WorksheetsRoad to the Civil War Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who was the Democratic presidential candidate that had the most votes in the election of 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Brickenridge
John Bell
Who did Southern Democrats support for president in 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Brickenridge
John Bell
Who did Republicans choose as their candidate?
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
Stephen A. Douglas
How did the population of the North affect the outcome of the election of 1860?
More Population/More Voters; Voted for Lincoln
Less Population/Less Voters; Voted for Lincoln
What happened on December 20, 1860?
Civil War Begins
South Carolina held a special convention and voted to secede.
Lincoln Inauguration
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina met on February 4, 1861, to form a new nation, known as the _________________________?
Confederate States of America
Southern States of America
The Confederation
The Unionized Slave States of America
By refusing to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act and by denying the Southern states equal rights in the territories, the Confederacy believed that the national government violated the contract among the states.
True
False
How did the South test President Lincoln’s vow to hold federal property?
They seized some United States forts within their states, including Fort Sumter.
They stole weapons from US Armories in the Northern states.
This event happened on March 4, 1861.
Lincoln's Presidential Inauguration
California secedes from Union
Texas joined the Union Forces
What event occurred on April 12, 1861?
Confederate Soldiers fired upon Fort Sumter
South Carolina seceded from the Union
Abraham Lincoln orders Union Soldiers to attack Richmond, Virginia
