Civil War

In the Election of 1860, Lincoln runs as the Republican. He is against the spread of

• AIDS

• women's rights

• mayonnaise

• slavery

Lincoln won the election even though he received only _____ of the votes.

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

Lincoln ran against five other people for the presidency.

• True

• False

As soon as Lincoln was declared the winner of the presidency, Southern states started to _____.

• rebel

• secede

• run away

• cry

The ________ states no longer wanted to be part of the United States after Lincoln was elected president.

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

to withdraw from; to leave

• abolish

• secede

• emancipate

• veto

Eleven southern states seceded from the Union.

• True

• False

Fifty southern states seceded from the Union.

• True

• False

The first state to secede was

• South Dakota

• Southern California

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

The states that seceded formed the _________ States of America.

• Slave Holding

• White

• United

• Confederate