The Presidential Election of 1860

In the Presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party nominated the former U.S. Representative from Illinois, ____________.

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Breckinridge

• John Bell

• Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln won the election with only __% of the popular vote.

• 40%

• 50%

• 60%

• 70%

South Carolina immediately ____________ from the Union.

• seceded

• joined

• negotiated with

• declared war on

The seceding states formed the ____________ States of America.

• Northern

• Confederate

• United

• Independent

____________ was elected President of the Confederacy.

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Alexander H. Stephens

• Stonewall Jackson

The idea that "government rests upon the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government whenever it becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established" comes from which document?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln responded to the challenge posed by the secession in his First ____________.

• Inaugural Address

• State of the Union

• Executive Order

• Battle of the Civil War