Election of 1860

Which was not a candidate of the 1860 presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John Bell
• John C. Calhoun
• Stephen Douglas

Formally withdrawing from the United States

• 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

What state was first state to secede from the union?

• Georgia
• Alabama
• South Carolina
• North Carolina

Abraham Lincoln was a popular person in the South and was elected President with their votes.  

• True
• False

Lincoln won the election even though he received only 40% of the votes. The other three candidates split the vote.

• True

• False

As soon as Lincoln was declared the winner of the presidency, Southern states started to

• cry

• bomb the north

• free all their slaves

• secede

Secede - to withdraw from; to leave

• True

• False

The Southern states formed the

• United States of America

• Racist States of America

• Slave Owning States of America

• Confederate States of America

______________ was named the president of the Confederacy.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Jefferson Davis

• Frederick Douglass