The Union Dissolves Essential Questions: Do Now: Homework: How did the South react to the election of a Republican president? Do you think it is ever appropriate for a government to declare martial law? Do Now: Presidential Election pg. 217 Homework: Test Tomorrow on Unit 3 Study Guide Online
Schism in Democrat Party Northern Democrats Support Stephen Douglas (IL) Southern Democrats Support John C Breckinridge (KY) Wanted to protect slavery, believed states could secede
Constitutional Unionists and Republicans Support John Bell (TN) Mostly Know-Nothings and Whigs Wanted to avoid secession Republicans Support Abraham Lincoln (IL) Opposed spread of slavery
Abraham Lincoln Symbolized America Family lived on frontier in poverty Grew up in log cabin Achieved success through hard work Became successful attorney Was not radical on slavery issue
Lincoln Breckinridge Bell Douglas Lincoln Elected Election happened on sectional lines No national political parties Lincoln wins with no support from South South Carolina secedes when Lincoln wins 180 72 39 12 Lincoln Breckinridge Bell Douglas
Southern States join South Carolina South Carolina Dec 20 1860 Florida Jan 10 1861 Mississippi Jan 9 1861 Alabama Jan 11 1861 Louisiana Jan 26 1861 Texas Feb 1 1861 Georgia Jan 19 1861
President Jefferson Davis, CSA Confederate States of America (CSA) were created Jefferson Davis selected President Montgomery Alabama was the Capital CSA believed states voluntarily joined union so could secede Union believed people made union, not States, so secession is illegal
Crittenden Compromise Last ditch attempt to avoid civil war with constitutional amendments Reinstate Missouri Compromise line Forbid federal government interference with slavery Lincoln and Republicans reject any plan to allow extension of slavery John Crittenden (KY)
Fort Sumter Confederates confiscated all federal property in south Fort Sumter, SC needed supplies Lincoln decided to resupply the Fort South Carolina attacked the Fort to take by force Beginning of the Civil War