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The Civil War. In The Beginning. Southern politicians owned _______________________. (And the more important they were, _______________________________.). Southern politicians owned many more slaves than most whites. (And the more important they were, _______________________________.).
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The Civil War In The Beginning
Southern politicians owned _______________________. • (And the more important they were, _______________________________.)
Southern politicians owned many more slaves than most whites. • (And the more important they were, _______________________________.)
Southern politicians owned many more slaves than most whites. (And the more important they were, the more slaves they owned.)
States generally seceded _________ ______________________________.
States generally seceded in the order that they owned slaves.
The Civil War began ____________ _____________________________.
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter.
The Union had large advantages in ______________________________.
The Union had large advantages in population, manufacturing and money.
However, the Confederates had better officers and had the advantage of fighting defensively.
At the start of the war, Lincoln thought slavery should __________________
At the start of the war, Lincoln thought slavery should not be eliminated . . .
. . . because he was worried about ____________________________.
. . . because he was worried about keeping the loyalty of the border states.
In 1861-62, the war in the East ___________________________.
In 1861-62, the war in the East generally went badly for the Union.
For both sides, the war was much worse than they imagined it would be.