U.S. Ch. 14 Lesson 3: Secession and War

1. The issue of ___________ created a break in the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidental election.

• three
• Republican
• slavery
• secession
• populous

2. Lincoln and ___________ other candidates ran for president in 1860.

• three
• Republican
• slavery
• secession
• populous

3. Even though his name was not on the ballot in most Southern States, Lincoln was elected U.S. president because the North was more __________.

• three
• Republican
• slavery
• secession
• populous

4. White Southerners feared that the 1860 victories by Lincoln's ________ Party would result in slave revolts.

• three
• Republican
• slavery
• secession
• populous

5. After the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, the Southern states debated the question of _________, or withdrawing from the Union.

• three
• Republican
• slavery
• secession
• populous

6. Which was the first state to vote to secede from the Union?

• A. Georgia
• B. Maryland
• C. Missouri
• D. South Carolina

7. Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

• A. Abraham Lincoln
• B. Jefferson Davis
• C. Robert E. Lee
• D. Stephen Douglas

8. Which of these concepts did secessionists use to support their views?

• A. constitutionalism
• B. federalism
• C. popular sovereignty
• D. states's rights

9. In Lincoln's first Inaugural Address, he_________.

• A. declared the Southern states to be enemies.
• B. recognized the South as a separate country.
• C. vowed to hold federal property in the South.
• D. repealed slavery in the Southern States.

10. Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• A. attack on Fort Sumter
• B. Lincoln-Douglas debate
• C. Lincoln inauguration
• D. secession of South Carolina