| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Because all the northeners voted for him. | Why did Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1860? *** |
| They felt that the south no longer had a chioce in national government. | What was the reaction of the South to Abraham Lincoln's election? |
| One that could not be changed. | What does unamendable mean? |
| He introduced a bill to extend the Missouri Compromise line to the pacific. | What effort did Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky make to save the Union? |
| South Carolina became the first state to secede. | What happened on December 20, 1860? |
| They believed they had the right to. | How did the South justify leaving the Union? |
| The confederate states of America. | What was the name of the new country that was formed? |
| Jefferson Davis of Missisppi. | Who was the first president of the Confederacy? |
| Lincoln wanted that "no state" can lawfully get out of the union. | What did Abraham Lincoln say in his inaugural address about the South leaving the Union? |
| He ordered confederate forces to begin federal forts in the south. | What did President Jefferson Davis order the Confederate forces to do? |
| Should he let the confederates take over federal property. | Why was Fort Sumter important to the Confederacy? |
| It guarded Charleston Harbor. | What did President Lincoln find out about Fort Sumter and what did he intend to do about the problem? |
| He learned that food supplies were running low and he notified the governor of south carolina that he was going to ship food. | On April 11, 1861 what did the Confederates demand? |
| That fort sumter surrender. | What was the reaction of Major Robert Anderson, the Union |
| He refused to give in until he had run out of food or was ordered to surrender by the U.S goverment. | What was the reaction of the Confederate troops? |
| They opened fire. | Why did the Union troops surrender Fort Sumter? |
| They ran out of ammunition. | Why did the Union troops surrender Fort Sumter? |
| April 13, 1860. | What marked the beginning of the Civil War? |
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