History 136 Chapter 11 (T/F)

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During his senatorial run against Douglas, Lincoln stated his belief in racial equality.

False

Every state had legal slavery seceded.

False

James Bunchanan's great experience in public service helped him become one of the most successful presidents.

False

Stephen Douglas was one of the most extreme pro-slavery and states' rights advocates in the Democratic party.

False

That states of the Deep South did not secede from the Union until Lincoln took office.

False

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the confederacy and the four border states that never seceded.

False

The Republican platform in 2860 promised to end slavery in the southern states.

False

The proposed Lecompton Constitution would make Kansas a free state.

False

The Battle of Anietam marked the bloodiest single day of the Civil war.

True

Through his execution, John Brown became a martyr for the anti-slavery cause.

True

In 1857, the majority of the population in Kansas was anti-slavery.

True

In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln pledged that he would not interfere with slavery where it already existed.

True

Lincoln stressed repeatedly that the "paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union."

True

Southerners were particularly afraid that newly elected president Lincoln would prevent the expansion of the cotton economy.

True


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