L 1.4.2 Test (CST): Social Studies Skills and Big Ideas Question 3 of 11
Which timeline correctly organizes the events from the passage?
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United
States in 1860, many Southern states decided to secede
from the country. To secede means "to formally leave or
withdraw from a political union."
The Southern states fought in the American Civil War to
stay separate from the United States. In the end, the
Southern states lost the war and rejoined the United
States.