Secession

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

Which was the 1st State to secede?

• California

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Mississippi

What did Southerners believe about Secession?

• It was not allowed by the Constitution.

• States that had freely joined the union could leave it too.

• State laws should be more powerful than national laws.

• It was all South Carolina's fault.

Who felt that secession was not allowed, and that the US was one nation that could not be divided?

• Native Americans

• Lincoln and Northerners

• Southerners

• Enslaved African Americans

What event caused many southern states to secede?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Abolition of Slavery

• Election of Abraham Lincoln

• Firing on Fort Sumpter

The Southern states formed the

• United States of America

• Racist States of America

• Slave Owning States of America

• Confederate States of America

Which group of democrats supported popular sovereignty, states rights and the spread of slavery?

• Southern Democrats

• Northern Democrats

• Western Democrats

• Eastern Democrats

Which group of democrats were opposed to the spread of slavery?

• Southern Democrats

• Northern Democrats

• Western Democrats

• Eastern Democrats

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

Match the correct beliefs for each of the political parties.

Republicans

supported President ​ (a)  

against ​ (b)  

Democrats

mostly ​ (c)  

supported practice of ​ (d)  

• Lincoln
• slavery
• southerners
• Davis
• Grant
• northerners
• westerners