Why were southerners upset when Lincoln was elected president?

They thought he would end slavery & their way of life.

What were "States’ Rights"?

Each state has the right to make its own decisions.

How did the Confederate army try to destroy the blockade?

tried to use Hunley as a secret weapon to sink Naval ships

One of the reasons South Carolina seceded from the Union was:

people believed their state’s rights were being denied.

What did Abolitionists want to do?

End slavery throughout the United States.

Why did Confederate soldiers fire on Fort Sumter?

South was upset that the union had control over the fort.

Why did the Union take over Port Royal in South Carolina?

They wanted a base in the South to keep soldiers & supplies.

When the southern states seceded from the Union, they named their new country:

The Confederate States of America

What happened at the Secession Convention?

SC leaders signed Ordinance of Secession & left the Union.

A group of ships that block a harbor.

Why did people in Charleston send their families and things to Columbia during Sherman's march?

They thought Sherman would attack Charleston, not Columbia.

Why did General Sherman march through Georgia and South Carolina?

To split the Confederacy, destroy supplies, & end the war.

Why was the firing on Fort Sumter significant?

Confederates fired first on Union troops, starting the war

During the Civil War racial tension...

increased as whites feared that slaves would rebel.

Why did the south need slaves?

To do all of their farming (especially cotton).

Why did President Abraham Lincoln order the blockade of Charleston and the entire South?

He wanted to keep the South from getting any supplies.

Which is NOT an effect of the Civil War on South Carolina?

Union leaders could not come into the state.

The citizens of South Carolina strongly felt they had to defend their way of life because:

They depended on slave labor to work the large plantations.

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1
Which of these was NOT one of the three reasons that South Carolina seceded from the Union?
SC thought their state's rights were being denied
slavery
the Abolitionist Movement
Election of 1860
2
Why were southerners upset when Lincoln was elected president?
He had a plan to raise taxes.
They wanted a president who would end slavery.
He wanted the northern states to secede from the Union.
They thought he would end slavery & their way of life.
3
What were "States’ Rights"?
The federal government has the right to make decisions.
States in the south could make their own decisions.
States in the north could make their own decisions.
Each state has the right to make its own decisions.
4
How did the Confederate army try to destroy the blockade?
tried to use Hunley as a secret weapon to sink Naval ships
Confederate troops bombed the blockade
by open firing on the ships from shore
Confederate Generals sent a letter asking them to retreat
5
One of the reasons South Carolina seceded from the Union was:
our state was too far away from the state capital.
the other states refused to trade with South Carolina.
plantation owners were forced to trade with the north.
people believed their state’s rights were being denied.
6
What did Abolitionists want to do?
End slavery throughout the United States.
None of the above.
Spread slavery to the other states.
Limit slavery just to South Carolina.
7
Why did Confederate soldiers fire on Fort Sumter?
South was upset that the union had control over the fort.
Union soldiers wanted to get control of the fort.
The Confederates wanted to destroy the fort.
Confederates wanted to punish the soldiers there.
8
Why did the Union take over Port Royal in South Carolina?
They wanted a base in the South to keep soldiers & supplies.
A place in the South was needed to build textile mills.
They wanted to capture slaves &make them work for the Union.
Lincoln wanted to force white plantation owners to leave.
9
What SC slave led his family and crew to freedom by sailing a ship out of Charleston Harbor?
Robert Smalls
William Sherman
Abraham Lincoln.
Jefferson Davis
10
What South Carolina City did General Sherman destroy by burning it down?
Charleston
Myrtle Beach
Aiken
Columbia
11
When the southern states seceded from the Union, they named their new country:
The United States of America
The Country of the South
The Confederate States of America
The Southern Union
12
What happened at the Secession Convention?
The leaders decided not to secede.
SC leaders signed Ordinance of Secession & left the Union.
The leaders got into a fight, and nothing was solved.
The leaders all got sick with yellow fever.
13
What is a blockade?
Someone who acts against his country.
A person sent by a church to try to help people.
A group of ships that block a harbor.
An agreement.
14
Why did people in Charleston send their families and things to Columbia during Sherman's march?
Union soldiers forced them to move to Columbia.
They wanted to be closer to the action of the war.
They thought Sherman would attack Charleston, not Columbia.
They were trying to get away from diseases.
15
Why did General Sherman march through Georgia and South Carolina?
To convince Confederates to fight for the Union.
To take his soldiers on vacation to Myrtle Beach.
To hunt down and capture the president of the Confederacy.
To split the Confederacy, destroy supplies, & end the war.
16
Why was the firing on Fort Sumter significant?
it was a battle
it was a Union victory
Confederates fired first on Union troops, starting the war
no one died
17
During the Civil War racial tension...
decreased because whites did not fear slaves would rebel.
did not exist because the south freed slaves
was rampant in the northern states.
increased as whites feared that slaves would rebel.
18
Why did the south need slaves?
To run the state government.
To do all of their farming (especially cotton).
To construct farm equipment for plantations.
To keep the ports open.
19
Why did President Abraham Lincoln order the blockade of Charleston and the entire South?
He wanted to keep southerners from escaping to the North.
He wanted Union sailors to catch seafood along the coast.
He wanted to keep a closer watch on the South.
He wanted to keep the South from getting any supplies.
20
Which is NOT an effect of the Civil War on South Carolina?
Supplies were running low for all South Carolinians.
Union leaders could not come into the state.
South Carolinians could not export cotton.
All classes were deprived of food, clothing, and essentials.
21
The citizens of South Carolina strongly felt they had to defend their way of life because:
They depended on slave labor to work the large plantations.
They needed mills in order to produce more cotton.
They depended on the middle class to work the fields.
They needed the capital to be moved
22
How did Robert Smalls get past the Confederate army?
staying calm & awaiting signals from each fort as he passed
imitated the Captain of the Planter by walking with a limp
all of the above
dressed like the Captain of the C.S.S. Planter
23
What well known South Carolinian abolitionists worked to end slavery?
Selena Gomez and Justin Beiber
Wade and John Hampton
Jefferson and Robert Davis
Sarah and Angelina Grimke

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