Studies Weekly Week 28

Who were the two men that debated for the Illinois Senate seat in 1858?

• Stephen Sondheim and Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln

• Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

• Donna Douglas and Abraham Lincoln

What did the southern states threaten to do if Lincoln was elected president?

• have the inaugural ceremony in Atlanta

• complain to the Supreme Court

• emancipate enslaved people

• leave the Union

Why was Harpers Ferry raided by John Brown?

• to get food supplies for enslaved people

• to keep weapons from the army

• to get weapons for enslaved people

• to get weapons for the Confederacy

John Brown and the others in the raid were tried in court for __________.

• treason, murder, and armed revolt

• conduct unbecoming of an officer and men of the military

• creating a public disturbance and misconduct

• creating a public disturbance and misconduct

The action of leaving the Union of the United States is called __________.

• success

• dissolvement

• leaving

• secession

Each state’s secession document listed this as the reason:

• tariffs

• Lincoln as president

• voter fraud

• slavery

What was the name of the new country the southern states formed?

• the Southern States of America

• the Southern Confederacy of America

• the United Confederacy of America

• the Confederate States of America

Abraham Lincoln believed the federal government should control __________.

• the legalization of enslaving people

• the legalization of tariffs

• taxation of income

• the taxation of states property

Firing on Fort Sumter by the Army of the Confederate States of America caused __________.

• the South American War

• the Southern Revolution

• the Civil War

• the War for Enslaved People