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Question 5 • CCPS Georgia Studies 8 (45.00900) YL IC

What were the immediate causes of the Civil War? Check all that apply.Andrew Jackson was elected president. Abraham Lincoln was elected president.Several Southern states voted to secede.Worcester v. Georgia struck down Cherokee removal. The Confederacy seized Fort Sumter, forcing troops to surrender.

Answer
A
Andrew Jackson was elected president.
B
Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
C
Several Southern states voted to secede.
D
Worcester v. Georgia struck down Cherokee removal.
E
The Confederacy seized Fort Sumter, forcing troops to surrender.

Explanation

Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860 alarmed many Southern leaders, who feared his opposition to slavery’s expansion. Several Southern states then seceded and formed the Confederacy. In April 1861, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, and the Union troops there surrendered; this attack began the fighting of the Civil War. Andrew Jackson’s election and Worcester v. Georgia happened decades earlier and were not immediate causes.

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