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CMS Social Studies
Chapter 12, Section 5 Secession and War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the burning question in the monthes before the election of 1860? | Would the Union break up? |
| Who was the Southern Democratic Party candidate and their stance on slavery? | John C. Breckinridge, supported the Dred Scott desision and upheld slavery. |
| Who was the Constitutional Union Party candidate and their stance on slavery? | John Bell, they took no stance on slavery. |
| Who was the Republican Party candidate and their stance on slavery? | Abraham Lincoln, slavery should be left undisterbed where it existed but should be excluded from territories. |
| Who was the Northern Democratic Party candidate and their stance on slavery? | Stephen Douglass, Supported popular sovereignty. |
| Offer proof that the vote in the Election of 1860 was purely along sectional lines. | Lincoln's name didn't even appear on the ballots in most southern states but he won every lunch date. Breckenridge swept the south and Bell took most border states. |
| Even though the Republican party promised not to disturb slavery where already existed. Southerners feared.... | that a republican victory would encourage slave revolts. |
| What was the first southern state secede? | South Carolina |
| What was the compromise proposed by the Crittenden amendment? Why was this unacceptable to the Republicans? | To protect slavery south of 36* 30'N latitude in all territories, they had just won an election on the principle that slavery would not be extended in any territories. |
| What was the southern reaction to the proposed amendment? | They rejected. They said "We spit upon every plan to compromise, no human power can save the union". |
| Which states seceded in February 1861? | Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia. |
| Who was elected president of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| explain the argument the southerners used to justify their secession? | The states argued how they had voluntarily chosen to enter the union they defined the constitution has a contract among the independent states now because the national government has violated that contract by refusing to enforce the fugitive slave act, an |
| Who saw the secession as a "fearful clamity" upon the United States? | Robert E. Lee |
| why did some northern abolitionist prefer to allow the southern states to succeed? | if the union could be kept together only by compromising on slavery, then let the union be destroyed |
| What was president Buchanan's response to the succession of the southern states? | That they had no right to secede, but he had no right to stop them |
| Soon after Lincoln became president, the south... | tested Lincoln's vow to hold federal property |
| what dilemma did President Lincoln face when Confederate seized US forts in their state? | he didn't want to start a war by trying to take the forts back, allowing the Confederates to keep them with amount to admitting the right to succeed |
| Why did President Lincoln send an unarmed expedition to supply for fort Sumter? What did the Confederates decide to do? How did President Lincoln respond to this action? What was the southern reaction to the situation of President Lincoln's response to it | He didnt want to start a war by them thinking they would attack. They ordered their forces to attack fort Sumter before the Union supplies could arrive. He issued a call for 75,000 troops to save the union. They both had trrops sign up for the fight. |
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