| A | B |
| Most thought he was sure to get the Republican nomination in 1860 | William Seward |
| Union commander who surrendered Fort Sumter | Major Robert Anderson |
| First major battle of the war | Bull Run |
| First state to secede from the Union | South Carolina |
| He proposed a compromise in 1861 that he hoped would help to avoid civil war | John Crittenden |
| When he was nominated by the Democratic Party in 1860 the Southern states walked out of the convention | Stephen Douglas |
| The Civil War began when the South fired upon this | Fort Sumter |
| The states that had slavery but stayed in the Union | Border States |
| Famous speech by Lincoln that did much to help him become President | Cooper Union |
| The President of the Confederacy | Jefferson Davis |
| Alexander Stephens speech that said slavery was the cause of secession | Cornerstone Speech |
| He ordered martial law in Missouri and seizure of property, including slaves | Gen. John Fremont |
| These were offered to men to get them to enlist in the army | Bounties |
| Gen. Winfield Scott's plan to win the war | Anaconda Plan |
| Why seven states seceded in 1860 to 1861 | Lincoln's election |
| Nominated by the Southern Democrats in 1860 | John Breckinridge |
| Constitutional Union candidate in 1860 | John Bell |
| Commonly eaten by Civil War soldiers | hardtack |
| Term of office for the Confederate President | six years |
| Where the Republican Party held its nominating convention in 1860 | Chicago |
| State that seceded from Virginia when Virginia voted to secede | West Virginia |
| His ideas influenced strategy by many Civil War generals | Antoine Jomini |