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| What are the three main causes of the Civil War? | Slavery, states' rights, and sectionalism |
| What event caused the Southern states to begin to secede? | Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Election of 1860 |
| What state was the first state to secede from the Union? | South Carolina |
| What year did South Carolina secede from the United States? | 1860 |
| How many states seceded (separated) from the Union? | 11 |
| slave states that did not secede from the Union were called - | border states |
| What date did the Civil War begin? | April 12, 1861 |
| The Civil War began with the Confederate atack on - | Fort Sumter (a Union fort) |
| What percent of all cotton grown in the U.S. did the South have? | 99% |
| Why did the North have more men to work in factories and on the battlefield? | Immigration from Europe |
| What was the main resource that gave the North (Union) and advantage? | IRON |
| What resource did the South have that gave them an advantage over the North? | COTTON |
| The North had a military advantage over the South because it had more - | people, factories, food crops, horses, and railrod tracks |
| Name the 3 most important Southern Officers | Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, James Longstreet |
| What are three importatnt advantages the South had? | better military leaders, fighting for a cause, and knew the terrain (land) well |
| What was the North's main strategy to win the war called? | Anaconda Plan |
| What were the major components in the Anaconda Plan? | To create a naval blockade around ports and to control the Mississippi River |
