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- The Border States also _____________________________________________which would have made it easy to move supplies.
- Many had read __________ _________ _____________and wanted to see an end to slavery.
- Confederate ____________________________, such as its most effective ship, the Alabama, proved effective against Union shipping.
- Lincoln, though with his problems, had the benefit of ____________ ___ ______________ ______________ and grew patient and relaxed as the war dragged on.
- The ________ was the South's greatest weakness
- ELECTION OF 1860; A NATION COMING APART:If the Democratic Party had been able to nominate one candidate, would the Democrats have won the presidential election of 1860? Why or why not?
- ELECTION OF 1860; A NATION COMING APART:John Bell: ___________________________________ (Political Party)--View on Slavery: _______________________ the issue of slavery--Campaigned on preserving the ______________________
- ELECTION OF 1860; A NATION COMING APART:In this climate of distrust, Americans prepared for another presidential election. The South openly said that if a _____________ won they would secede. As a result, ___________ ___________ (US) and __________ ____________(Confed.) inaugurations were near the same time.
- THE PRE-CIVIL WAR:Who lead the soldiers that captured John Brown at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
- ELECTION OF 1860; A NATION COMING APART:John Breckinridge: ________________ (Political Party)--Vice-President under James _______________________--Represented the ______________________ (Section of the Nation)--View on Slavery:
- ELECTION OF 1860; A NATION COMING APART:What was the name of the union formed by the Southern sates? Who was elected President?
- ELECTION OF 1860; A NATION COMING APART:Who won the election of 1860 (2nd lowest popular votes of all time behind JQA)?
- THE PRE-CIVIL WAR:The Republican party was formed in the mid 1850s and vowed to fight the spread of ___________.
- ELECTION OF 1860; A NATION COMING APART:Abraham Lincoln: ______________________________ (Political Party)--Represented the ______________________________ (Section of the Nation)--View on Slavery:
- THE PRE-CIVIL WAR:Who became president after Zachary Taylor suddenly died in office?
- THE PRE-CIVIL WAR:What was this case called; The Supreme Court ruled in the 7-2 decision that slaves did not have the rights of citizens and Congress had no right to ban Slavery in any federal territory.
- THE PRE-CIVIL WAR: Who was the president from PA before Lincoln who was still in office while Southern states succeeded and formed the Confederate States of America?
- POLITICAL DIVISIONS:Who emerges as a leader of the Republican Party during the 1858 Illinois Senate Race? Who were the two candidates?
- THE PRE-CIVIL WAR:Abraham Lincoln stepped back into politics by running against ________________ in 1858 for the US Senate.
- JOHN BROWN'S RAID ON HARPER'S FERRY VA:In October 1859 (1 year before South secedes), John Brown and _____ men in a army captured the arsenal. As they started to move toward the _________ they were attacked and _________ to a ___________.