The Civil War

1. The Civil War In The Beginning

2. Southern politicians owned _______________________. • (And the more important they were, _______________________________.)

3. Southern politicians owned many more slaves than most whites. • (And the more important they were, _______________________________.)

4. Southern politicians owned many more slaves than most whites. (And the more important they were, the more slaves they owned.)

5. States generally seceded _________ ______________________________.

6. States generally seceded in the order that they owned slaves.

7. The Civil War began ____________ _____________________________.

8. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter.

9. The Union had large advantages in ______________________________.

10. The Union had large advantages in population, manufacturing and money.

11. However, the Confederates _____________________________ .

12. However, the Confederates had better officers and had the advantage of fighting defensively.

13. At the start of the war, Lincoln thought slavery should __________________

14. At the start of the war, Lincoln thought slavery should not be eliminated . . .

15. . . . because he was worried about ____________________________.

16. . . . because he was worried about keeping the loyalty of the border states.

17. In 1861-62, the war in the East ___________________________.

18. In 1861-62, the war in the East generally went badly for the Union.

19. For both sides, _________________.

20. For both sides, the war was much worse than they imagined it would be.