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Leading up to civil war
- 1. The Civil War Beginnings
- 2. The North railroads factories many cities
- 3. The South plantations slavery
- 5. Why do you think slavery was important to Southerners?
- 9. What purchase did the U.S. make in 1803?
- 10. When the U.S. gained territories they would eventually be divided into states. The U.S. Congress had not decided if slavery would be legal in these new states.
- 13. What does secede mean?
- 14. By February of 1861, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas had seceded. They formed a new nation called the Confederate States of America.
- 15. 4. One by one, seven southern states seceded from the Union. To protect the right to own slaves, they joined together as the Confederate States of America, also called the Confederacy.
- 16. 5. Secede means to reject the government of the United States and leave the Union. 6. Confederates are supporters of the Confederacy, especially soldiers in the Confederate army.
- 17. The Confederate leaders elected Jefferson Davis as their president. In March of 1861 he asked for Southern men to volunteer for the Confederate Army.