President Lincoln & the Creation of the Confederacy

Question 1

What was the main issue for the 1860 presidential election?

Answer 1

The expansion of slavery

Question 2

What were the 2 main political parties in 1860?

Answer 2

Republican Party and Democrat Party

Question 3

How did the Republicans view slavery?

Answer 3

They were against the expansion of slavery.

Question 4

How did the Democrats view slavery?

Answer 4

They disagreed and the party split in two.

Question 5

Who was the Republican candidate in the 1860 election?

Answer 5

Abraham Lincoln

Question 6

According to Lincoln, what threatened the future of the Union?

Answer 6

Sectionalism

Question 7

What quote from Lincoln describes the dangers of sectionalism?

Answer 7

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”

Question 8

What did many southern politicians view Lincoln?

Answer 8

They believed he would ban slavery. They threatened to leave the Union if Lincoln became president.

Question 9

Who won the 1860 election to become President of the United States?

Answer 9

Abraham Lincoln

Question 10

What is it called when a state leaves the Union?

Answer 10

Secession

Question 11

Which state left the Union on 20th December 1860?

Answer 11

South Carolina

Question 12

Which other states left the Union after South Carolina?

Answer 12

Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

Question 13

What does CSA stand for?

Answer 13

The Confederate States of America.

Question 14

What was the Confederate States of America?

Answer 14

A new independent country made up of the states that seceded from (left) the Union.

Question 15

When was the CSA created?

Answer 15

4th February 1861

Question 16

Who was the President of the CSA?

Answer 16

Jefferson Davis

Question 17

What reasons did the states give for leaving the Union?

Answer 17

• maintaining their independence
• protecting their states’ rights, especially the right to own slaves

Question 18

How did Lincoln view the idea of secession?

Answer 18

He believed it was illegal and thought of it as a rebellion (going against authority)

Question 19

What happened to Union military bases and supplies in the south?

Answer 19

They were taken over by the CSA.

Question 20

Which Union military fort in South Carolina refused to surrender to the CSA?

Answer 20

Fort Sumter. The fort was eventually taken by the CSA.

Question 21

How did President Lincoln respond to the attack on Fort Sumter?

Answer 21

He called for an army of volunteers to invade the CSA. This was the beginning of the American Civil War.

Question 22

Which states joined the CSA in 1861?

Answer 22

Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina. There were now 11 states in the CSA.

Question 23

Who is this?

Answer 23

Abraham Lincoln

Question 24

Who is this?

Answer 24

Jefferson Davis - President of the CSA

Question 25

Which flag is shown here?

Answer 25

The flag of the Confederate States of America (CSA)