Fast and Curious A Divided Nation Lesson 4

pro-slavery candidate nominated by southern Democrats for the 1860 presidential election

• John Bell

• John C. Breckinridge

• John J. Crittenden

• Jefferson Davis

Presidential candidate of the Constitutional Union Party. He drew votes away from the Democrats, helping Lincoln win.

• John Bell

• John C. Breckinridge

• John J. Crittenden

• Jefferson Davis

Kentucky senator who proposed a compromise to try to stop

southern secession and a civil war

• John Bell

• John C. Breckinridge

• John J. Crittenden

• Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America (CSA)

• John Bell

• John C. Breckinridge

• John J. Crittenden

• Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America (CSA)

• John Bell

• John C. Breckinridge

• John J. Crittenden

• Jefferson Davis

Republic formed by the southern states that seceded from the Union

• Bear flag Republic

• Constitutional Union

• The Independent States of America

• The Confederate States of America

Formed by moderate Whigs and Know-Nothings in an effort to elect a compromise candidate and avert a sectional crisis.

• Bear flag Republic

• Constitutional Union

• The Independent States of America

• The Confederate States of America

radical abolitionist's attack on a federal arsenal, in an attempt to get guns for slaves, hoping they would rise up in a general revolt and end slavery

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Battle of Saratoga

• Attack on Harper's Ferry

• Attack on Fort Sumter