The Civil War Begins

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

• John Breckenridge

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Bell

• Stephen Douglas

Why were southern states so angry after the election of 1860?

• They did not get to vote in the election.

• Congress decided that their votes did not count.

• None of the southern states voted for Lincoln.

• The North allowed free African Americans to vote in the election.

Why were the southern states alarmed that Lincoln was elected president in 1860?

• They feared that he wanted to eventually abolish slavery in the U.S.

• Lincoln had campaigned on the promise to expand slavery into the west.

• Lincoln was a slaveholder.

• Northern states wanted Lincoln to expel southern states from the Union.

What was the first state to secede from the United States?

• New York

• Missouri

• Texas

• South Carolina

What does it mean to "secede"?

• to take in or absorb

• to leave or withdraw

• to force out

• to abolish

The states that seceded from the union formed a new country called:

• the Confederate States of America

• the Southern United States of America

• the Federation of America

• the Lone Star Republic

Where did the first battle of the Civil War take place?

• Gettysburg

• Pilot Knob

• Bull Run

• Fort Sumter

Why did the first Civil War battle take place in Ft. Sumter?

• Northern (Union) soldiers tried to capture the city of Charleston.

• The Confederate Navy wanted to seize control of South Carolina.

• The Confederacy wanted to take control of the fort since it was in Confederate territory.

• Confederate forces wanted to move their capital to Ft. Sumter.

During the Civil War, slave states that decided to stay with the Union were called ____ states.

• confederate

• middle

• border

• blue

During the Civil War, Missouri was considered a _____ state.

• free

• border

• Confederate

• Republican