| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Who formed the Republican Party? | a group of free-soilers, northern democrats, and antislavery Whigs |
| What was the Republican Party's main goal? | to keep slavery out of the western territories |
| Who did the Repiblicans select to run for President? | John C. Fremont |
| What was Lincoln's childhood and education like? | He only had 1 year of education but taught himself to read, and studied law, and served 8 years in the state legislature and one term in Congress? |
| Did Lincoln support the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | he hated it |
| How did Buchanan win the election> | He had support of a large majority of southerners and many northerners |
| How did Lincoln and Douglass feel about slavery? | Loncoln thought it was wrong and opposed it, Douglass didn't really care |
| Who won the spot for Senate in 1858? (Lincoln or Douglas) | Douglass, but Lincoln won in a way too because now all of america knew him |
| What did John Brown do? | He lead a revolt against slaveholders. |
| What was the North's response to John Brown's doings? | They LOVED him because he gave up his life for his beleifs and conducted himself with dignity |
| What was the South's response to John Brown's doings? | they were really angry! they thought that the north's happy response meant that the north wanted to get rid of slavery and the south! |
| What three groups did the democrats turn in to? | Northern Democrats, Southern Democrats, and moderates |
| Who was the election of 1860? | Lincoln |
| Did the southerners have a big or small impact on the election of 1860? | smallll |
| What does unamendable mean? | one that could not be changed |
| Who did the Northern Democrats chose? | Stephen Douglass |
| Who did the Southern Democrats chose? | John Breckinridge |
| Who did the Contittional Union party chose? | Jon Bell |
| Who introduced a bill to extend the Missouri Comromise line to the Pacific? | John Crittenden |
| Did Crittinden's bill receive a lot of support? | No |
| What was the first state to secede? | South Carolina |
| What was the name of the new nation formed by the 7 states that seceded? | the Confederate States of America |
| Who was the first President of the Confederacy? | Jefferson |
| What was the Battle at Fort Sumter? | It was what wold start the civil war |
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