Soc St Ch 15 Sec 3-4 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?	Fort Sumter attack
The first president of the Confederate States of America was...	Jefferson Davis
Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers joined together to form the...	Republican Party
What Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more?	Dred Scott case
The first state to vote to secede was...	South Carolina
Which man's death became a rallying point for abolitionists?	John Brown
What Supreme Court decision meant that the Constitution protected slavery?	the Dred Scott case
Southerners justified secession with the theory of...	states' rights
The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was...	slavery
The 1860 presidential candidate whose name did NOT appear on the ballot in most Southern states was...	Abraham Lincoln
In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention?	Illinois
After the Lincoln-Debates, who won the election to the seat of U.S. Senator from Illinois?	Stephen A. Douglas
As a result of John Brown's raid, Southerner's mistrust of Northerners (grew/lessened)?	grew
The Republican Party platform on slavery was to work to __________.	stop the spread of slavery
Douglas won the Illinois Senate race, but _______ gained a national reputation as a man of clear thinking and one who could argue with force and persuasion.	Lincoln
In 1860 the Democratic Party split over the issue of _________.	slavery
In his Inaugural Address, Lincoln made it clear that if there is going to be a war, _____________ would have to strike the first blow.	the South
The Civil War began when ____________ opened fire on Fort Sumter.	Southern forces
A ___________ is a person who dies for a great cause.	martyr
As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, ________ lost the trust and support of Southerners.	Douglas
The new Republican Party did well in the congressional election of 1854, alarming _________.	the South
The Dred Scott ruling angered most __________.	Southerners
The Democratic Party was clearly becoming a party of the _______.	South
The new Republican Party was clearly against ___________.	the spread of slavery
In the 1856 presidential elections, Democrat candidate James Buchanan won, endorsing the idea of ____________.	popular sovereignty
Many Southerners feared that a Lincoln victory in 1860 would encourage ___________.	slave revolts

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