Lincoln & Leadership
In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised not to end this institution where it already existed.
Slavery
The Civil War began when Confederate forces attacked this fort.
What is Fort Sumter?
These four border states were wedged between North and South.
What are Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri?
The North could draw soldiers from its much larger population of this many million.
What is 22 million?
At the start of the war, the Union had only this many soldiers.
16,000
This U.S. senator supported Lincoln’s call for troops and said, “There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots or traitors.”
Who is Stephen Douglas?
The commander at Fort Sumter who refused to evacuate when Confederates demanded it.
Who is Major Robert Anderson?
This state broke away from Virginia and set up its own government in 1863.
What is West Virginia?
The South’s farms provided this essential resource for its armies.
What is food?
Within months, the Union army grew to this many soldiers.
Half a million
This Confederate president faced a dilemma at Fort Sumter and chose war.
Jefferson Davis?
When the guns fired at Fort Sumter, a witness wrote it woke every man, woman, and child in this city.
What is Charleston?
The border states were deeply this about the war, not fully agreeing on a side.
Divided
The North’s economy grew during the war, increasing production of coal, iron, wheat, and this fabric.
Wool
Civilians helped by raising money, giving aid, and running these for soldiers.
What are emergency hospitals?
Four of Mary Todd Lincoln’s brothers fought for this side during the Civil War.
What is the Confederacy?
The fall of Fort Sumter stunned this region of the country.
What is the North (Union)?
The distance from northern Virginia to Georgia is about the same length as these two countries combined.
What are Scotland and England?
The South’s biggest advantage was the skill of these men who led them into battle.
Brilliant officers
Union soldiers wore this color, while Confederates wore gray.
Blue
Lincoln’s wife was from this border state, which was deeply divided in the war.
What is Kentucky?
After Fort Sumter, states now had to decide whether to do this or remain in the Union.
What is secede?
This state was Lincoln’s top priority to keep in the Union because it surrounded Washington, D.C.
Maryland
The Union had the advantage of a stronger this, which included greenbacks.
What is economy and banking system?
Many new recruits, like schoolteachers and farmers, had to learn to use these weapons with blades on the end.
Bayonets