John Brown
Election of 1860
Post-election
Ft. Sumter
Misc
100
Was John Brown a northerner or southerner?
What is northerner
100
Who was running for the REpublican Party?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Why did southerners think they no longer had a voice in government?
Because Lincoln didn't receive any votes from the south
100
What does "secede" mean?
to leave, break away
100
What happened to John Brown?
He was executed
200
What is an abolitionist?
What is someone who tries to get rid of slavery/is against slavery?
200
What did the Constitutional Union Party want?
They wanted to keep the union together but also continue slavery
200
Who was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
200
What state was Ft. Sumter in?
South Carolina
200
What is a civil war?
When people from the same country fight each other
300
What year did John Brown's Raid take placE?
What is 1859?
300
Name the other three candidates?
Stephen Douglas (n. democrat) John Bell (C. Union), Breckinridge (s. democrat)
300
What new "country" did the southern states create?
The Confederate States of America
300
Why did the Confederates take the fort?
Because it was now within their own, new borders
300
What does "secede" mean?
To leave, break away
400
Where was his raid?
What is Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
400
What political party split and why?
Democrats - because they didnt agree with the issues involving slavery
400
What was the south most concerned about when the left the Union?
expansion of slavery
400
What did the troops at Ft. Sumter need?
food, supplies
500
Why did he choose to have his raid there?
He wanted to seize weapons at the arsenal in Harpers Ferry Virginia?
500
Who won the election?
Abraham Lincoln
500
How did Lincoln respond to the troops' needs? What was the result?
He sent supplies down, and the confederates thought this was an act of aggression, they fired on the fort and started the Civil War
500
Will you ace this quiz?
YES
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