Civil War Era Political Knowledge

Pick the candidates that were BOTH in the 1860 election

• Stephen Douglas, John Calhoun
• Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas
• Stephen Douglas, Alexander Hamilton
• Abraham Lincoln, John Brown

Which was not a candidate of the 1860 presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln
• John Bell
• John C. Calhoun
• Stephen Douglas

A political party formed to prevent the spred of slavery

• Free Soil Party
• Republican Party
• Democratic Party 
• Constitutional Party

Formally withdrawing from the United States

• To Confederate
• Leaving
• Succession
• Secession

An Illinois lawyer who became the 16^th President of the United States

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas
• James Buchanan
• John C. Fremont

Which part of the country dealt more in industry?

• North
• South
• Nortwhest
• Southwest

Between 1850 and 1860, which of the following issues was a major area of conflict in  U.S. politics?

• Debate over tariffs
• expansion of slavery
• U.S. policy of neutrality
• Growth of cities

What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?

• sectionalism
• free enterprise
• patriotism 
• consumerism

What state was first state to secede from the union?

• Georgia
• Alabama
• South Carolina
• North Carolina

Abraham Lincoln was a popular person in the South and was elected President with their votes.  

• True
• False