Secession!

What does secession even mean?

• to join

• to leave

• to ask for

Which was the first state to SECEDE?

• Maine

• Massachusetts

• South Carolina

• New York

Which POLITICAL event happened just before states began to secede?

• Abraham Lincoln was elected POTUS

• The French tried to take back the city of New Orleans

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Between 1860-1861 how many states SECEDED from the Union?

• 19

• 6

• 11

What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?

• Southern States of America

• Confederate States of America

• Freedonia

• Seceded States of America

What was the view of Lincoln and the Republican Party on the topic of slavery?

• It should be abolished immediately.

• Slavery should be allowed to remain in states where it already existed.

• Slavery should NOT be allowed to expand into the western territories.

Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

The Confederate States of America chose a capital city. Which city was that?

• Richmond, Virginia

• Washington, DC

• Lexington, KY

What made the BORDER states unique or different?

• They allowed slavery, BUT stayed with the Union.

• They seceded and became their own nation.

• They seceded and but did NOT alllow slavery.

The first shots fired were on this federal fort. What was the name of the fort and where was it?

• Fort Andrews in Hull, Massachusetts

• Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina