People who fought against slavery were called:

• Loyalists

• Plantation Owners

• Confederates

• Abolitionists

The Secession Convention was held where first?

• Columbia

• Charleston

• Summerville

• Mount Pleasant

Everyone who wanted to secede signed the:

• Emancipation Proclamation

• SmartBoard

• Lined Paper

• Ordinance of Secession

Who was elected president of the United States in 1860?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• John Adams

Most South Carolinians believed that Lincoln was:

• hated the southern states

• a threat to their way of life

• a good president

• not honest

After Lincoln was elected president, South Carolina decided to:

• ban the slave trade in Charleston

• make slavery illegal

• secede from the Union

• fire on Washington, DC

The word "secede" means to:

• become loyal

• separate or split off from

• start a war

• sign a contract

Other states soon joined SC in seceding from the Union & formed a new country called:

• South America

• The Confederate States of America

• The Southern States of America

• North America

The Confederate States of America wrote their own constitution and elected ______ as president.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Sumter

• Francis Marion

The first battle of the Civil War was at:

• Fort Mill

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Moultrie

• Fort Jackson