Secession/Fort Sumter

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

What does "secede" mean?

• to file a lawsuit

• to break away

• to protest

• to join

The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...

• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Georgia
• Mississippi

What was the main cause of South Carolina's secession in the 1860s?

• the Kansas Nebraska Act

• the Missouri Compromise

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the firing on Ft Sumter

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

Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

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

Which of the following states were part of the Confederacy?

• New Jersey

• North Carolina

• Maine

The Union army wore...uniforms

• green

• gray

• blue

Those who opposed slavery were .....

• abolitionists

• suffragettes

• secessionists