Road to the Civil War (Part 2)

1) Who was elected President of the United States of America in 1860? (First and Last Name)

2) How many southern states voted for the man in #1 for president in 1860?

• 0

• 1

• 3

• 5

3) What was the first southern state to leave the Union?

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• Virginia

• South Carolina

4) The Southern states who left the Union called themselves what?

• The Non-Union States

• Southern United States

• Confederate States of America

In what year did the Civil War start?

6) Which slave sued in the Supreme Court for freedom, but lost because it ruled all African Americans were property?

• Frederick Douglass

• Dred Scott

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

7) How many Confederate States were there during the Civil War?

• 11

• 22

• 33

• 44

8) Which of the following states did NOT secede from the Union? (They stayed on the North/Union side)

• Arkansas

• New York

• Alabama

• South Carolina

9) John Brown led a raid on _____________ in order to lead a revolt against slavery.

• Fort Sumter, South Carolina

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Harpers Ferry, Virginia

10) What does the term secession mean?

• Compromise

• To stay

• Formally withdrawing from the Union