The Election of 1860 Northern Democrats Candidate Stephen

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The Election of 1860 Northern Democrats: **Candidate: Stephen Douglas **Support: Popular Sovereignty Southern Democrats:

The Election of 1860 Northern Democrats: **Candidate: Stephen Douglas **Support: Popular Sovereignty Southern Democrats: **Candidate: John C Breckenridge **Support: Uphold Slavery Constitutional Union Party: **Candidate: John Bell **Support: no position on slavery Republican Party: **Candidate: Abraham Lincoln **Support: slavery left undisturbed where it existed, but not allowed in territories

The Election of 1860 South is not happy when Lincoln wins: -they do not

The Election of 1860 South is not happy when Lincoln wins: -they do not trust him -threaten to secede (withdraw) from the Union Congress attempted to reach a compromise (again) between North and South: John Crittenden: -Congressman from Kentucky -proposed that slavery remain untouched below the 36° 30’ (Missouri Compromise line) in all existing and new territories

The Election of 1860 The idea is rejected by Lincoln and the Republicans: -they

The Election of 1860 The idea is rejected by Lincoln and the Republicans: -they had just won the election based on the promise that slavery would not be allowed in new territories

Secession and the Confederacy Secession: -pulling out of the Union -South Carolina was first….

Secession and the Confederacy Secession: -pulling out of the Union -South Carolina was first…. December 20, 1860 **this happened shortly after Lincoln was elected, but before he even officially took office February 1861: -Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia all seceded from the Union -Justified secession by claiming the State’s Rights Clause of the Constitution said they could leave the Union

Secession and the Confederacy The Confederacy: -South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and

Secession and the Confederacy The Confederacy: -South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia all seceded from the Union -Elected Jefferson Davis as President Reasons: -National Government violated their rights by not enforcing Fugitive Slave Act -Southerners were denied equal rights in new territories

Fort Sumter Battle of Fort Sumter: -1 st official battle of the Civil War

Fort Sumter Battle of Fort Sumter: -1 st official battle of the Civil War -Fort In Charleston, SC -Confederacy demanded the immediate surrender of the fort to their government -Lincoln chose not to surrender the fort, but did send supplies (NO WEAPONS) -Jefferson Davis ordered his troops to attack the Fort After the Confederacy took the fort: -Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and Arkansas all seceded and joined the Confederacy

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