

  31. Who was the former slave and abolitionist who urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the Union army? ANSWER! Frederick Douglass

  32. What battle was a turning point in the Civil War?

  33. What battle was a turning point in the Civil War? ANSWER! Gettysburg

  34. What was the Gettysburg Address?

  35. What was the Gettysburg Address? ANSWER! Speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, dedicating cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

  36. In his Gettysburg Address, what did Abraham Lincoln say the Civil War was about?

  37. In his Gettysburg Address, what did Abraham Lincoln say the Civil War was about? ANSWER! Struggle to preserve the nation, “one nation” not a collection of states

  38. In his Gettysburg Address, what ideas did Abraham Lincoln say the nation was dedicated to?

  39. ANSWER! “all men are created equal,” a gov’t “of the people, by the people, and for the people” In his Gettysburg Address, what ideas did Abraham Lincoln say the nation was dedicated to?

  40. Why did Lincoln believe the Civil War was a “Second American Revolution?”

  41. Why did Lincoln believe the Civil War was a “Second American Revolution?” ANSWER! Civil War was fought to fulfill the promise of the Declaration of Independence, (“all men are created equal”)

  42. Where was the site of Lee’s surrender to Grant at the end of the Civil War?

  43. Where was the site of Lee’s surrender to Grant at the end of the Civil War? ANSWER! Appomattox, Va.

  44. What did Robert E. Lee urge Southerners to do after they lost the Civil War?

  45. What did Robert E. Lee urge Southerners to do after they lost the Civil War? ANSWER! Accept defeat and unite as Americans again

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