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Presidential Election of 1860

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What were the candidates fighting over
a)
Slavery legal in all territories
b)
State Rights
c)
All the above
d)
Owners would not be able to keep their slaves 
2.
Who was the runner-up in terms of the electoral votes for the 1860 presidential election?
a)
John Bell
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Stephen A. Douglas
d)
John C. Breckinridge
3.
Who won the Presidential Election of 1860?
a)
John Breckinridge 
b)
John Bell
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Stephen Douglas 
4.
What was the cause of election 1860?
a)
Slaves 
b)
Civil War 
c)
Mr.Treadaway 
d)
Territories
5.
Who ended up being the Vice President in 1860?
a)
John C. Breckinridge
b)
Barack Obama
c)
John Bell 
d)
George Washington 
6.
What year did the 7 southern states create the Confederacy before Lincoln took office?
a)
1860
b)
1861
7.
Who took the presidency in 1865?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
John C. Breckinridge
d)
Donald J. Trump
8.
Why did Andrew Johnson take presidency?
a)
Abraham Lincoln was Impeached
b)
He was elected as president
c)
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated
d)
Because he wanted to 
9.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Steven A. Smith
d)
Little Wolf 
10.
What happened as a result of the election of 1860?
a)
The Civil War 
b)
Slave owners got to keep their slaves
c)
People died 
d)
The Titanic didn´t hit the ice burg