The Election of 1860 Secession Chapter 14 Part

The Election of 1860 & Secession Chapter 14 Part 4

The Election of 1860 • Southern extremists called _________ • Threatened _____ (leaving the USA) if Republicans won election • Democrats wanted to elect a ______ • Democrats chose ___________ • Southern democrats not happy; held their own convention to elect someone to protect _________ in all states • With democrats divided, ______ hope to win— also chose a moderate with hope of keeping the USA intact; chose __________ (who did not want to end _____; only wanted to contain it in the South). • Whigs chose their own candidate—John Bell—ran under the _______________.

The Secession of the Southern States • ______ won. • ________ held a vote; _______from the Union on December 20 th, 1860 • Soon, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas also seceded. • Delegates from each state met together; formed another country called the _________________ • Wrote their own constitution based on the U. S. Constitution; recognized state’s supreme right to govern themselves; promised no law against slavery could ____ be passed as a federal law

The Secession of the Southern States • Confederacy elected ______ to be their president and _______ to be vice-president. • Sent out representatives to other southern states who had not yet succeeded; ___________.