Worksheet # 69

Dixie          Richmond          Billy Yanks          Border States          West Point
Fort Sumter    secede    Battle Hymn of The Republic   Charleston      brinksmanship


1) A favorite song played by southern bands during the war: _______.
2) Word meaning to formally withdraw or resign from a group: ______.
3) Favorite song of Union troops: __________.
4) The capital of The Confederate States: __________.
5) The slave holding states that decided not to secede: _______.
6) The military school where most American officers trained: _______.
7) The South Carolina fort that federal forces defended at the
         start of the Civil War: __________.
8) A nickname for Union troops: ________.
9) The deliberate manner of handling decisions that may or may not
          provoke violence: ___________. 
10) City of South Carolina where the federal troops were first engaged
          by confederates: ____________.

Thought Question: Why did the South believe a state had the right
       to leave the union? Why did others not think so?




 














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