Why would Lincoln's election make SC want to secede?

SC believed Lincoln was an abolitionist

Which of the following is NOT true about the Emancipation Proclamation?

It immediately freed the slaves in the Confederacy

1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the territories popular sovereignty, which meant...

The people got to vote on the slavery question themselves

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US History: The Civil War

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Causes and important events from the Civil War

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1
Clara Barton became well known for:
Dressing as a man to serve in the army
Taking over the largest cotton plantation in the South
Advising Lincoln on war strategy
Serving as an army nurse
2
Why would Lincoln's election make SC want to secede?
Lincoln had supported John Brown's violence
Lincoln promised he would free all the slaves
SC believed Lincoln was an abolitionist
SC claimed Lincoln stole the election from Jefferson Davis
3
Who had the advantage: HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE
Confederacy
Union
4
Which of the following is NOT true about the Emancipation Proclamation?
It provided a new moral cause for the war for the Union
It immediately freed the slaves in the Confederacy
It kept out the Border States
It allowed blacks to join the Union army
5
The part of the Compromise of 1850 favored by Southerners was:
California became a free state
The Fugitive Slave Law
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Banning the slave trade in Washington DC
6
What was Ulysses S. Grant's strategy that helped lead the Union to victory?
Anaconda Plan
Wait for the South to attack North
March to Alabama
Total War against the South
7
The most common causes of death in the Civil War was:
The new minie ball
Bayonet stabbings
Direct wounds from gunfire
Infection and disease
8
Who had the advantage: RAILROADS
Confederacy
Union
9
1857: The Supreme Court stated slaves were property with no rights
Dred Scott Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Bleeding Kansas
10
The first shots fired in the Civil War occurred at:
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Antietam
Fort Sumter
11
1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the territories popular sovereignty, which meant...
Both territories would become free (no slavery)
Both territories would become slave territories
They could secede from the Union legally
The people got to vote on the slavery question themselves
12
Where was the official surrender by the Confederacy to end the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
Washington, DC
Richmond, Virginia
Ford's Theater
13
Who had the advantage: STABLE GOVERNMENT
Confederacy
Union
14
What led to South Carolina's secession?
Compromise of 1850
John Brown's Raid
Mexican-American War
Abraham Lincoln's Election
15
1860: This state became the first to secede from the Union
North Carolina
Texas
South Carolina
Mississippi
16
The battle that was the turning point of the war was at:
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Vicksburg
Antietam
17
Who had the advantage: POPULATION
Confederacy
Union

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