Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter is located in this state.
What is South Carolina?
This was the first state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
Southerners believed that they were fighting a war for independence, similar to this.
What is the American Revolution?
At first, some northerners had doubts about Lincoln's ability to do this.
What is lead?
This was the North's greatest resource.
What is industry?
He was the Union commander at Fort Sumter.
Who is Major Robert Anderson?
The first seven states to secede named their new country this.
What is the Confederate States of America?
Before the Civil War, the best of theses in the United States Army were from the South.
What are officers?
Appreciated for his entertaining stories and jokes, Lincoln was known for having a great sense of this.
What is humor?
The North had this many times free citizens as the South - a huge advantage.
What is nearly four?
He was the leader of Confederate forces attacking Fort Sumter.
Who is General Pierre Gustave T. Beauregard?
During his Inaugural Address, President Lincoln had two goals. One was to maintain the Union. This other was to avoid this.
What is war?
From an early age, boys in the South learned to ride horses and use these.
What are guns?
Lincoln gained national fame by having a series of debates with this man during his campaign for the Senate in Illinois.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
A big problem for the North is that they were invading this.
What is unfamiliar land?
Fort Sumter lies in the center of this harbor.
What is Charleston Harbor?
This man from Mississippi was named the first president of the Confedracy.
Who is Jefferson Davis/
Compared with the 22 million population of the North, the South had a much smaller population of this many people.
What is 9 million?
Born in the back country of Kentucky, Lincoln moved to this state as a young adult, setting the stage for him to forever changing American history.
What is Illinois?
The North had this many of the nation's factories - 85% of them.
What is 119,500?
The Union officially surrendered the fort on this day.
What is April 13, 1861?
These states still had slaves, but remained loyal to the Union.
What are border states?
Fewer railroads limited the ability of the South to move these.
What are troops and supplies?
Lincoln originally asked this Virginian to command the Union army, but his offer was refused.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The South was unable to compete with the North at sea because the North had a large fleet of trading ships and a strong on of these.
What is a navy?