Notes

The South started to get scared that the North would fight them again. Abraham Lincoln became President Lincoln promised to end slavery where it existed Lincoln refused to recognize secession, declaring the North to be unbroken After decades of powerful compromises the North was badly broken Fort Sumter-A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War. The Confederates ringed the harbor with heavy guns Lincoln sent ships to get supplies that they needed The federal troops had to evacuate Lincoln declared the South to be in a states of rebellion Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the states north of them railed to the presidents call Border States-Wedged between the North and the South were the key border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri-slave states tat did not join the Confederacy Kentucky and Missouri were important rivers

Questions
Where is Fort Sumter located? Why did Charleston make a good location for a city? Where were the four boarder states located in relation to the Union and Confederate states? What resources did the North have more of? What advantages did the North and South have leading up the war? How are the Union and Confederate uniforms and equipment similar and different? How did soldiers and civilians prepare for war?