Civil War Election Of 1860 Jeopardy Template

Split in the Democratic Party	Two Political Races	Confederate States of America	The Union's Response	Failure of Compromise
100 The Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln Who did the Republicans nominate for the presidential elections?	100 Abraham Lincoln and Stephan Douglass were supported in the North Who was supported in the North?	100 South Carolina was the first state to withdraw from the union. What state was the first state to withdraw from the union?	100 The South said that the North would force them to abolish slavery. What did the South state that the North would force them to do?	100 John Crittenden was from Kentucky Which state was John J. Crittenden from?
200 The Southerners left twice. How many times did the southerners left the conventions/ or meetings?	200 John Breckinridge and John Bell were supported in the south. Who was supported in the South?	200 Delegates from the states that had withdrawn met in Montgomery, Alabama. Where did the states that had withdrawn meet in 1861?	200 President James Buchanan Who believed that the constitution was made to prevent things like the nation getting weak?	200 The Crittenden compromise that because slavery is outlawed, slave owners should be paid. What is the Crittenden compromise?
300 The northerners wanted the party to support popular sovereignty, in deciding whether a state should be a slave state or a free one. What did the northerners want the party to support?	300 Lincoln and Breckinridge were considered to have the most extreme views on slavery. Lincoln opposed slavery expansion into the territories. Breckinridge insisted that the federal government had to protect slavery in any territory. Who were considered to have the most extreme views on slavery and why?	300 Southerners argued that since the states had voluntarily joined the union, they could voluntarily leave it. What was the southerner's argument about?	300 The south was not willing to live with the election results. What was the South not willing to live with?	300 It was presented to congress in early 1861. When was it presented to Congress?
400 The fourth party in the race, was the constitutional union party. What was the fourth party in the race?	400 They saw a threat to their way of life in the Republican's victory. What did the white southerners see in the Republican's victory?	400 The confederacy made plans to defend their separation from the union. What did the confederacy plan?	400 He believed that states did not have the right to withdraw from the union because the federal government was being sovereign. What did President James Buchanan believe?	400 He wrote that slavery should be protected south of the line established in the Missouri Compromise. What did John Crittenden write?
500 The southerners wanted the entire party to defend slavery in the party's statement of beliefs. What did the southerners want the party to believe?	500 Douglass and Bell were considered moderates because neither of them wanted any new laws passed on slavery. Who were considered moderates and why?	500 The Deep South were states with economies that depended on slaves and cotton production. What was the Deep South?	500 If withdrawal was allowed, the nation would become weak. What would happen if withdrawal was allowed?	500 It was defeated in the Senate. Where was the Crittenden Compromise defeated?

Civil War: Election of 1860

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