Chapter 15 - Section 4 - Secession and War

Who did the Republican Party nominate for president in the election of 1860?

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Breckenridge

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Bell

What word means withdrawal from the union?

• secession

• sovereignty

• stalemate

• sedition

a belief that the laws of a state supersede federal rights and laws

• secession

• states' rights

• suffrage

• ratify

On April 12, 1861 the first shots of the Civil war were fired at __________.

• Fort Sumter

• Lawrence, Kansas

• Washington D.C.

• Harpers Ferry

The first state to secede from the United States was

• Missouri

• North Carolina

• Virginia

• South Carolina

The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did not appear on the ballot in most southern states was

• John Bell

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Breckenridge

• Abraham Lincoln

The first president of the Confederate States of America was

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• John C. Calhoun

• Roger B. Taney

Did all states that had slavery secede from the United States?

• Yes

• No

Lincoln and the Republicans had promised ____

• not to disturb slavery where it already existed.

• make slavery illegal in all states

• allow popular sovereignty to decide the issue

Who was victorious in the battle at Fort Sumter?

• North

• South