Powerpoint 11 review Flashcards
What caused the South to leave the 1860 Democratic convention?
It was clear to the Southerners that Douglas, an unpopular candidate due to his continued assistance on popular sovereignty, would be receiving the nomination.
At the 1860 Republican Convention ______.
Lincoln was a compromise candidate.
In the 1860 election, despite receiving less than 40% of the vote, _____ candidate, Abraham Lincoln, had been elected president.
a purely sectional
South Carolina’s secession ordinance ____.
Revoked the ratification of the Constitution in 1788; in effect removing them from the Union.
During the winter of 1860/61 Lincoln, thought not yet president, _____.
urges Republicans to reject all efforts at compromise on the slavery issue.
One characteristic that Lincoln and the Republicans consistently displayed was _____.
choosing party over union.
The government of the Confederate States of America was _____.
Provisional
The Confederate States Constitution
Sought to remove or reform the ambiguous and contentions sections of the United States Constitution
Lincoln emphasized in his first inaugural address that he would _____.
Enforce the laws.
The Confederate commissioners sent to Washington D.C in 1861 ____.
Were authorized to purchase Fort Sumter.
When Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers his stated purpose was _____.
put down the “rebellion”
The Emancipation Proclomation ______. (3)
Freed slaves only in the Confederate territory
Was a political move to keep Great Britain out of the war.
Slavery was only abolished by the 13th Amendment
As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation ____. (2)
Mass desertion in the Union army
Democrats gain the seats in the House of Representatives.
What were southerners fighting for? (2)
independence and the principles of 1776
What was characteristic of northern attitudes toward blacks?
They wanted the blacks to stay away from them.
