Civil War Review

Who won the election of 1860?

• John Breckenridge

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John Bell

What was the 1st state to secede?

• Texas

• Louisiana

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

What was the main goal of Abraham Lincoln as President?

• to preserve the Union and keep it together

• to divide the nation further by expanding slavery

• to end slavery and hope the South would agree

• to end slavery in the border states

What was Abraham Lincoln's hope for the South when it came to the subject of slavery?

• he hoped to end it when he became President

• he hoped that it would end on its own

• he hoped the people of the South would join back to the Union

• he hoped more people would leave the Union and join the Confederates because of slavery

What did the Southern states that seceded call themselves?

• the Confederate States of America

• the United States of America

• the Confederism of Seceded States of America

• the Confederate Seceded States of America

Who became President of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

Why did the South not want Lincoln to win the election?

• they were afraid that he would expand slavery

• they were afraid he would end slavery

• they were afraid he would open up slavery everywhere

• they were afraid of the way he would run the nation as President

What was the result of the Dred Scott Decision?

• slavery was allowed only in the South

• slavery was allowed only in the North

• slavery was allowed everywhere

• slavery was left up to popular sovereignty