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Chapter 10, Lesson 3

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    John Brown's Raid, Abraham Lincoln, Secession, and Fort Sumter
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  • What new political party did Abraham Lincoln join?
    the Republican Party
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  • Who did Abraham Lincoln lose to in his bid for U.S. senate?
    Stephen Douglas
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  • TRUE or FALSE -- Abraham Lincoln was an abolitionist (someone who wanted to abolish slavery).
    False. He didn't want to take slavery out of the South. He just wanted to prevent it from spreading to the West.
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  • Who led the raid on a government arsenal in Harpers Ferry?
    John Brown
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  • Was John Brown's Raid a success or a failure?
    failure
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  • How was John Brown punished?
    He was hanged.
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  • Many Southerners thought that John Brown's Raid was a sign that the North was trying to _____ ___________.
    end slavery
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  • How many nominees ran for President in the Election of 1860?
    3
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  • Who was the Republican nominee in the Election of 1860?
    Abraham Lincoln
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  • Why did the Democrats have two nominees in the Election of 1860?
    Southern Democrats wanted to keep slavery. Northern Democrats thought that new states should be able to make their own laws about slavery.
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  • What did Southerners threaten to do if Abe Lincoln won the Election of 1860?
    leave the Union
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  • This vocabulary word means "to leave."
    secede
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  • Who won the Election of 1860, becoming our 16th President of the United States?
    Abraham Lincoln
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  • Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
    South Carolina
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  • The states that left the country formed their own government. What was it called?
    The Confederate States of the America, or just The Confederacy
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  • Who was elected President of the Confederacy?
    Jefferson Davis
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