Chapter 15 Lesson 4 Quiz
Confederate States of America
Formed their own constitution that gave citizens the right to own slaves.
What was the plan that John J. Crittenden proposed to preserve the Union?
He wanted to amend the constitution to allow the south to keep their slaves.
What was the result of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
Some of John Brown's men were killed. Some southern men lost their lives. John Brown and his men were captured and put to death. Southerners felt they needed to get out of the union
How did southern states respond to the election of 1860, and why?
The southern state left the union. They believed their economy and way of life were at stake and slavery was threatened.
John Brown
led the raid on Harper's Ferry
Constitutional Union Party
new political party that formed in the 1850s that recognized the Constitution as the law of the land
South Carolina
the first state to secede from the Union
Jefferson Davis
the seceded states chose this Mississippi man as the president of the Confederacy
How were Lincoln's views similar to and different from John Brown's?
Lincoln and Brown felt slavery was wrong. They disagreed, because Brown thought violence was ok.
Why did the South feel it was losing power after the election of 1860 ?
Lincoln won the election without carrying a single Southern state.
