Unit 7 8th Grade Cfa 1

In the election of 1860, Northern Democrats supported the position that

• slave owners should be able to take their slaves into all states, even "free-soil" states

• New Territories should use popular sovereignty to decide whether a state would be a "free-soil" or slave state

• The issue of slavery should be ignored

What was the most direct result of the Election of 1860

• South Carolina seceded from the Union

• "Free-soilers" and pro slavery forces began killing one another in Kansas

• Republicans were divided on who they would support in the election

What was lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the American Civil War?

• To keep the Union Together

• To free all slaves in the south

• Retain balance between "free soil" and slave states in the senate

Which of the following were border states during the Civil War

• Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware

• Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

• Illinois, Pennsylvania, Indiana

Why did the Confederate States Army (CSA) attack FT. Sumter in the first battle of the Civil War?

• Union Troops had fired on Charleston

• The CSA claimed that the fort no longer belonged to the US since South Carolina had seceded

• Fort Sumter was sheltering slaves that had escaped from the south

• The CSA wanted to start a war so that they could invade the North