Platform – a political party’s statements or beliefs. Secede – to withdraw from the Union. Confederate States of America – created in February 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama from the states that seceded from the Union. (CSA) Jefferson Davis – President of the Confederate States of America (CSA) Crittenden Plan – planned amendments to the Constitution to protect slavery and appease the South.

Political Electoral College Southern votes can’t compete with North South sees Northern monopoly on presidency. State’s Rights (p. 328) John C. Calhoun saw that any state could protect its interests through nullification. Cotton Production $5,000,000 = 7% $15,000,000 = 21% $63,000, $191,000,000 = 57% of total exports. Nearly 4 million slaves Emancipation was a burden to be born by the South only! Economic & Social

Republican Platform: Slavery was to continue in states where it already existed. Limit the spread of slavery to the western territories. Election of 1860 Lincoln is NOT on many southern state ballots. Lincoln wins with 180 Electoral College votes

Southern Reaction Election of Lincoln is a crime against the South and slavery. Believe Republican agenda is to prohibit slavery throughout the U.S. Build up state militias in response to Brown’s raid December 20, 1860 – South Carolina secedes from the Union.

Declares that secession is unconstitutional. Warns the South that the Union will use the military to preserve the Union. Lincoln focuses on a small garrison in Charleston, SC as an example of Union resolve.

Following the video clip you will asked to: List the first 7 states that seceded from the Union and name the president chosen to lead the Confederate States of America. Explain the Northern Reaction to the secession of the Southern States.

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List the first 7 states that seceded from the Union and name the president chosen to lead the Confederate States of America. Explain the Northern Reaction to the secession of the Southern States.

Read the last two paragraphs on page 497.

Inaugurated on March 4, Encouraged Constitutional Amendments for slavery. Condemned the Southern right to secede. Vowed to protect Federal property. Promised to not attack the South first. “In your hands, not in mine, is the momentous occasion of civil war.”

After the video clip, use what you have seen and your books to answer the following: According to his first inaugural address, how was Abraham Lincoln planning to deal with the secession of the Southern states?

Read the 2 nd paragraph on page 510.

Fort Sumter “Hold, occupy and possess” all Federal property in Confederate territory. Resupply Fort Sumter with food and supplies. Lincoln’s Plan

Read the 1 st paragraph on page 511.

North Sumter commanded by Maj. Robert Anderson 68 soldiers Refuse to evacuate. Lincoln announces he is to run supplies to the fort. Determined to fly “Old Glory” over Sumter. U.S. flag over Sumter is offensive to SC and Confederacy. SC tries to negotiate with the Union to evacuate Sumter. Negotiations fail and P.G.T. Beauregard is ordered to open fire on Sumter. South

Jefferson Davis gave orders to bombard the fort into submission. At 4:30 a.m. Confederate guns open fire on Sumter After 36-hour cannonade, Major Anderson lowers the flag No casualties! Visible symbol that the war had begun

Hysterical wave of emotion sweeps across the U.S. Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers to defeat the “combinations too powerful to be suppressed” with peacetime government. Upper South (VA, NC, TN, AR) secedes.

After the video clip, you will be asked to write on the following: How was the attack on Fort Sumter important in bringing about the Civil War?

How was the attack on Fort Sumter important in bringing about the Civil War?

ResourcesNorthSouthEffect Population Railroad Factories Cotton Exports

ResourcesNorthSouthEffect Population 22 million5.5 million Railroad 22,000 miles9,000 miles Factories 85%15% Cotton 2%98% Exports 85%15%

1. The election of 1860 was significant because it showed that the South was losing its political power in the nation. 2. After the election of 1860, many southern states seceded from the Union to form the Constitutional States of America. 3. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. 4. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised to end slavery all over the South. 5. Fort Sumter, a federal outpost in Charleston, SC, was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.

1. Give 3 reasons why the southern states seceded from the Union. 2. Who was president of the Confederate States of America? 3. List 2 goals Lincoln outlined in his first inaugural address. 4. Explain the significance of the attack on Fort Sumter.