14.4 Checkpoint

Who was the person who was elected President in 1860, which led the South to secede?

Abraham Lincoln

List the four presidential candidates in 1860.

Abraham Lincoln - Republican Stephen Douglas - Northern Democrats John Bell - Constitutional Union John Breckinridge - Southern Democrats

The states that had seceded set up a new nation called the __________________________.

Confederate States of America

Name the event that marked the beginning of the American Civil War.

Fort Sumter

The Confederate attack on ______________________ was the first battle of the Civil War.

Fort Sumter

The South chose _________________________ as president of its new nation.

Jefferson Davis

How did Lincoln win the presidential election without receiving a majority of the popular vote?

Lincoln won the election because he received the majority of the electoral votes.

Southern leaders met to form a new nation in _____________________________.

Montgomery, Alabama

Why did the Southern and Northern Democrats choose separate candidates?

Neither Party could trust a candidate from another region with their different beliefs.

The first state to secede from the Union was ______________.

South Carolina

Why were southerners opposed to the election of Abraham Lincoln?

Southerners were opposed to the election of Abraham Lincoln because they believed he was an abolitionist and thought that he would not support any of their beliefs, mostly slavery. They also thought that they had no longer had a say in the national government.

Who were the candidates from each Democratic party?

The Southern Democrats chose John Breckinridge and the Northern Democrats chose Stephen Douglas as their presidential candidate

a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country

civil war

President Lincoln tried to make peace by promising not to interfere with ________________________.

slavery

What was the war that began after the Confederacy's attack on Fort Sumter?

the American Civil War

Which party split along regional lines?

the Democratic party

What does the 'Confederate States of America' mean?

the United States of America