Secession and War

3. and France Southern states hoped these two European countries would support them.
4. Confederate capital city in Virginia.
6. Border state important because it controlled rivers to the West.
8. The Southern military strategy was mainly this type of warfare.
9. Carolina The first state to secede from the Union.
10. The Northern goal at the start of the war was to restore the _____.
11. River The river the Union wanted to control to split the Confederacy.
13. Plan Northern plan named after a snake.
15. President elected in 1860 who opposed the spread of slavery.
16. Sumter Fort attacked by Confederate forces in April 1861.

1. The group of states that formed after seceding from the Union.
2. Northern states were also known by this nickname.
5. Southern states leaving the Union.
7. Rights Southern states argued these gave them the right to leave the Union.
10. Army African Americans were finally allowed to join this army during the war.
12. The political issue that divided the North and South before the war.
14. Plan The Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River.