US HISTORY HELP:) Thank You?

1. The reason the Democratic Party finally split and nominated two candidates in the 1860 election was:

A. disagreement about slavery in the South.

B. disagreement over slavery in the western territories.

C. dislike of Abraham Lincoln.

D. opinion on secession from the Union.



2. How did Lincoln win the 1860 presidential election with only 39.8% of the vote?

A. Bell won enough votes to help Lincoln win some middle-states.

B. The Whigs all voted for Lincoln.

C. The Democratic Party split between two candidates in the North and South.

D. He agreed to allow slavery in the western territories to attract more votes.



3. What was the immediate effect of Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 election as president in 1860 on the country?

A. The country went into an economic recession.

B. Britain and France both declared war on the U.S..

C. Slavery was abolished throughout the country.

D. Seven southern states decided to secede from the Union.



4. What was the purpose of the southern states鈥?secession from the Union?

A. To protect states鈥?rights and southern society and culture

B. To send a message to Lincoln that he should resign

C. To continue the importation of slaves from foreign countries

D. To get slavery allowed in the western territories



5. Which of the following was an effect that the 1860 election had on the country?

A. it brought the country together over the issue of states rights

B. some states seceded and took control of all federal property within their state boundaries.

C. the northern states were able to compromise with the southern states about slavery

D. the southern states agreed to the ban on slavery in the western territories



6. Senator John Crittenden from Kentucky tried to avoid war and bring the South back into the Union by offering a compromise that included all of the following except:

A. guaranteeing the right to slavery where it already existed.

B. prohibiting slavery north of Missouri.

C. allowing slavery south of Missouri, even into the western territories.

D. making California a slave state.



7. What changes in the South followed the 1860 election?

A. Slavery was no longer allowed in the southern states.

B. The states that seceded declared themselves a new nation, the Confederate States of America.

C. Plantation owners banded together to increase trade with the North.

D. More industry and manufacturing plants were built.



8. After the Confederacy was formed in 1861, who was chosen as its president?

A. John Crittenden

B. Stephen Douglas

C. Jefferson Davis

D. Robert E. Lee



9. The first battle that started the Civil War was

A. started by the Confederacy when it attacked Kentucky.

B. started by the Union when it attacked Fort Sumter.

C. started by the Confederacy when it attacked Fort Sumter.

D. started by the Union when it attacked Virginia.



10. All of the following states seceded from the Union except:

A. Tennessee.

B. Virginia.

C. North Carolina.

D. Missouri.US HISTORY HELP:) Thank You?
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ok first off..some of us do look and study through our books very hard and it just doesnt sink in ok?..its not like everyone is a freakin brilliant historian and can remember ever everything thats happened in history..so y not be nice and help or just move on and ignore the question

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