Lincoln
True or False: Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1960?
False; he was elected in 1860.
Explain what abolitionists cared about.
Abolitionists cared about ending slavery and helping those enslaved escape from it.
Name the month that South Carolina seceded from the Union.
What is December?
Name the three places that we colored on the map that represented the United States during The Civil War.
What is the North, South, and Border States?
Name the speech Lincoln gave after becoming President.
What is the Inaugural Address?
Explain how Lincoln tried to reassure Americans with his speech after becoming president.
Lincoln would not free anyone as long as the state returned to the Union.
True or False: Abolitionists wanted to see slavery expand into Canada.
False. They wanted it to end.
Name the color that we used to color the South or Confederacy during the Civil War.
What is red?
How did the North differ from the South and Border States?
Slavery was illegal in the North.
Explain why Lincoln choose to use the word apprehension as the first word in his speech.
He wanted to calm people down, especially in the South, because they were very worried after he was elected.
Lincoln believed that if he was remembered in history, it would be for the Emancipation Proclamation.
What was the name of a system that abolitionists used to actively help enslaved people gain their freedom?
What is the Underground Railroad?
Why did states join the Confederacy?
States joined the Confederacy to protect slavery and states' rights.
How did the South differ from the North and Border States?
Slavery was protected there and they left the country.
What was Lincoln promising in his first speech?
Lincoln promised to leave everything the way it was as long as Americans rejoined the Union.
Name Lincoln's number one goal after he became president.
What is save the Union?
How did John Brown show that he was a true abolitionist?
He violently attacked the armory, an insurrection that was put down by Robert E. Lee. He was considered a martyr by some for giving his life for the cause.
How did the Confederacy try to persuade Native Americans to join their cause?
The offered representation in their governing body, an offer never extended by the United States.
How did the Border States differ from the North and South?
Slavery was protected there and they did not leave the country.
Who was Lincoln's primary audience for his first speech? Who was he directing his first speech toward?
We can understand that Lincoln's first speech was directed at the South and possibly the Border States.
How did Lincoln try to achieve his goal?
If those that left the country returned, he promised to respect property rights for those that were unsure about continuing to be American.
How was Denmark Vesey's plans for abolition stopped in a different way in comparison to others?
He was betrayed by those who were planning along side him.
When the Confederacy lost the war, what did Lincoln do?
Lincoln took a boat to Richmond and sat in the chair in the office of the Confederate president.
How did Emancipation Proclamation impact slavery on the map?
Once the rule went into effect, it freed those enslaved in places where the state was still fighting our country. If the place was peaceful or under military control, then it did not free anyone.
Was Lincoln's goal for his first speech reached?
Since states continued to leave the Union and the Confederacy grew, his goal wasn't achieved in that moment.