The Election of 1860

Multiple Choice

Fire-eaters refused to compromise on what issue?

• tariffs

• slavery

• war

• Jeffersonian Democracy

Multiple Choice

The Northern Democrat running for president was Stephen Douglas, what did he believe in?

• Don't make slavery the issue

• Pro-slavery

• No new Slave States

• Popular Sovereignty

Multiple Choice

John Breckenridge was the Southern Democrat nominie for president his stance was____

• Popular Sovereignty

• Pro-Slavery

• No new Slave States

• Did Not Want to Make Slavery the Main Issue

Multiple Choice

Abraham Lincoln was the Republican nomination for president his stance was___

• Popular Sovereignty

• Pro-Slavery

• No new Slave States

• Did Not Want to Make Slavery the Main Issue

Multiple Choice

John Bell won the nomination for the Constitutional Union party, his stance was___

• Popular Sovereignty

• Pro-Slavery

• No new Slave States

• Did Not Want to Make Slavery the Main Issue

Multiple Choice

Lincoln won the election with support from which region?

• North

• South

• East

• Canada

Multiple Choice

How many Southern States listed Lincoln as a canidate on their ballot?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

In what year was Abraham Lincolin elected president of the United States?

• 1800

• 1824

• 1828

• 1860

Multiple Choice

How many States had seceded by time Lincoln took office?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Multiple Choice

How many weeks after Lincoln took office did the Civil War start?

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

• 5 weeks

• 6 weeks

• ​On March 4, 1861, Lincoln became president of the not-so-united United States. In his inaugural address,

• Lincoln stated his belief that secession was both wrong and un-constitutional. He then appealed to the rebellious states to return in peace.

• Lincoln won the presidential election with just 40 % of the votes, all of them cast in the North.

• In 10 Southern states, he was not even on the ballot.

• White Southerners, now a minority, feared that Congress would abolist slavery.

Odd Victory