Civil War Pt 1 South Secedes

V O C A B ULA RY

The words below are from The C ivil W ar: The South Secedes and W ar Begins. Read the words and theirdefinitions. Then write a sentence using each word on a separate piece of paper.

1. a b o lish: to get rid of or do away with

2. a b o lit i o n ist: a person who wanted to do away with slavery

3. ci v i l w a r: a war between groups or regions within the same country

4. c o m p r o m ise: an agreement, with each side giving up some of its demands

5. c o n f e d e r a c y : a union of states; an alliance; a league

6. c o n f l ict: a disagreement; a clashing of interests

7. c u ltu r e: all that a human society produces, including its arts and crafts, beliefs, and ways of doingthings

8. d i v isi v e: tending to divide or tear apart

9. f r e e d o m : liberty; not being a slave; able to make your own decisions

10. i n d e p e n d e n c e: freedom from rule by another, especially another country

11. p l a n t a ti o n : a very large farm specializing in one main crop, usually cotton

12. se c e d e : to withdraw from or drop out of a union

13. st a t es ’ r i g h ts: the idea that each state should govern itself, free of outside interference

14. t a r i f f: an amount of money that a government charges on imported or exported goods; a duty

15. u n io n: a combination of states with a single overall government

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C HEC KI N G C O M PREHE N SI O N

Circle the letter for the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1 . Th e A m e r ic a n Ci v i l W a r w a s f o u g h t b y ____________________.A. the North and the SouthB. the East and the WestC. England and AmericaD. Lincoln and Washington

2 . Th e d e a t h t o l l d u r i n g t h e Ci v i l W a r w a s ______________________.A. not very highB. about 600,000 peopleC. 5 million peopleD. low compared to most wars

3 . Th e N o r t h f o u g h t t o p r ese r v e __________________________.A. the ConfederacyB. the UnionC. goodwillD. the family unit

4 . A b o li t i o n ists i n t h e N o r t h w e r e o p p ose d t o______________________.A. exporting cottonB. westward expansionC. televisionD. slavery

5 . Pl a n t a t i o ns w e r e l a r g e f a r m s f o u n d c h i e f l y ______________________.A. in the SouthB. in the NorthC. in the EastD. near the ocean

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6 . Pl a n t a t i o ns c o u l d n ’ t b e r u n w it h o u t________________________.A. imported cottonB. electricityC. slave laborD. the Constitution

7 . So u t h e r n e rs t h o u g h t C o n g r ess sh o u l d p r o t e ct __________________________.A. their bordersB. their right to own slavesC. cotton millsD. Abraham Lincoln

8 . Th e b l a c k p o p u l a t i o n i n t h e So u t h w a s a b o u t ________________________.A. 10 percentB. 40 percentC. 50 percentD. 80 percent

9 . Th e K a ns a s- N e b r a s k a A ct g a v e t h ese n e w t e r r i t o r i e s t h e r i g h t t o d e c i d e ________.A. for or against slaveryB. their own bordersC. their capital cityD. their state bird

1 0 . Th e Ci v i l W a r b e g a n so o n a f t e r ______________________.A. several states secededB. the Battle of Bull RunC. cotton growersD. Jefferson Davis

TI M ELI N E

Write these events on the timeline to show when they happened. The first one, Lincoln elected president,has been done fro you.

1 8 6 0 , N o v . : Lincoln elected president

1 8 6 1 , Ju l y : Battle of Bull Run

1 8 6 1 , M a rc h : Lincoln inaugurated

1 8 6 1 , J a n . : More states secede

1 8 6 1 , F e b . : Confederate States of America formed

1 8 6 0 , D e c. : South Carolina secedes

1 8 6 1 , A p r i l 1 2 : Confederates fire on Fort Sumter

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Lin c o ln e l e ct e d p r esi d e n t

M A PPI N G E X ERCISE - A M ERIC A I N 1 8 6 1

This is how the United States looked in 1861, just as the Civil War was about to begin. The dark lineshows the division between the states that fought for the Union (North) and those that fought for theConfederacy (South). With a pencil, shade the slave states in light gray and the territories in darker gray.Leave the free states white. Use the list of states and territories below. Don’t forget to complete the key.

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SLA V E STATESAlabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. (West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863.)

FREE STATESC a l i f o rnia, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ve rmont, Wi s c o n s i n .

TERRIT O RIESColorado, Dakota, Indian, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington territories.

B O N USFour slave states fought in the Union. What were they?


CI V IL W A R V O C A B ULA RY P U Z ZLE

Write the words from the word bank below in the spaces provided, figuring out where each word mustgo. No more than one letter per square! One is done for you. Good luck!

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W O RD B A N K

abolitionists plantation independencecompromise tariff LincolnUnion Confederacy freedomsecede culture rebelslavery

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M A K E U P A C H A R A CTER

Use this worksheet and your imagination to tell what it might have been like to be a slave in the Southbefore the Civil War.

The character’s name

The state where the person lived

The person’s age

His or her parents/children/brothers/sisters

Plantation’s name

Master’s name

His or her assigned jobs

The quarters where he or she lived

What he or she wore

Free- time activities

His or her dreams of freedom

Things he or she wanted

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TE N SI O N S B UILD

The Civil War did not just appear “overnight.” Decades of tension and misunderstanding, in the earlypart of the 1800s, led up to it. The movement of pioneers westward only inflamed the situation by raisingthe question of which new states would be free and which would allow slavery.

Number the following events in the order they occurred, using the small line at the beginning of eachstatement.

________The Confederate army seizes Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, one of the few remaining federalposts in the South.

________The first major battle of the Civil War is fought at Bull Run Creek.

________South Carolina becomes the first state to make good on its threat to secede.

________The Kansas-Nebraska Act permits these new territories to choose whether they will be free orslave; land rushes and fighting result.

________Lincoln elected president of the Unites States for the first time; the South is outraged.

________Several Southern states get together to form the Confederate States of America.

________The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to be admitted as afree state.

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CI V IL W A R W O R K S HEET

Work cooperatively in small groups to find the answers to the questions below. Write at least onecomplete sentence to answer each question.

1. How did the Civil War tear apart some families?

2. Why were some soldiers upset to learn they had to attend training before going to fight the war?

3. How did high tariffs on imported goods affect the Southern economy?

4. What did Southern planters think when abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison called for anend to slavery?

5. At the time of the Civil War, black slaves made up about 40 percent of the Southern population.In dollars, what were they worth to the Southern economy?

6. What was the first state to secede from the Union?

7. What did the Southern states call their new “country” and who was its president?

8. Why was Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 more like a funeral than a victory celebration?

9. When and where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?

10. How did Lincoln respond to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?

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C HEC KI N G V O C A B ULA RY

Write the vocabulary word beside its definition.

1. freedom from rule by another country divisive

2. to withdraw or drop out of a union union

3. person who wants to do away with slavery independence

4. a combination of states with a single government secede

5. fighting between regions of one country abolitionist

6. tending to divide or tear apart compromise

7. duty charged on imported goods plantation

8. to do away with something confederacy

9. the idea that states should govern themselves abolish

10. a disagreement; clashing of interests states’ rights

11. a union of states; a league tariff

12. liberty; making your own decisions culture

13. all that a human society produces; arts, laws, beliefs conflict

14. a large farm specializing in one crop freedom

15. an agreement between two sides, civil wareach giving up something

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TEST

Circle the answer that best completes each blank.

Sometimes called the War Between the States, the Civil War was fought along geographic lines:

Northern states versus the Southern. The main issue was ______ (t o b a cc o , sl a v e r y ). The ____ ( N o rth ,

So u th) needed slaves to run its large farms called ______ (f i e l d s, p l a n t a ti o ns). By contrast, life was

very different in the ______ ( N o rth , So u th), which was an industrialized region growing rapidly. In

short, the North and the South had different ______ (c u ltu r es, cr o p s), different economies and a

different way of life. Slowly, the two regions were growing further and further apart.

In the North,______ ( a b o lit i o n ists, g r o w e rs) demanded an end to slavery. This made Southerners feel

threatened. But what really brought the issue of slavery to a head was ______ (p o o r t i m in g ,

w est w a r d e x p a nsio n). Would the new states and territories be slave states or ______ (f r e e , v o ti n g)

states? The passage of the ______ (E m a n c i p a ti o n Pr o c l a m a ti o n , B i l l o f Ri g h ts) in 1854 gave the

citizens of the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide by ______ (f i g h ti n g , v o ti n g)

whether of not to allow slavery.

Settlers on both sides of the issue rushed west to try to establish their way of life on the frontier. Kansas

came to be known as ______ ( “ Bl e e d in g ” , “ C y cl o n e ” ) Kansas because these two sides fought each

other to gain control. The result was much ______ (g o o d w il l , h a tr e d) and bitterness.


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The South demanded that slavery be extended into all new territories or it would ______ (se c e d e ,

v o t e) from the Union to protect their interests.

Abraham Lincoln ______ (su p p o rt e d , o p p ose d) slavery and supported high ______ ( w a g es, t a r i f fs)

on imported goods to protect Northern industries. Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and, in the

months that followed, several Southern states made good on their threat to leave the ______ (U n io n ,

C o n f e d e r a c y). They formed the Confederate States of America, elected ______ (Je f f e rso n D a v is,

“ Sto n e w a ll ” J a c k so n) as their president, and later established ______ (A usti n , Ric h m o n d) as their

capital city.

Lincoln, however, was determined to save the Union and bring the Southern states back. The first major

battle of the Civil War took place in Virginia at a creek called ______ (B u ll Ru n , G e tt y s b u r g). Lincoln

had expected to win the war within a few months, but after the first battle, he realized that it would take

much longer.

The Civil War actually lasted about four years. The death toll was staggering: 600,000 people

lost their lives. Many of those who died were mere boys. Some historians say that if the North and

South had realized how dreadful the war was going to be, they would have tried harder to reach

some sort of ______ (n e w t a r i f f , c o m p r o m ise).


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V O C A B ULA RY

The words below are from The C ivil W ar: The South Secedes and W ar Begins . Read the words and theirdefinitions. Then write a sentence using each word on a separate piece of paper.

1. a b o lish: to get rid of or do away with

2. a b o lit i o n ist: a person who wanted to do away with slavery

3. ci v i l w a r: a war between groups or regions within the same country

4. c o m p r o m ise: an agreement, with each side giving up some of its demands

5. c o n f e d e r a c y : a union of states; an alliance; a league

6. c o n f l ict: a disagreement; a clashing of interests

7. c u ltu r e: all that a human society produces, including its arts and crafts, beliefs, and ways of doingthings

8. d i v isi v e: tending to divide or tear apart

9. f r e e d o m : liberty; not being a slave; able to make your own decisions

10. i n d e p e n d e n c e: freedom from rule by another, especially another country

11. p l a n t a ti o n : a very large farm specializing in one main crop, usually cotton

12. se c e d e: to withdraw from or drop out of a union

13. st a t es ’ r i g h ts: the idea that each state should govern itself, free of outside interference

14. t a r i f f: an amount of money that a government charges on imported or exported goods; a duty

15. u n io n: a combination of states with a single overall government

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C HEC KI N G C O M PREHE N SI O N

Circle the letter for the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1 . Th e A m e r ic a n Ci v i l W a r w a s f o u g h t b y ____________________.A. the North and the SouthB. the East and the WestC. England and AmericaD. Lincoln and Washington

2 . Th e d e a t h t o l l d u r i n g t h e Ci v i l W a r w a s ______________________.A. not very highB. about 600,000 peopleC. 5 million peopleD. low compared to most wars

3 . Th e N o r t h f o u g h t t o p r ese r v e__________________________.A. the ConfederacyB. the UnionC. goodwillD. the family unit

4 . A b o li t i o n ists i n t h e N o r t h w e r e o p p ose d t o______________________.A. exporting cottonB. westward expansionC. televisionD. slavery

5 . Pl a n t a t i o ns w e r e l a r g e f a r m s f o u n d c h i e f l y ______________________.A. in the SouthB. in the NorthC. in the EastD. near the ocean



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6 . Pl a n t a t i o ns c o u l d n ’ t b e r u n w it h o u t________________________.A. imported cottonB. electricityC. slave laborD. the Constitution

7 . So u t h e r n e rs t h o u g h t C o n g r ess sh o u l d p r o t e ct __________________________.A. their bordersB. their right to own slavesC. cotton millsD. Abraham Lincoln

8 . Th e b l a c k p o p u l a t i o n i n t h e So u t h w a s a b o u t ________________________.A. 10 percentB. 40 percentC. 50 percentD. 80 percent

9 . Th e K a ns a s- N e b r a s k a A ct g a v e t h e s e n e w t e r r i t o r i e s t h e r i g h t t o d e c i d e________.A. for or against slaveryB. their own bordersC. their capital cityD. their state bird

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TI M ELI N E

Write these events on the timeline to show when they happened. The first one, Lincoln elected president,has been done fro you.

1 8 6 0 , N o v . : Lincoln elected president

1 8 6 1 , Ju l y : Battle of Bull Run

1 8 6 1 , M a rc h : Lincoln inaugurated

1 8 6 1 , J a n . : More states secede

1 8 6 1 , F e b . : Confederate States of America formed

1 8 6 0 , D e c. : South Carolina secedes

1 8 6 1 , A p r i l 1 2 : Confederates fire on Fort Sumter

Lin c o ln e l e ct e d p r esi d e n t

B A TTLE O F B ULL RU N

C O N FEDER A TES FIRE O N F O RT SU MTER

LI N C O L N I N A U G UR A TEDC O N FEDER A TE STATES O F A M ERIC A F O R M ED

M O RE STATES SECEDES O UTH C A R O LI N A SECEDES

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M A PPI N G E X ERCISE - A M ERIC A I N 1 8 6 1

This is how the United States looked in 1861, just as the Civil War was about to begin. The dark lineshows the division between the states that fought for the Union (North) and those that fought for theConfederacy (South). With a pencil, shade the slave states in light gray and the territories in darker gray.Leave the free states white. Use the list of states and territories below. Don’t forget to complete the key.

SLA V E STATESAlabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. (West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863.)

FREE STA TESC a l i f o rnia, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ve rmont, Wi s c o n s i n .

TERRIT O RIESColorado, Dakota, Indian, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington territories.

B O N USFour slave states fought in the Union. What were they?

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CI V IL W A R V O C A B ULA RY P U Z ZLE

Write the words from the word bank below in the spaces provided, figuring out where each word mustgo. No more than one letter per square! One is done for you. Good luck!

W O RD B A N K

abolitionists plantation independencecompromise tariff LincolnUnion Confederacy freedomsecede culture rebelslavery

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M A K E U P A C H A R A CTER

Use this worksheet and your imagination to tell what it might have been like to be a slave in the Southbefore the Civil War.

The character’s name

The state where the person lived

The person’s age

His or her parents/children/brothers/sisters

Plantation’s name

Master’s name

His or her assigned jobs

The quarters where he or she lived

What he or she wore

Free- time activities

His or her dreams of freedom

Things he or she wanted




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DIFFERE N CES LE A D T O C O N FLICT

By 1861, the North and South had grown apart, each with its own identity and culture. Attempts atcompromise over the slavery issue had failed. Let’s consider some of the important differences betweenNorth and South. Make a few brief notes under each heading.

N O RTH S O UTH

Economy

Rural or urban

Population growth

Climate

Attitude toward slavery

Opinion of high tariffson imported goods

Opinion of the otherregion

Other differences

I N D USTRI AL A G RIC ULTUR AL

URB A N RUR AL

R A PID , D UE T O V ERY SL O W G R O W THI M M I G R A TI O N

C O LD W I N TER W A R M ER, M ILD

N O T A G O O D IDE A ; G O O D IDE AA G A I N ST THE LA W N ECESS A RY F O R PLA N TATI O N S

G O O D IDE A ; PR O TECTED N O T A G O O D IDE A ; M A DE ITN O RTHER N I N D USTRIES H A RD T O E X P O RT C O TT O N

TH O U G HT S O UTH S H O ULD TH O U G HT N O RTH S H O ULD A B O LIS H SLA V ERY M I N D THEIR O W N B USI N ESS




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TE N SI O N S B UILD

The Civil War did not just appear “overnight.” Decades of tension and misunderstanding, in the earlypart of the 1800s, led up to it. The movement of pioneers westward only inflamed the situation by raisingthe question of which new states would be free and which would allow slavery.

Number the following events in the order they occurred, using the small line at the beginning of eachstatement.

________The Confederate army seizes Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, one of the few remaining federalposts in the South.

________The first major battle of the Civil War is fought at Bull Run Creek.

________South Carolina becomes the first state to make good on its threat to secede.

________The Kansas-Nebraska Act permits these new territories to choose whether they will be free orslave; land rushes and fighting result.

________Lincoln elected president of the Unites States for the first time; the South is outraged.

________Several Southern states get together to form the Confederate States of America.

________The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to be admitted as afree state.

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M Y W A Y O F LIFE

Every person on earth has a way of life that is important to him or her, no matter where he or she lives.What is your way of life? This worksheet will help you organize your thoughts.

Look at the list below and write a few words in each space to describe your way of life.

The part of the country where I live

The climate where I live

The people that I live with

My house or apartment

Activities/sports I enjoy

Comforts I enjoy

My pets

Things that are important to me

Things I don’t like about my way of life


CI V IL W A R W O R K S HEET

Work cooperatively in small groups to find the answers to the questions below. Write at least onecomplete sentence to answer each question.

1. How did the Civil War tear apart some families?

2. Why were some soldiers upset to learn they had to attend training before going to fight the war?

3. How did high tariffs on imported goods affect the Southern economy?

4. What did Southern planters think when abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison called for anend to slavery?

5. At the time of the Civil War, black slaves made up about 40 percent of the Southern population.In dollars, what were they worth to the Southern economy?

6. What was the first state to secede from the Union?

7. What did the Southern states call their new “country” and who was its president?

8. Why was Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 more like a funeral than a victory celebration?

9. When and where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?

10. How did Lincoln respond to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?



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S O M ETI M ES BR O THERS F O U G HT O N DIFFERE N T SIDES

TH EY TH O U G HT TH E W A R W O ULD BE S O S H O RT TH EY W O ULD M ISS IT

H I G H T A RIFFS M A DE IT H A RD T O E X P O RT C O TT O N

THEY TH O U G HT THEIR W AY O F LIFE W O ULD E N D BEC A USE THEY DEPE N DED O N SLA V ES

A B O UT 2 BILLI O N D O LLA RS

S O UTH C A R O LI N A

THE N E W C O U N TRY W A S C ALLED THE C O N FEDER A TE STATES O F A M ERIC A

THE C O U N TRY W A S O N THE V ER G E O F CI V IL W A R

F O RT SU M TER, A PRIL 1 2 , 1 8 6 1

H E C ALLED F O R V O LU N TEERS T O E N LIST I N TH E U N I O N A R M Y



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C HEC KI N G V O C A B ULA RY

Write the vocabulary word beside its definition.

1. freedom from rule by another countr y divisive

2. to withdraw or drop out of a union union

3. person who wants to do away with slavery independence

4. a combination of states with a single government secede

5. fighting between regions of one countr y abolitionist

6. tending to divide or tear apar t compromise

7. duty charged on imported goods plantation

8. to do away with something confederacy

9. the idea that states should govern themselves abolish

10. a disagreement; clashing of interests states’ rights

11. a union of states; a league tariff

12. liberty; making your own decisions culture

13. all that a human society produces; arts, laws, beliefs conflict

14. a large farm specializing in one crop freedom

15. an agreement between two sides, civil wareach giving up something

I N DEPE N DE N CE

SECEDE

A B O LITI O N IST

U N I O N

CI V IL W A R

DI V ISI V E

TA RIFF

A B O LIS H

STATE’S RI G HTS

C O N FLICT

C O N FEDER A C Y

FREED O M

C ULTURE

PLA N TATI O N

C O M PR O M ISE

TEST

Circle the answer that best completes each blank.

Sometimes called the War Between the States, the Civil War was fought along geographic lines:

Northern states versus the Southern. The main issue was______ (t o b a cc o , sl a v e r y ). The ____ ( N o rth ,

So u th) needed slaves to run its large farms called ______ (f i e l d s, p l a n t a ti o ns). By contrast, life was

very different in the ______ ( N o rth , So u th), which was an industrialized region growing rapidly. In

short, the North and the South had different ______ (c u ltu r es, cr o p s), different economies and a

different way of life. Slowly, the two regions were growing further and further apart.

In the North,______ ( a b o lit i o n ists, g r o w e rs) demanded an end to slavery. This made Southerners feel

threatened. But what really brought the issue of slavery to a head was ______ (p o o r t i m in g ,

w est w a r d e x p a nsio n). Would the new states and territories be slave states or ______ (f r e e , v o ti n g)

states? The passage of the ______ (E m a n ci p a ti o n Pr o cl a m a ti o n , B il l o f Ri g h ts) in 1854 gave the

citizens of the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska the right to decide by ______ (f i g h ti n g , v o ti n g)

whether of not to allow slavery.

Settlers on both sides of the issue rushed west to try to establish their way of life on the frontier. Kansas

came to be known as ______ ( “ Bl e e d in g ” , “ C y cl o n e ” ) Kansas because these two sides fought each

other to gain control. The result was much ______ (g o o d w il l , h a tr e d) and bitterness.



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Test, Page 2

The South demanded that slavery be extended into all new territories or it would ______ (se c e d e ,

v o t e) from the Union to protect their interests.

Abraham Lincoln ______ (su p p o rt e d , o p p ose d) slavery and supported high ______ ( w a g es, t a r i f fs)

on imported goods to protect Northern industries. Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and, in the

months that followed, several Southern states made good on their threat to leave the ______ (U n io n ,

C o n f e d e r a c y). They formed the Confederate States of America, elected ______ (Je f f e rso n D a v is,

“ Sto n e w a ll ” J a c k so n) as their president, and later established ______ (A usti n , Ric h m o n d) as their

capital city.

Lincoln, however, was determined to save the Union and bring the Southern states back. The first major

battle of the Civil War took place in Virginia at a creek called ______ (B u ll Ru n , G e tt y s b u r g) . Lincoln

had expected to win the war within a few months, but after the first battle, he realized that it would take

much longer.

The Civil War actually lasted about four years. The death toll was staggering: 600,000 people

lost their lives. Many of those who died were mere boys. Some historians say that if the North and

South had realized how dreadful the war was going to be, they would have tried harder to reach

some sort of ______ (n e w t a r i f f , c o m p r o m ise).

Documents

Civil War Pt 1 South Secedes