Chapter 13: Storm Clouds Over the Nation

Lincoln ordered the resupplying of Fort Sumter.

• True

• False

Most Southerners owned slaves before the Civil War.

• True

• False

The South reasoned that because the states had voluntarily joined the Union, the states should be able to secede from the Union if they chose.

• True

• False

Most Northerners in the early 1800s were abolitionists who wanted equal rights for black Americans

• True

• False

For some slaves, the final destination of the Underground Railroad was Canada

• True

• False

The Confederacy chose extremist fire-eaters to lead its government

• True

• False

Some Southern states made it illegal to teach slaves how to read and write

• True

• False

Lincoln carried no Southern states in the 1860 election

• True

• False

Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 largely because the Democrats' vote was split between two candidates

• True

• False

Generally speaking, the leading politicians of the 1850s were more willing to compromise on the important issues of the day than were previous leaders

• True

• False