SS 8 - Unit 11 Section 4 Quiz

How many men ran for President in the election of 1860?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which of these was not one of the political parties for the candidates in the election of 1860

• Constitutional Union Party

• Northern Democratic Party

• Southern Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Secessionist Union Separation Party

Who won the election of 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckenridge

• John Bell

• Stephen Douglas

Which Southern State was the first to secede from the United States?

• Virginia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Texas

South Carolina and six others states joined to create what?

• The Confederate States of America

• The American Confederacy of Slave States

• The New United States of America

• The United States of Southern America

Immediately after his inauguration Abraham Lincoln attacked the Southern States

• True

• False

The first battle of the Civil War officially occurred where?

• Fort Knox

• Fort Wayne

• Fort Sumter

• West Point

Who technically fired the first shots of the Civil War? A fact that would be used after the war to justify punishment and reconstruction.

• The North (The Union)

• The South (The Confederacy)