U4 Review G5 Final Review

Following the 1860 election, South Carolina and six other Southern states decided to 

secede.  What does it mean for a state to secede?

• The state cancels a law from the federal government

• The state leaves the country

• The state declares war on other states

• The state stops following the First Amendment

Answer explanation

Who did representatives from the seceded states choose to be president of the Confederacy?

• Robert E. Lee

• James Garfield

• Jefferson Davis

• Stephen Douglas

Answer explanation

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede

How did the South react to Abraham Lincoln’s election as President in 1860?

• Seven Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.

• Formed an alliance with the North
• Offered to negotiate with Lincoln
• Celebrated with a national holiday

What was the first state to secede from the United States?

• New York

• Missouri

• Texas

• South Carolina

Each state wanted as many representatives as possible. Which region would have gained more congressional representation if enslaved people were counted?

• The South

• The North

Answer explanation

What did many southern states do when Lincoln was elected president? 

• celebrated
• started discussions
• seceded
• had many successes 

By the 1820s (before the civil war), many Americans wanted to have an equal number of senators from the free states and the slave states. To achieve that, what would need to be true?

• There would need to be equal populations in free states and slave states

• The president would have to be from a free state

• There would need to be an equal number of free states and slave states

• The Supreme court would need to end slavery in all the states

Answer explanation

The states that left the Union called themselves the...

• Non-union States of America
• Southern States of America
• Confederacy
• Imperialist

14. What was a very large farm that used enslaved labor for profit?

• farm

• plantation

• business

• fields