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What was John Brown's major objective at Harper's Ferry?

• To steal weapons and hand them out to slave owners so they could protect themselves in case of a slave rebellion

• To negotiate for peace in Kansas with a man named Harper Ferry

• To load up a boat with cars and float them across the Atlantic Ocean

• To start a slave rebellion and overthrow the institution of slavery

The election of which president prompted 11 Southern states to secede from the Union?

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Linkletter

• Abraham Lincoln
• Lincoln Abrahams

What is the best definition for secede?

• To establish a new set of rules within a group or organization.
• To withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
• To increase the number of members in a group or organization.
• To join formally a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

• Virginia
• Georgia
• South Carolina
• New York

Although this General was against slavery, he led the Confederate Army in the Civil War because he was loyal to the South.

• 
  Robert E. Levi

• Robert E. Lee

• 
  Lee Roberts

• Ulysses S. Grant