The Civil War Begins

Using this map, it can be determined that

• southern states did not back the Republican Party.

• the border states supported the Northern Democrats.

• the lack of universal manhood suffrage played a major role in Breckinridge's defeat.

• Washington, Utah, Kansas and other territories refused to participate in the election.

Ft. Sumter is MOST significant for being

• the location of the end of the Civil War.

• destroyed by the Union when taking Port Royal.

• the target of General Sherman's March to the Sea.

• where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

In 1860, South Carolina was the first state to secede. Within 2 months, 6 more states would secede. What is the best definition of the word secede?

• attack

• vote

• withdraw

• win

Which statement BEST describes the importance of the "border states"?

• States did not allow slavery but seceded.

• States that were along the border of Texas.

• States that allowed slavery but were loyal to the Union.

• States that first seceded and consider themselves a new nation.

In the election of 1860, which political party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had a platform that opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories?

• Republican

• Northern Democrat

• Southern Democrat

• Constitutional Union

The Northern Democrat position towards slavery in the election of 1860 was that

• a program of gradual, compensated emancipation should be started.

• there should be immediate emancipation of the slaves in the South.

• Southern slave owners should be allowed to keep their slaves if they agreed to pay higher taxes.

• the principle of popular sovereignty should be consistently applied in the remaining territories.

Which event was the MAIN cause of South Carolina's secession from the United States in 1860?

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• the firing on Ft. Sumter

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

During the Civil War, what was the South's main goal or objective?

• to reunite with the Union

• to create a new nation that protected slave-owning rights

• to spread slavery all over the United States

• to overthrow the presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Which was a direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

• South Carolina seceded from the Union.

• Confederate forces attacked Ft. Sumter.

• Union forces attacked Richmond, Virginia.

• The Supreme Court declared that Stephen Douglas should be president.

Abraham Lincoln's biggest objective in the Civil War was to

• end slavery.

• save the Union.

• destroy the South.

• win the Election of 1864.