Election of 1860 First Day

I was president right before the start of the Civil War.

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Buchanan

• Andrew Carnegie

• Abraham Lincoln

What Supreme Court ruling divided the Nation even more?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Dred Scott case

• Clay's ruling

• John Brown case

Which was not a candidate of the 1860 presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John Bell
• John C. Calhoun
• Stephen Douglas

Pick the candidates that were BOTH in the 1860 election

• Stephen Douglas, John Calhoun
• Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
• Stephen Douglas, Alexander Hamilton
• Abraham Lincoln, John Brown

An Illinois lawyer who became the 16^th President of the United States

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas
• James Buchanan
• John C. Fremont

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Formally withdrawing from the United States

• To Confederate

• Leaving

• Compromise

• Secession

What state was first state to secede from the union?

• Georgia
• Alabama
• South Carolina
• North Carolina

South Carolina seceded from the Union after -

• a major tax increase from the federal government

• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA

• Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South

• Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln

What attack marked the beginning or the start of the Civil War?

• Fallujah
• Saratoga
• Bull Run
• Fort Sumter 

Fort Sumter is in which southern state?

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia