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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does secession mean?
to join
to acquire
to leave
to change
- 2. Multiple Choice
What state was the first to secede from the Union?
Texas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
- 3. Multiple Choice
What event occurred right before the southern states started to secede?
Lincoln elected president
Slavery was outlawed in the North
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
- 4. Multiple Choice
How many states seceded in 1860-61?
8
10
11
19
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?
Fredonia
Confederate States of America
Southern States of America
Articles of Secession
- 6. Multiple Choice
Those who supported secession believed that the Union was a compact between
the people
the states
government
north and south
- 7. Multiple Choice
In the 1830s, South Carolina threatened to secede over the issue of
slavery
the Missouri Compromise
the national bank
tariffs
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was the stance of the Republican party regarding slavery?
It should be abolished.
The federal government had no power over slavery.
Slavery should not be allowed to expand to western territories.
The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who was the Republican candidate for president in 1860?
John Bell
Stephen Douglass
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which political party split over the slavery issue in the election of 1860?
Democrat
Republican
Whig
Federalist
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which states seceded before Lincoln was inaugurated?
Texas and Florida
Virginia and Tennessee
Maryland and Kentucky
Ohio and New York
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Civil War began when the Confederates fired upon
Washington DC
the Alamo
Fort Sumter
New York Harbor
- 13. Multiple Choice
Southern states vowed to secede in 1860 if what happened?
The Missouri Compromise passed.
The tariff was repealed
A republican was elected president
James Buchanan used the army to invade the south
- 14. Multiple Choice
When did the Civil War begin?
1850
1860
1812
1861
- 15. Multiple Choice
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
- 16. Multiple Choice
People have the right to vote
If government doesn't protect your rights it should be abolished
Taxation without representation
Slavery should be legal
- 17. Multiple Choice
Thomas Jefferson seemed to support the idea of secession when he supported the idea of _________?
sectionalism
federalism
tariffs
states' rights
- 18. Multiple Choice
What issued bitterly divided the north and south?
Should slavery be allowed in new states formed from western territories.
The War of 1812
The Declaration of Independence
Republicanism
- 19. Multiple Choice
What states seceded after the Civil War began?
Kentucky and Maryland
North Carolina and Tennessee
Texas and Louisiana
Ohio and Iowa
- 20. Multiple Choice
to reform
to cooperate
to join
to repeal
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