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Election of 1860
100

Who was the president of the North and the president of the South during the Civil War?

North - Abraham Lincoln

South - Jefferson Davis

100

What was the first battle of the Civil War? And who won?

Battle of Fort Sumter and the South

100

What two resources did the South have more of than the North?

Rice and Tobacco

100

What is the other names for the North and the South, respectively?

North - Union

South - Confederacy

100

During the Election of 1860 why did the North have more electoral votes than the South?

They had a larger population and because of the 3/5th Compromise.

200

Who was the main general of the South and the last general of the North?

South - General Robert E. Lee

North - General Ulysses S. Grant

200

What was the importance for the battle of Vicksburg?

The Union was took control of the Mississippi River.
200
Which side had a larger population, which led to more casualties?

North (Union)

200

What does Emancipation mean?

Legal end to slavery

200

What region (North, South, East, or West) voted for Abraham Lincoln? 

North

300

This individual was assassinated 5 days after the end of the Civil War.

President Abraham Lincoln

300

What was the event that ended the war?

Appomotax Courthouse - April 9, 1865 General Lee surrendered to General Grant

300

TRUE or FALSE: The South had more skilled workers and factories than the North to make weapons and supplies.

FALSE

300

These individuals were anti-slavery.

Abolitionists

300

What was the cultural difference between North and South that would relate to the election?

North was industrial and South was agricultural. 

400

What was Candidate Stephen Douglas stance on slavery?

He believed in popular sovereignty - the people should be able to decide. 

400

Which battle illustrated this would be a long and bloody war?

Battle of Bull Run

400

In what year did the Confederacy peak and then started to decline?

1863

400

What does it mean that South Carolina seceded from the North?

South Carolina left the North

400
Which border state was the most important for the union to keep?

Maryland - because kept DC safe. 

500

Who was the brutal general of the North who was later stationed out West after the Civil War

General William T. Sherman

500

Which battled halted the Confederacy from going North?

Battle of Antietam

500

Towards the beginning of the Civil War what was the Strength level of the North and South (July 1861)?

Equal in Strength

500

What were the middle/border states?

They were the slave states that remained with the North. Primarily Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland.

500

Which state seceded (left) the Union first after the Election of 1860?

South Carolina