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Chapter 18
Causes of Southern Secession Questions
Question | Answer |
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What was the impact of the Battle of Fort Sumter? | President Lincoln used the battle to call for volunteers to join the Union army and more southern states started to support secession. |
Choose the best synonym for secede. abolish, fight, leave or join | leave |
What event directly resulted in the start of the secession of Southern states? | Abraham Lincoln being elected president. |
How did the Battle of Fort Sumter begin? | Abraham Lincoln sent supply ships to the fort, and Jefferson Davis ordered his troops to fire. |
What political party opposed spread of slavery to new territories? | The Republican Party |
What political party supported popular sovereignty on slavery issue? | The Northern Democratic Party |
What candidate belonged to the Northern Democratic Party? | Stephen Douglas |
What candidate belonged to the Republican Party? | Abraham Lincoln |
What political party supported slavery in the west? | The Southern Democratic Party |
What political party supported preserving the Union? | The Constitutional Union Party |
What candidate belonged to the Constitutional Union Party? | John Bell |
What candidate belonged to the Southern Democratic Party? | John Breckinridge |