SW Week 15 Quiz

1. What did the southern states threaten to do if Lincoln was elected president?

• a. sue Congress
• b. leave the Union
• c. not attend the inauguration
• d. emancipate enslaved people

2. Who said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand”?

• a. Abraham Lincoln
• b. Stephen Douglas
• c. Mary Todd Lincoln
• d. Frederick Douglass

3. What was located at Harpers Ferry?

• a. food
• b. a fort
• c. election ballots
• d. military supplies

4. What did South Carolina claim the northern states had done?

• a. kept them suppressed
• b. made laws against shipping
• c. returned fugitive enslaved people
• d. encouraged enslaved people to leave

5. Why did states want to leave or "secede" from the Union?

• They just wanted to
• They wanted slavery to remain legal
• They didn't like being part of the union
• They wanted to join another nation

6. What medal is given for courage in combat?

• a. BCH Medal
• b. Medal of Honor
• c. Medal of Courage
• d. Purple Heart Medal

7. What did women have to do during wartime?

• a. become politicians
• b. gain the right to vote
• c. invest in the stock market
• d. run businesses, farms, and plantations

8. Which theater did Lincoln attend?

• a. Ford’s Theater
• b. Honda Theater
• c. Booth’s Theater
• d. American Theater

9. Each state’s secession document listed this as the reason for leaving the Union:

• a. tariffs
• b. slavery
• c. voter fraud
• d. Lincoln’s election

10. What was the name of the new country the southern states formed?

• a. Southern States of America
• b. Confederate States of America
• c. United Confederacy of America
• d. Southern Confederacy of America