Election of 1860 and Civil War

What year was the Election that made Abraham Lincoln president

• 2020

• 1960

• 1860

• 1865

Define Secession

• Asking to do what you want.

• being successful

• the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.

Why did the South not like Abraham Lincoln?

• Because he was goofy

• The South saw Lincoln as a threat to slavery and life as they knew it.

• Because he was only on the penny

What is popular sovereignty?

• When everyone likes soverns

• When the people who live in a territory decide whether it will become a slave state (a state that has not abolished slavery) or a free state, after voting.

  
  

• When states vote and decide what they want to do with things in public

Which of the following were Lincoln's views on slavery?

• • Abraham Lincoln thought that the US should not allow the expansion of slavery in the Western Territories.

• He wanted slaves for himself

• • Did not want to restrict slavery in states where it already exists. 

  Meaning, states that held slaves can keep them.

• He wanted to send all slaves back to Africa and their respective countries.

• Only a section of the country voted for the president and they won.

• Fair voting

• Fake News

• Sectional Election

Lincoln's power

• • included such authority as appointing Supreme Court Justices.

• lasted for 5 years

• was absolute

Why was it key for Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina to secede?

• Because they sucked

• it left Washington D.C. surrounded and vulnerable.

• Because they had no choice

What year did the Civil War begin?

• 1860

• 1999

• 1861

• 2024

What was a key reason for the states to secede?

• sales tax

• in order to protect their state’s rights to slavery

• Recycling costs