Lincoln and Davis

The southern states ___________, meaning they decided they didn't want to be a part of the United States anymore  .

• interceded
• preceded
• seceded
• succeeded

Disputes between northerners and southerners over slavery led to 

• a unified nation.
• the Vietnam War.
• sectionalism
• a new constitution.

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

• Abraham Lincoln
• George W. Bush
• Jefferson Davis
• Andrew Johnson

Who is the man most associated with the state's rights theory of nullification?

• Andrew Jackson
• John C. Calhoun
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the  better angels of our nature.
-Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address, 1861
Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt?

• The Union exists only through the consent of sovereign states.
• The Union requires a nationwide decision on slavery.
• The Union matters more than the current disagreements between states.
• The Union will be preserved through military force if necessary.

WHO IS THIS??? ( HINT- HE IS IN FRONT OF A CONFEDRATE FLAG

• ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• JEFFERISON DAVIS

How did Jefferson Davis compare the Civil War to the American Revolution?

• He said that the South was fighting for the same thing the founding fathers were
• It was also a war
• They were fighting against Great Britain
• It was also a Civil War

What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?

• to abolish slavery
• to end British control of the Western territories
• to make a profit selling war supplies
• to preserve the Union

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
• Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
• Someone who wants to never wear jeans.

What is temperance?

• abstinence from alcoholic drink
• the study of temperatures
• a religious belief that says your temper controls your fate
• the right to vote