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Civil War - 8
Review of SC HIstory Civil War test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Before the Civil War, the North was known as the... | Union |
| Before the Civil War, the South was known as the... | Confederacy |
| What was placed on all goods imported into the U.S. that the North liked, but the South did not? | A tariff |
| What was the one issue that divided the North and South before the Civil War began? | They wanted to have their own laws and they wanted slavery to stay. |
| Why did the South (Confederacy) not want to have one central government for the U.S.? | The Suth wanted slavery; the North placed tariffs on goods sent to the South; the North wanted a cenral government, etc. |
| The people who wanted slavery to end were called what? | Abolitionists |
| Why did people in the South not like abolitionists? | The abolitionists were people who were against slavery. |
| Why was the South upset when Abraham Lincoln was elected president? | Abraham Lincoln wanted slavery to end and he wanted a centralized government. |
| Why did South Carolina leave (or secede) from the Union? | SC wanted to become their own nation and create their own laws to protect slavery. |
| What does the term “secede” mean? | Secede means to leave a country. |
| When the Confederate states left the Union and named themselves the Confederate States of America, who did they elect as their president? | Jefferson Davis |
| Why did President Lincoln not want the Confederate states to leave the Union? | He wanted to create a united nation with one government. |
| Fort Sumter was fired upon because… | President Lincoln blockaded Charleston Harbor and the South wanted the Union to leave. |
| Where did the Confederate states plan to get their supplies from since they were no longer apart of the U.S.? | Port Royal |
| Why did President Lincoln order the blockade of Charleston? | He did not want the South to continue getting supplies needed from Europe to continue the war. |
| Why did the Union want to take over Port Royal? | So the South could not continue getting supplies from Europe. |
| A soldier's life in the Civil War can be described as... | Eating hard cookies called "hard tacks"; carrying their supplies where ever they went; being forced by the draft to leave home. |
| How did the Civil War affect families and poor farmers? | Families were broken apart when men went to war and the poor farmers were forced to grow crops for the soldiers and not their families. |
| Who did most freed African Americans fight for in the Civil War? | The Union |
| Why was the Penn School created? | The Penn School was created to educate freed black slaves. |
| What was the Emancipation Proclamation? | This was a proclamation stated by President Lincoln that declared all slavery had ended throughout the North and South. |
| Why was the H. L. Hunley important in the Civil War? | The H. L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship. |
| The affects on SC caused by General Sherman were... | 1) He set fire to barns and houses and stole things; 2) He destroyed Columba by setting buildings on fire and almost destroyed the State House in Columbia. |
| The Civil War ended with which side surrendering, the Union or the Confederacy? | The Confederacy |
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