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Civil War

Civil War. To what political party did Abraham Lincoln belong?. Republican Party. What political party split in the 1860 presidential election?. Democratic Party. Who did the American people elect as president in 1860?. Abraham Lincoln.

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Civil War

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  1. Civil War

  2. To what political party did Abraham Lincoln belong? • Republican Party

  3. What political party split in the 1860 presidential election? • Democratic Party

  4. Who did the American people elect as president in 1860? • Abraham Lincoln

  5. What did several Southern states do, when Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election? • Seceded from the Union

  6. What did it mean for a state to secede from the Union? • Leave the Union, or • Withdraw from the Union

  7. What country did the seceded Southern states form in 1861? • The Confederate States of America or • The Confederacy

  8. Who was elected president of the Confederacy? • Jefferson Davis

  9. What did the secession of the Southern states trigger? • The Civil War

  10. What were three consequences of the Civil War? • Northern victory • The Union restored • Emancipation of African-American slaves

  11. What did it mean to emancipate slaves? • Free them

  12. What constitutional debate did the Civil War involve? • Federal Power vs. States’ Rights

  13. From what fort did President Lincoln refuse to remove federal troops in April, 1861? • Fort Sumter

  14. Where is Fort Sumter located? • Charleston, South Carolina

  15. What event caused the Civil War to begin? • Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter

  16. Where did the Civil War begin? • Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina

  17. What were the dates of the Civil War? • 1861-1865

  18. Define the term civilwar. • A war between people of the same country

  19. In what war did the most Americans die? • The Civil War

  20. Who served as president of the United States during the Civil War? • Abraham Lincoln

  21. What was Lincoln’s attitude toward secession? • Opposed secession • Union must be held together, by force if necessary

  22. Who was the leading Union general during the Civil War? • Ulysses S. Grant

  23. Who was the leading Confederate general during the Civil War? • Robert E. Lee

  24. Who was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia? • Robert E. Lee

  25. What was Robert E. Lee’s attitude toward secession?

  26. Opposed secession • Did NOT believe the Union should be held together by force • Wanted Southerners to accept defeat and unite as Americans again at the end of the Civil War

  27. Identify Frederick Douglass.

  28. Former African-American slave • Important black abolitionist • Encouraged President Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the Union army

  29. Name the two most important battles of the Civil War. • Battle of Antietam • Battle of Gettysburg

  30. Which side won the Battle of Antietam? • The North

  31. Where was the Battle of Antietam? • Maryland

  32. What did President Lincoln issue after the North’s victory at the Battle of Antietam? • The Emancipation Proclamation

  33. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? • Freed all slaves who lived in states still in rebellion on Jan. 1, 1863

  34. What was the North’s war aim before the Emancipation Proclamation? • Preservation of the Union

  35. What were the North’s war aims after the Emancipation Proclamation?

  36. Preservation of the Union • Abolition of African-American slavery

  37. What two European countries considered aiding the Confederacy? • Great Britain • France

  38. What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on England and France? • Discouraged them from siding with the Confederacy

  39. Which side won the Battle of Gettysburg? • The North

  40. Where was the Battle of Gettysburg? • Pennsylvania

  41. Who wrote the Gettysburg Address? • Abraham Lincoln

  42. What did Lincoln identify as the North’s two war aims in the Gettysburg Address?

  43. Preserving the Union • Abolishing Slavery

  44. What did Lincoln believe was the nature of the Union? • The United States was onenation, instead a federation of independent states

  45. What did the South think was the nature of the Union? • The states had freely joined the Union and could freely leave (secede)

  46. What vision did President Lincoln describe for the United States in the Gettysburg Address?

  47. The United States was dedicated to the idea that “all men are created equal”

  48. In the Gettysburg Address what did Lincoln call a “Second American Revolution”? • The Civil War

  49. Who said the United States was ruled by a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”? • Abraham Lincoln

  50. In what speech did Lincoln use the phrase “of the people, by the people, and for the people”? • The Gettysburg Address

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