SECESSION
What does it mean when a state secedes from a country?
To leave or withdraw from the country.
What was the name given to the violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas during the 1850s?
Bleeding Kansas.
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln.
What was the main type of economy in the South before the Civil War?
An agricultural or plantation-based economy.
Which movie was the first to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?
Shrek
What was the first state to secede from the United States after Abraham Lincoln was elected?
South Carolina.
What major 1854 law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether slavery would be allowed?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to in the 1860 election?
Republican Party.
What major crop was especially important to the Southern economy?
Cotton.
What is the only sport that has been played on the moon?
Golf
What event in December 1860 led South Carolina to secede?
Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
What idea allowed the people of Kansas to vote on whether to allow slavery?
Popular ...
Popular sovereignty.
What was the Republican Party's position on slavery in the territories during the 1860 election?
It opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories.
What was the main difference between the economies of the North and South?
The North had a more industrial and manufacturing-based economy, while the South relied more heavily on agriculture and plantation farming.
What fruit has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
What was the name of the new nation created by the seceded Southern states?
The Confederate States of America.
Why did people from both the North and South move to Kansas during this period?
They wanted to influence whether Kansas would become a free or slave state.
Why did some Southern states begin discussing secession immediately after Lincoln's victory?
They believed Lincoln's election threatened slavery and Southern political interests.
Why was enslaved labor important to the Southern plantation economy?
Enslaved people were forced to provide labor for plantations, producing crops such as cotton without being paid.
What is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight?
Bat
How did the secession of Southern states turn the disagreement over slavery and states' rights into a national crisis?
Secession created two competing governments and threatened the survival of the United States.
How did Bleeding Kansas help increase tensions that eventually contributed to the Civil War?
It showed that the issue of slavery in new territories could lead to violence, political division, and the breakdown of compromise between North and South.
What were the names of two candidates from this election?
Abraham Lincoln — Republican Party
Stephen Douglas — Northern Democratic Party
John C. Breckinridge — Southern Democratic Party
John Bell — Constitutional Union Party
What were two "Cash Crops" being produced in the South?
tobacco, rice, cotton
What college did Mrs. Dolack go to?
Dolack