Module 16: Elections & Secession

Module 16: Elections & Secession

8th Grade

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Module 16: Elections & Secession

Module 16: Elections & Secession

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In 1860 the Republican candidate for president was

Abraham Lincoln

John Breckinridge

John Bell

Stephen A. Douglas

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which was the first state to secede?

South Carolina

North Carolina

Texas

Alabama

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which event contributed most directly to Southern states' decision to secede from the Union?

the Dred Scott  decision

the voiding of the Missouri Compromise

Abraham Lincoln's election as president

passage of South Carolina's nullification law

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which Senate race was the center of national attention in1858?

Kentucky

Tennessee

Illinois

Indiana

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

slavery

the presidential election

the economy

war with Mexico

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the goal of the Republican Party?

to allow popular sovereignty to determine whether slavery is allowed

to free the slaves

the Republican Party took no position on slavery

to ban slavery in the new territories