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Why did the states in the Upper South secede after the fall of Fort Sumter?

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President Lincoln asked each state to send soldiers to put down the rebellion.

President Davis asked each state to support the Union.

President Lincoln asked each state to send funds to put down the rebellion.

President Davis asked each state to leave the Union.

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Why did Southerners join the Confederate army commonly?
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To prevent the separation of the Union.

To maintain the Union.

To defend their land and way of life.

To protect their factories and industry.

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Volunteer militias had sparked the revolution that created the United States. Now they would battle for its future. At the start of the war, the Union army had only 16,000 soldiers. Within months that number had swelled to a half million soldiers. Southern men rose up to defend their land and their ways of life. Virginian Thomas Webber came to fight “against the invading foe [enemy] who now pollute the sacred soil of my beloved native state.” When Union soldiers asked one captured rebel why he was fighting, he replied, “I’m fighting because you’re down here.”

Men from the _____________ commonly joined the army because of the invading Union army.

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Northeast

South

North

West

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Here are the answers to your questions based on historical context:

  1. Why did the states in the Upper South secede after the fall of Fort Sumter?
    Answer: President Lincoln asked each state to send soldiers to put down the rebellion.
    (The fall of Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for troops to suppress the rebellion pushed several Upper South states to secede.)

  2. Why did Southerners join the Confederate army commonly?
    Answer: To defend their land and way of life.
    (Many Southerners viewed their involvement as a defense of their homes, culture, and way of life against what they perceived as Northern aggression.)

  3. Men from the _____________ commonly joined the army because of the invading Union army.
    Answer: South.
    (Southern men joined the army largely in response to the presence of Union troops and the desire to defend their region.)