Chapter 16: Lesson 3

Chapter 16: Lesson 3

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Multiple Choice

Who won the election?

• Breckenridge

• Bell

• Lincoln

• Douglas

Multiple Choice

Who was the Kentucky senator who proposed a series of Constitutional amendments to save the Union?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• John Calhoun

• John Crittenden

Multiple Choice

What was Robert E Lee's reaction to the succession?

• excited

• sad

• concerned

• happy

Multiple Choice

Which was the first state to vote to secede from the Union?

• Georgia

• Maryland

• Missouri

• South Carolina

Multiple Choice

Which of these concepts did secessionists use to support their views?

• constitutionalism

• federalism

• popular sovereignty

• states’ rights

Multiple Choice

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Stephen Douglas

Multiple Choice

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• attack on Fort Sumter

• Lincoln-Douglas debates

• Lincoln inauguration

• secession of South Carolina

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