Ch 15.4 FLASHCARD

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Who was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America?

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Jefferson Davis

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His name did not appear on the election ballots in 10 southern states.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who won the 1860 Presidential election?

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Abraham Lincoln

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The site of the first battle of the American Civil War

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Fort Sumter

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This was the party platform of the Republican Party during the 1860 election: Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, Free Men; Fifty Four Forty or Fight; slavery can exist where it is, but government should ban slavery from new territories; the complete abolition of slavery in the entire United States.

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slavery can exist where it is, but government should ban slavery from new territories

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He was a former slave; sued for his freedom

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Dred Scott

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a person who dies for a cause

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martyr

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an arsenal is a ...

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storage site for weapons

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he was nicknamed the "Little Giant"

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Stephen A. Douglas

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The idea that each state or territory should decide on the issue of slavery independently was known as...

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popular sovereignty