1 .		After the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers prompted , North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee to secede from the Union.
2 .		At the beginning of the Civil War, many Confederates believed that the importance of to the northern and European economies would give the South the upper hand.
3 .		The Confederate president, , proved to be neither a good politician nor a popular leader.
4 .		After the Battle of Bull Run, President Lincoln appointed , a confident, experienced, and able administrator, to command Union forces.
5 .		The secession of southern states left the party in control of Congress during the Civil War.
6 .		Northern Peace Democrats, called , opposed all measures in support of the war and hoped for a negotiated peace with the South.
7 .		During the Civil War, President Lincoln countered war dissent by suspending habeas corpus in some areas and temporarily declaring in others.
8 .		Southern expectations were disappointed when, as it turned out, Britain's economy was more dependent on northern than on southern cotton.
9 .		The relationship between the Union and Great Britain was severely strained by the affair on the high seas.
10 .		The Battle of provided President Lincoln with the opportunity to announce emancipation as a war goal.
11 .		What may have been the turning point battle of the Civil War was fought on Union soil at in July 1863.
12 .		General Grant's victory at the Battle of gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy.
13 .		To attract northern Democrats to vote for Lincoln, the Republican party placed Tennessee Senator , a prewar Democrat, on the ticket as his vice-presidential running mate in 1864.
14 .		General Sherman's victory at the Battle of was welcome news to northerners who then cast their ballots to reelect President Lincoln in 1864.
15 .		General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant at Courthouse, Virginia, in April 1865.