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Abolitionism
Equal rights (Abraham Lincoln)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Whose election provoked the Southern states succession? | Lincoln's |
| What General surrendered for the Confederacy? | Lee |
| The US Civil Rights Act banned job discrimination on the basis of what? | Race, color, religion, or natural origin |
| Millions of Africian's were transported across the Atlantic to become what on plantations throughout the Southern states? | Slaves |
| What outlawed slavery in the Northern states? | Missouri Compromise |
| Lincoln felt that no man was good enough to govern another man without what? | That other's consent |
| The republic was built on liberty and equality, not on what? | Political convenience |
| Lincoln was considered what type of opponent of slavery? | A moderate |
| What was the main reason for the succession of the Southern states? | Their right to maintain slavery |
| Lincoln argued against states rights to maintain what? | Their own laws |