Civil War Begins

John Brown's raid on Harders Ferry in 1859 had worried people in the South. They thought abolitionists wanted to start a ___

When part of a country leavs or breaks off from the rest it is called ___

"Although Lincoln did not argue for ___, he wanted to keep slavery from spreading into the territories...Lincoln believed that slavery would end on its own if it were not allowed to spread across the country.

• abolitionist

• businessman

• congressman

• slavery

Southern states did not put Lincoln's name on the ballot for president during the 1860 presidential election.

• True

• False

Since Lincoln was elected president, southerners thought the federal government had become too powerful. Therefore, states started to secede. What was the first start to secede from the country?

• Georgie

• Texas

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

The states that seceded would have more power than the central government. These states called themselves ___

What is considered the start of the Civil War?

A war between two groups or regions within a nation