Ch. 21.9A Lesson Review

Ch. 21.9A Lesson Review

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1860 Presidential Hopefuls

• Democrats nominated two people.....

  • ....northern's sent Stephen A. Douglas ((he wanted popular sovereignty))

  • ....southern's sent Breckinridge ((he wanted to keep slaveholder's rights))

• Republicans sent Lincoln

Multiple Choice

How many men did the democrats nominate to try to become President?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Who won? How do you know that this person won?

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Red=Lincoln
Blue=Breckenridge
Yellow=Bell
Light Blue=Douglas

South Carolina's Response

• December 1860... South Carolina secedes because:

  • State's sovereign (could leave @ will)

  • Trust issues

  • Rights of states to abolish a destructive government (Declaration of Independence)

• Out of these three reasons, which is the best for leaving the Union?

  • Non-slave States causing 'problems'....What problems are they referring too?

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Multiple Choice

Which of below were reasons for South Carolina leaving the Union?

• Non-slave states making laws to help slave states

• slave states and non-slave states trusted each other too much

• states could 'destroy' a destructive government

Begin the Confederacy

• Lincoln tried to keep the Union together

• Jan - Feb 1861 six states secedeed

• southern states new constitution:

  • guarantee slavery

  • President 6 yr term

  • no protective tariffs

  • no government funding for internal improvements
    Why would the south have these items in their Constitution?

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Multiple Choice

True or False --

"One of the items in the Confederacy's Constitution was that the governments could not put tariffs on imports."

• True

• False

Confederacy's First Act

Seized all property owned by the United States federal government in the Confederacy's territory

Poll

Why would the Confederate government seize all property owned by the United States government?

• To try to sell back for money.

• To show that they have the power to do so

• To prove that the Confederate government is as legitimate as the United States government