1. The South Breaks Away
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2. Election of 1860 Republican: Abe Lincoln
Democrat: North and south split
North: Stephen Douglas (Ill.)
South: John Breckenridge (Kent.)
Whig: John Bell (Tennessee moderate)
Lincoln Wins!
Name not even on the ballot in 10 southern states.

5. Broken Union South unhappy and knew they lost their voice Secession:
Withdrawal from an organization
South Carolina the first (Dec. 20, 1860)
7 more by February
Met in Montgomery, Alabama
Called the new nation “Confederate States of America”
Jefferson Davis named President (Mississippi)

7. Jefferson Davis

8. War Comes South seized forts
Lincoln had to decide to fight or allow the south to break away
Opening shots
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Union refused to give it up
Confederates opened fired
Union ran out of ammo, forced to give it up
Began the horrible 4 year war