Chapter 8, Lesson 3: The Union Dissolves

Question 1

The Election of 1860

Answer 1

The Democrats split

Northern Democrats nominate Douglas

Southern nominate VP @ the time

Republicans nominate Lincoln

Question 2

Lincoln is Elected

Answer 2

With the split of the Democratic vote, Lincoln wins

South believes they now need to secede

Question 3

Secession

Answer 3

Started w/ South Carolina

Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all voted to secede

Question 4

Founding the Confederacy

Answer 4

All the seceding states met and formed the Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis chosen as president

Question 5

Fort Sumter Falls

Answer 5

Lincoln decided to supply Fort Sumter

Confederate leaders told Anderson not to attack

He did; this starts Civil War

Question 6

Upper South Secedes

Answer 6

Many didn’t want to secede but also didn’t want a war

Seceded to the Confederacy

Confederate capital moved to Richmond

Question 7

Hanging Onto Border States

Answer 7

Lincoln imposed martial law in the border states

Martial Law- the law administered by the military forces that is invoked by the government in an emergency

Preservation shifted to battlefield when Missouri stayed with the Union