Causes of the Civil War

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John Brown

• Fredrick Douglass

What did Lincoln plan to do on the issue of slavery after being elected?

• Abolish slavery everywhere

• Prevent the expansion of slavery

• Lincoln wasn't concerned about the issue of slavery

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case? (3 correct answers)

• Scott should remain a slave

• Scott should be free

• That as a black man, Scott was not a citizen, therefore had no rights

• The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

What political party was formed in 1856 to oppose slavery?

• Democratic

• Whig

• Constitution

• Republican

The issue of slavery was the MAIN cause of the Civil War

• True

• False

After Abraham Lincoln's election, which was the first state to secede from the Union?

• Georgia

• Florida

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

What event sparked the southern states to secede from the Union?

• The abolition movement

• Kansas was made a free state

• Lincoln was elected U.S. president

• Slavery was abolished by Lincoln

John Brown was considered a ___ for the abolition movement because he was willing to die for the cause he believed in

• Abolitionist

• General

• Martyr

• Politician

Someone who was against slavery and thought it should be abolished

• Abolitionist

• Martyr

• Pro-Slavery advocate

What was John Brown's plan to end slavery?

• Get laws passed to abolish it

• Arm every slave in the South

• John Brown wasn't concerned about the issue of slavery