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Ch. 18 SS Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the election of 1860, which candidate/party supported slavery in the territories?

a)

Abraham Lincoln/Republican

b)

Stephen Douglas/Northern Democrat

c)

John Breckinridge/Southern Democrat

d)

John Bell/Constitutional Union Party

2.

In the election of 1860, which candidate/party supported preserving the Union and did not focus on the issue of slavery.

a)

Abraham Lincoln/Republican

b)

Stephen Douglas/Northern Democrat

c)

John Breckinridge/Southern Democrat

d)

John Bell/Constitutional Union Party

3.

In the election of 1860, which candidate/party opposed the spread of slavery to the new territories.

a)

Abraham Lincoln/Republican

b)

Stephen Douglas/Northern Democrat

c)

John Breckinridge/Southern Democrat

d)

John Bell/Constitutional Union Party

4.

In the election of 1860, which candidate/party supported popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery in the territories.

a)

Abraham Lincoln/Republican

b)

Stephen Douglas/Northern Democrat

c)

John Breckinridge/Southern Democrat

d)

John Bell/Constitutional Union Party

5.

What was the impact of the Battle of Ft. Sumter? CHOOSE 2

a)

President Lincoln used the battle to call for volunteers to join the Union army.

b)

President Lincoln stopped using forts during the war.

c)

More southern states started to support secession.

d)

The long battle discouraged the South and demoralized the troops.

6.

What is the synonym for the word secede?

a)

abolish

b)

fight

c)

leave

d)

join

7.

What caused Southern states to start seceding?

a)

Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.

b)

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

c)

Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

d)

Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

8.

How did the battle of Ft. Sumter begin?

a)

Lincoln ordered his troops to retake the fort from the North.

b)

Lincoln sent supply ships to the fort, and Jefferson Davis ordered his troops to fire.

c)

Davis ordered his troops to retake the fort from the North.

d)

Jefferson Davis sent supply ships to the fort, and Lincoln ordered his troops to fire.

9.

The Confederacy was the nickname of the Southern States during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Union was the nickname of the Southern States during the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Who was the Republican candidate in the election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Breckinridge

d)

John Bell

12.

Who was the Northern Democratic candidate in the election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen Douglas

c)

John Breckinridge

d)

John Bell

13.

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

Tennessee

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

California