1. When President Lincoln was elected there were only two significant forts in the South that flew the Union flag. Explain in paragraph form Lincoln’s middle-of-the road solution to bring needed supplies to Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. When President Lincoln was elected, only two significant forts in the South still flew the Union flag. Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston (South Carolina), needed supples in order to support its men. The choices presented to Lincoln by Fort Sumter were all bad. This stronghold had provisions that would last only a few weeks. If no supplies were forthcoming, its commander would have to surrender without firing a shot. Lincoln did not feel that such a weak-kneed course squared …show more content…
Lincoln’s official reason for the Civil War was to preserve the Union, why wasn’t the reason for the war to put an end to slavery? Lincoln’s official reason for the Civil War was to preserve the Union at all costs, and not to put an end to slavery. An antislavery declaration would have driven the Border States into the arms of the South. An antislavery war was also extremely unpopular in the region of southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. That area had been settled largely by Southerners who had carried their racial prejudices with them when they crossed the Ohio River. Thus the war began not as one between slave soil and free soil, but one for the Union with slaveholders on both sides and many proslavery sympathizers in the North. 8. What Indians tribes supported the Confederacy & which supported the Union? The “Five Civilized Tribes”: Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles sided with the Confederacy. These tribes were allowed to send delegates to the Confederate Congress. Meanwhile, a rival faction of Cherokees and most Plain Indians sided with the Union. 9. Identify in chart form the advantages & disadvantages of the North & South during the war. This will take in pgs. 438-439. Advantages & Disadvantages of the North and