Political Changes Spark Civil War (Ch 20)

What was the most significant voting issue in the election of 1860?

• Slavery

• the economy

• immigration

• peace & preventing war with Britian.

Which political party was opposed to slavery?

• Republicans

• Democrats

Which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?

• Republican

• Democrat

What was the dominant political party in the South?

• Republican

• Democrat

Which political party called for no limits to the practice and expansion of slavery?

• Democrats

• Republican

Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 and became president by receiving a majority (more than 50%) of the vote.

• True

• False

The first state to secede from the Union

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

• Kentucky

• Texas

What prompted South Carolina to become the first state to secede from the Union?

• Lincoln outlawed slavery in all states

• Democrats voted to end slavery

• Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860

• Lincoln lost the election of 1860

The states that left the Union were referred to

• "The North"

• The Intergalactic Confederation

• The Confederate States of America

• The United States of America

The Confederate States economy relied heavily upon

• industry & production

• agriculture

• tourism