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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jefferson Davis | first and only president of the Confederate States of America after the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 led to the secession of many southern states |
| John Brown’s Raid | an incident in which abolitionist John Brown and 21 other men captured a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hope of starting a slave rebellion |
| John J. Crittenden | Kentucky senator, he attempted to save the Union by reconciling differences between northern and southern states in the Senate proposal known as Crittenden’s Compromise |
| Constitutional Union Party | a political party formed in 1860 by a group of northerners and southerners who supported the Union, its laws, and the Constitution |
| Senator WIlliam Seward | the Republicans’ leading candidate at the start of their convention. |
| John Bell | Senator from Tennessee, he supported the Union over slavery and helped found the Constitutional Union Party. |
| Confederate States of America | nation formed by the southern states when they seceded from the Union; also known as the Confederacy |
| John C. Breckinridge | Vice-president under James Buchanan, he was also a senator from Kentucky. He later served as a general in the Confederate army. |
| Why did John Brown attack the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia? | To seize weapons |
| Where was Jefferson Davis from? | Fairview Kentucky |
| What was the first state to secede from the Union? | South Carolina. |
| Explain who was upset with the election of 1860 and why | Southern states were sad because Lincoln would abolish slavery |