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Chapter 10, Lesson 3

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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.
  • Who did Abraham Lincoln lose to in his bid for U.S. senate?
    Stephen Douglas
  • Who led the raid on a government arsenal in Harpers Ferry?
    John Brown
  • Who was the Republican nominee in the Election of 1860?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • This vocabulary word means "to leave."
    secede
  • The states that left the country formed their own government. What was it called?
    The Confederate States of the America, or just The Confederacy
  • What famous general switched sides when his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union?
    Robert E. Lee
  • After Fort Sumter, this state split into two. What was the new state called?
    Virginia/West Virginia
  • Was John Brown's Raid a success or a failure?
    failure
  • How was John Brown punished?
    He was hanged.
  • The border states were like the South because they _________ ___________, but were like the North because they didn't _________.
    permitted slavery/secede
  • How many nominees ran for President in the Election of 1860?
    3
  • This vocabulary word means "large mounted guns."
    artillery
  • What is a civil war?
    a war between people in the same country
  • Many Southerners thought that John Brown's Raid was a sign that the North was trying to _____ ___________.
    end slavery
  • 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.
  • What were the states that were in between the free states and slave states called?
    border states
  • Who was elected President of the Confederacy?
    Jefferson Davis
  • Who won the Election of 1860, becoming our 16th President of the United States?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • This is where confederate troops attacked, and the Civil War began.
    Fort Sumter, South Carolina
  • What new political party did Abraham Lincoln join?
    the Republican Party
  • What did Southerners threaten to do if Abe Lincoln won the Election of 1860?
    leave the Union
  • Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
    South Carolina
  • Who had more troops when the Civil War began?
    The North had almost twice as many soldiers as the South.
  • At this point, what is Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
    to save the United States (keep it together as one country)
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