Notes Quiz 10.1

What percentage of the popular vote did Lincoln win in the election?

• 51%

• 39%

• 25%

• 80%

What action did South Carolina take immediately after the election of 1860?

• It called for a national convention

• It seceded from the Union

• It declared war on the Union

• It formed an alliance with other southern states

What was the name given to the group of seceding states?

• Confederate States of America

• Secessionist States of America

• Southern States of America

• Independent States of America

Who was elected President of the Confederacy?

• Robert E. Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Stonewall Jackson

• Alexander Stephens

Which document states that "government rests upon the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government whenever it becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established"?

• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Magna Carta

What was the name of the federal fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina?

• Fort Sumter
• Fort McHenry
• Fort Knox
• Fort Ticonderoga

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter, and the ______ began.

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• World War I

• War of 1812

His request led four more Southern states, including Virginia, to join the ______.

• Confederacy

• Union

• British Empire

• League of Nations

When the war began, the ______ enjoyed several advantages over the ______.

• North; South

• South; North

• East; West

• Allies; Axis

The North had more ______ and grew more food.

• factories

• battleships

• cotton plantations

• gold mines