Secession Quiz Practice

What does secession mean?

• to join

• to acquire

• to leave

• to change

What state was the first to secede from the Union?

• Texas

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Virginia

What event occurred right before the southern states started to secede?

• Lincoln elected president

• Slavery was outlawed in the North

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

How many states seceded in 1860-61?

• 8

• 10

• 11

• 19

What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?

• Fredonia

• Confederate States of America

• Southern States of America

• Articles of Secession

Those who supported secession believed that the Union was a compact between

• the people

• the states

• government

• north and south

In the 1830s, South Carolina threatened to secede over the issue of

• slavery

• the Missouri Compromise

• the national bank

• tariffs

What was the stance of the Republican party regarding slavery?

• It should be abolished.

• The federal government had no power over slavery.

• Slavery should not be allowed to expand to western territories.

• The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

Who was the Republican candidate for president in 1860?

• John Bell

• Stephen Douglass

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

Which political party split over the slavery issue in the election of 1860?

• Democrat

• Republican

• Whig

• Federalist