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Introduction
Strengths and Weaknesses
Leadership
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This is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
Ninety percent of the nation's manufacturing was located here.
What is the North?
100
He was the newly elected president of the Union.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
200
Six of the seven states that seceded from the Union joined to form this.
What is the Confederacy (or The Confederate States of America)?
200
For the first time in war, railroads became important for providing transportation, which was a disadvantage for this side.
What is the South?
200
He was the Confederate president.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
300
Rather than fight for the South, the western counties in one southern state remained loyal to the Union and broke off to form this new state.
What is West Virginia?
300
He was born in Kentucky and had very little formal education.
Who was Lincoln?
400
This is the side that Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri joined in the Civil War.
What is the Union.
400
This was the North's greatest weakness.
What is its military leadership?
400
Jefferson Davis attended this military academy.
What is West Point?
500
This is the definition of "Civil War."
What is a conflict between two peoples in one country?
500
This side held the advantage of fighting a defensive war on its own territory.
What is the South?
500
In which war did Jefferson Davis serve as a commander of the Mississippi Rifles?
What is the Mexican War?