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Abraham Lincoln
Slave Rebellions
Secession
Border States
Union and Confederacy
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What Month and Year was Abraham Lincoln elected POTUS for his first term?

November 1860

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_______________ led a slave rebellion in 1831. He was a slave that believed that he was a prophet and that God had told him to kill his owners and free the slaves of Virginia.

Nat Turner

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The southern states began to secede in 1860 when __________ was elected POTUS

Abe Lincoln

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What are border states

Slave states that stayed loyal to the Union

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Which is North and which is South

North = Union

South = Confederacy

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What political party was President Lincoln a member of?

Republican

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John Brown was a white abolitionist that led a slave rebellion in _____________ _______________ Virginia in 1859.  He and his followers were captured and executed for treason

Harpers Ferry

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secede means to 

withdraw from the nation or state

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Name the 5 border States

Missouri

Kentucky

Maryland

Delaware

West Virginia

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Who was the President of the 

Union 

Confederacy

Union = Abraham Lincoln

Confederacy = Jefferson Davis


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Abe Lincoln hated slavery, but wasn't an Abolitionist. His official stand on slavery was known as "________________"

Free Soiler

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After Nat Turner's slave rebellion, citizens of the southern states.  Choose all that are correct

a. became more fearful of their slaves

b. passed stricter slave codes to restrict slaves freedom

c. banned slavery in the south

A and B

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Which southern state was the first to secede from the United States?

South Carolina

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Washington DC is in which "Border State"

Maryland (Maryland/Virginia)

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The Union Capital was _______________

The Confederate Capital was ________

Union = Washington DC

Confederacy = Richmond Virginia

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Why did most southerners vote against Lincoln for President?

They believed he would free the slaves / take away their property and their way of life

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What was John Brown's plan?

Take over the arsenal in Harpers Ferry

Arm the Slaves

Rally the armed slaves to free slaves throughout Virginia

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In one slave state the citizens were so divided on the issue of whether or not to remain in the Union and so the state divided into two different states.  They were ____________ and ___________

Virginia and West Virginia

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Which border state was west of the Mississippi River

Missouri

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Name 2 advantages of the Confederacy during the Civil War

Fighting for freedom / independence

Knew the land

Best leaders / generals

Defensive war

Fighting to protect their homes / way of life

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Who was Lincoln's VPOTUS  that finished his 2nd term for him after he was shot?

Andrew Johnson

500

If John Brown's slave rebellion in Harpers Ferry failed to free any slaves, why did the rebellion gain so much attention and lead to the secession of the southern States?

Many northerners viewed Brown as a hero and a martyr.

BUT

Southerners saw him as a traitor that tried to kill American citizens and steal their "property"

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Southerners in the 1800's and even today, would say that they weren't seceding because of slavery but the issue was 

States Rights

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Why did Lincoln wait so long after the beginning of the Civil War to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and free the slaves?

If Lincoln freed the slaves and any of the border states seceded, the Union would likely lose the Civil War

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Name 2 advantages the Union had during the Civil War

Strong industrial economy allowed them to make new weapons and supplies

Existing capital, form of government, system

Vast majority of the people lived in the North

Majority of railroad/transportation systems in the Union