| Term | Definition |
|---|
| there were more people in the north | Why did Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1860? |
| people said that the south didnt believe in the governement anymore. | What was the reaction of the South to Abraham Lincoln's election? |
| unamendable means can not be changed. | What does unamendable mean? |
| he promised a bill saying to extend compromise line and slavery for ever. | What effort did Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky make to save the Union? |
| South Carolina seceded | What happened on December 20, 1860? |
| The declaration of independence said this. | How did the South justify leaving the Union? |
| Confederacy was the new country that was formed. | What was the name of the new country that was formed? |
| Jefferson Davis was the first pres. of confederacy. | Who was the first president of the Confederacy? |
| He said no state can legalyy go from the union. | What did Abraham Lincoln say in his inaugural address about the South leaving the Union? |
| he ordered them to seize federal forts. | What did President Jefferson Davis order the Confederate forces to do? |
| He asked him self if he should give the south the forts. | What was President Abraham Lincoln's difficult decision in the beginning days of his Presidency regarding the forts in the South? |
| Fort Sumter guarded the Charlestown port. | Why was Fort Sumter important to the Confederacy? |
| he dound out food supplies were running low. He sent them more food. | What did President Lincoln find out about Fort Sumter and what did he intend to do about the problem? |
| They demanded that fort sumter should surrender itself. | On April 11, 1861 what did the Confederates demand? |
| He would only surrender this fort if lincoln told him to, or either he ran out of food. | What was the reaction of Major Robert Anderson, the Union |
| They shelled fort sumter. | What was the reaction of the Confederate troops? |
| They surrendered for sumter because they made it to rubble. | Why did the Union troops surrender Fort Sumter? |
| When they shelled the fort a civil war started to begin. | What marked the beginning of the Civil War? |
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