What prompted SC to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?

Lincoln was against the spread of slavery

Why was the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter in 1861 significant?

Marked the beginning of the Civil War

How did the blockade of SC ports during the Civil War affect people living in SC?

Kept the Confederacy from receiving supplies

Why did South Carolina Unionists oppose secession?

Believed that Constitution could protect slaveowners' rights

How did South Carolina leaders feel about the issue of states’ rights?

believed the state government should control its citizens

What was the main reason that Southerners thought that Britain would support the Confederacy?

Britain relied on Southern cotton for it factories.

What was the significance of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession?

withdrew South Carolina from the United States

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What prompted SC to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
Lincoln was from Illinois which was a free state
Lincoln supported the idea of popular sovereignty
Lincoln was an abolitionist who promised to end slavery
Lincoln was against the spread of slavery
2
According to the pie graphs, what is true about the resources of the North and South in 1861?
Competed in firearm manufacturing
More industry in the north
More railroad tracks in the south
Had equal populations
3
Why was the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter in 1861 significant?
Allowed the South to form an alliance with France
Forced the Border States to free their slaves
Marked the beginning of the Civil War
Inspired northern voters to elect Lincoln as president
4
How did the blockade of SC ports during the Civil War affect people living in SC?
Opened new trade routes
Helped slaves escape to freedom in the north
Made people wealthier than before
Kept the Confederacy from receiving supplies
5
Tim does not believe SC should secede unless other states support the idea. Tim is a....
Cooperationist
Secessionist
Abolitionist
Unionist
6
Why did South Carolina Unionists oppose secession?
Supported the action of the northern states & the fed govt
They were not slaveowners & supported emancipation of slaves
They opposed secession w/o support of other southern states
Believed that Constitution could protect slaveowners' rights
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How did South Carolina leaders feel about the issue of states’ rights?
believed the more populated states should make the decisions
believed the state government should control its citizens
believed that laws in one state should apply to all states
believed fed govt had the right to interfere w/ state laws
8
Study the cartoon. Who does the person on the right represent?
Cooperationists
Nullifiers
Unionists
Secessionists
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What was the main reason that Southerners thought that Britain would support the Confederacy?
British politicians wanted to weaken the United States.
Most British immigrants to the U.S.lived in the South.
Britain relied on Southern cotton for it factories.
Plantation owners in Great Britain owned slaves.
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What was the significance of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession?
withdrew South Carolina from the United States
repealed the Missouri Compromise
legalized South Carolina’s Nullification Ordinance
allowed slavery in the western territories

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