Pre-Civil War Chapter 15, Section 4 Secession and War
The Election of 1860 The candidates: John Breckenridge William Seward Abraham Lincoln John Bell Lincoln won 180 out of 303 electoral votes Was not on ballots in Southern states
The South Secedes December 20, 1860: South Carolina seceded February 1861: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia followed Formed Confederate States of America (CSA) Jefferson Davis: President State’s rights
Secession
Fort Sumter: The War begins Message to Lincoln Supplies Davis: attack on Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas join Confederacy
Terms to know Secession: withdrawal from the Union States’ rights: Southerners argued- justified their secession