Civil War: Secession & War

Question 1

What WAS NOT a goal of the Anaconda Plan?

Accepted Answer

Outproduce the south using industry.

Question 2

Whom did the delegates from the Confederate States of America choose as their president?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 3

Lincoln responded to a message from the commander of Fort Sumter by ____.

Accepted Answer

sending unarmed men with supplies to the fort

Question 4

When Jefferson Davis ordered his forces to attack FortSumter, he started the Civil War

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What did South Carolina do after Lincoln won the election of 1860?

Accepted Answer

Seceded from the Union.

Question 6

The Civil War began after the attack on Fort Sumter, SC by the South against the North.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Lincoln sent unarmed troops to Fort Sumter because he (North) did not want to start the war.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Southerners justified secession with the theory of ____.

Accepted Answer

states' rights

Question 9

Lincoln: "You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. What does it mean?

Accepted Answer

there would be no fight unless the South started it., there would be no fight unless the Confederates started it.

Question 10

In 1860 the Republican candidate for president was ____.

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 11

S. Carolina did not trust the Republicans to protect the 4th Amendment leading to secession.

Accepted Answer

False

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