1. Chapter 14 The Nation Divided 1846-1861 Section 4: The Coming of War
LEQ:
How does expansion contribute to the Civil War?
How do growing social divisions contribute to the Civil War?
How do states’ rights and slavery contribute to the Civil War?

2. What you will do Describe the results of the election of 1860.
Explain why southern states seceded from the Union.
Summarize the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War.

3. What you will Know
Civil War Confederate States of America Fort Sumter John Bell John Breckinridge

4. Background Knowledge Last section you learned:
John Brown’s raid steadily increased tensions between the North and South over slavery
Dred Scott decision
This section you will learn:
How Abraham Lincoln’s election as President created a crisis that shattered the nation and led to war

5. Brainstorm
Each group will Brainstorm for 2 minutes What do you know about the Civil War?

6. Graffiti Wall

8. The Nation Divides Election of 1860 Presidential Candidates
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Popular in the North
Illinois
Northern Democratic Party
Stephen Douglas

9. The Nation Divides Vice President John Breckinridge Tennessee
Southern Democratic Party
Vice President John Breckinridge
Kentucky
Constitutional Union Party
John Bell
Tennessee

10. The Nation Divides The candidates platform Abraham Lincoln
Tariffs
Homesteads
Criticism of slavery
Stephen Douglas
Protect the union
Popular Sovereignty

11. The Nation Divides V.P. John Breckenridge John Bell
The right of Secession
States’ rights
John Bell
Protect slavery
Keep the Union together

12. The Nation Divides Election of 1860 outcome
Lincoln won every free state
40% of the popular vote
180 Electoral votes
Breckinridge won all slave states except four
18% popular vote
72 Electoral votes
Bell won Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia
Douglas won Missouri

13. Electoral Votes Reading Answer questions Handout Independently/pairs
HRT groups

15. Checks on Learning
Who was the Republican Party’s candidate for the election of 1860?
Which Southern Democrat had the second most electoral votes in the election of 1860?
Give two examples of Stephen Douglas’s platform.
Which presidential candidate won all free states?
Which presidential candidate won the majority of slave states?
Who won the election of 1860?

16. The Nation Divides Southern States Secede Issue:
Southern states no longer had a voice after Lincoln’s election
President Lincoln and Congress were against their interests
Slavery
South Carolina Secedes
December 20, 1860
1st state to secede from the Union

17. The Nation Divides The Confederate States of America- 1861
Six more states secede after South Carolina
February of 1861
Leaders of the 7 seceding states met in Montgomery, Alabama to form a new nation
Confederate States of America
President Jefferson Davis

19. The Civil War Begins March 4, 1861
President Lincoln took the oath of office
In his inaugural address he assured the seceded states that he meant them no harm
“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery where it exits.”
But warned them about continuing on the course they has chosen…

20. The Civil War Begins
Lincoln’s assurance of friendship was rejected

21. Checks on Learning
Which southern state was the first to secede from the union?
List two issues or reasons southern states seceded from the union.
The leaders of the 7 seceding states met in Alabama to form a new nation. What was the name of this new nation?

22. The Civil War Begins Lincoln’s most urgent problem…
Attack on Fort Sumter
April 12, 1861
Located on an island in the harbor of Charleston, SC
Cause:
The Union Fort was in Confederate territory
The fort’s commander refused to surrender
Effect:
The fort surrendered
Start of the Civil War

24. Attack on Fort Sumter Read page 502 Answer:
What was the cause of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter? What were the effects?
Read: “Confederate Troops Fire on the Fort”. Write a brief summary.

25. The Civil War Begins Lincoln’s decision Remedy Outcome
He did not want to give up the fort
Why?
He feared that sending troops might cause other states to secede
Remedy
Send food not troops
Outcome
Confederate troops opened fired on the fort for…
34 hours
U.S. troops surrender

26. The Civil War Begins Why War Came… Lincoln’s election
Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
Start of the Civil War

27. Checks on Learning
What was Lincoln’s most urgent problem in April of 1861?
List two causes and two effects of Lincoln’s most urgent problem.
What was Lincoln’s decision concerning the fort?
What was the outcome of the attack on the fort?

28. Summary
What did you learn? Explain using complete sentences.

29. Timeline