Flashcard on the Presidential Election of 1860

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Who won the presidential election of 1860?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Why were the southern states alarmed that Lincoln was elected president in 1860?

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They feared that he wanted to eventually abolish slavery in the U.S.

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

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South Carolina

Front

After the Confederates attacked ________, Lincoln declared that a state of rebellion existed in the South.

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Fort Sumter

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What does it mean to "secede"?

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to leave or withdraw

Front

The states that seceded from the union formed a new country called:

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The Confederate States of America

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The capital of the Confederacy was ________.

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Richmond, Virginia

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Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland were known as the ___________.

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the border states

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Part of the _________ strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River.

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Northern/Union

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The main ______ plan focused on seizing Washington, DC. and fight a defensive strategy.

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Southern/Confederacy