Civil War Test Review

Pick the candidates that were BOTH in the 1860 election

• Stephen Douglas, John Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas

• Stephen Douglas, Alexander Hamilton

• Abraham Lincoln, John Brown

A political party formed to prevent the spred of slavery

• Free Soil Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party 

• Constitutional Party

Formally withdrawing from the United States is known as:

• To Confederate

• Leaving

• Succession

• Secession

An Illinois lawyer who became the 16^th President of the United States

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• James Buchanan

• John C. Fremont

Which part of the country dealt more in industry?

• North

• South

• Northwest

• Southwest

Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in  U.S. politics?

• Debate over tariffs

• expansion of slavery

• U.S. policy of neutrality

• Growth of cities

What state was first state to secede from the union?

• Georgia

• Alabama

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

What does secession mean?

• to join

• to acquire

• to leave

• to change

What event occurred right before the southern states started to secede?

• Lincoln elected president

• Slavery was outlawed in the North

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

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

• Fredonia

• Confederate States of America

• Southern States of America

• Articles of Secession