| Term | Definition |
|---|
| more people in North | Why did Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1860? *** |
| some said it meant the South had no more say in the national government | What was the reaction of the South to Abraham Lincoln's election? |
| can not be changed | What does unamendable mean? |
| promiseed bill to extend Missouri Compromise line, make slaves leagal forever | What effort did Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky make to save the Union? |
| South Carolina seceded | What happened on December 20, 1860? *** |
| Declaration of Independence said so | How did the South justify leaving the Union? *** |
| Confederacy | What was the name of the new country that was formed? *** |
| Jefferson Davis | Who was the first president of the Confederacy? *** |
| no state can legally get out of the Union | What did Abraham Lincoln say in his inaugural address about the South leaving the Union? *** |
| seize federal forts | What did President Jefferson Davis order the Confederate forces to do? *** |
| should he let the South have them | What was President Abraham Lincoln's difficult decision in the beginning days of his Presidency regarding the forts in the South? *** |
| It gaurded Charleston Port | Why was Fort Sumter important to the Confederacy? *** |
| food supplies running low; would shipped food to fort | What did President Lincoln find out about Fort Sumter and what did he intend to do about the problem? *** |
| Fort Sumter surrender | On April 11, 1861 what did the Confederates demand? *** |
| he would only surrender if Lincoln told him to , or he ran out of food | What was the reaction of Major Robert Anderson, the Union |
| shelled the fort | What was the reaction of the Confederate troops? *** |
| they reduced it to rubble | Why did the Union troops surrender Fort Sumter? *** |
| shelling of the fort | What marked the beginning of the Civil War? *** |
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