Road to Secession Flashcards
All were part of the “second wave” of secession EXCEPT
Georgia
The Crittenden Amendment provided for all of the following EXCEPT
Repeal of the Missouri Compromise
Lincoln campaigned on a promise to abolish slavery in the southern states.
False
Original Confederate capital
Montgomery, AL
Charles Sumner
Abolitionist
In 1860, Southern Democrats carried each state EXCEPT
Virginia
The first state to secede was
South Carolina
In 1860-1, Lincoln supported an un-repealable constitutional amendment that protected slavery in the southern states.
True
West Virginia
Union
Confederate president
Jeff Davis
Confederate States
South
All of the following seceded prior to Ft Sumter EXCEPT
North Carolina
John Brown
Abolitionist
The Corwin Amendments provided for
Legal protection of slavery in the southern states
Copperheads
Anti-war northern Democrats