Transcript Chapter 12 Review

Chapter 11-Part 2
Review
Democratic
Nomination
Stephen
Douglas
The new political
party that arose to
oppose slavery
Republican party
Republican
Nomination
Abraham
Lincoln
Constitutional
Union
Nomination
John
Bell
Southern
Democratic
Nomination
John
Breckinridge
principles and
policies a
party
supports
Platform
Republican
Platform
Antislavery,
slavery illegal
in the new
territories
Constitutional
Union party
platform
Uphold the
Constitution
and preserve
the Union
Southern
Democratic
party
platform
Protection
and
expansion of
slavery
Democrats
Platform
Popular
Sovereignty
Reason why
a convention
met in
Baltimore
To make sure
Stephen Douglas
got the
Democratic
nomination
Why
Lincoln
was
selected
He had no
important
political
enemies
C.U.P
appealed to
these
voters
Border
States
The authority given to
someone to perform a
certain task or apply
certain policies.
mandate
Actions taken
by the
Republicans to
gain support
To gain Support for Republicans
• Passed Homestead Law
• Transcontinental Railroad
• Admission of Kansas as free
state
• Tariff to protect factory workers
and owners
Wins
Election of
1860
Abraham
Lincoln
How did the presidential
election of 1860 clearly
show that the country as
a whole rejected slavery?
Lincoln and Douglas,
both antislavery
candidates, received 69
percent of the total
popular vote
The group of
department heads
chosen by a president
to serve as advisers.
cabinet
Threaten to
secede if
Lincoln is
elected
Southern
States
Carried most
of the Southern
states in the
election
John Breckinridge
One who is not
an extremist is
called a -
moderate
What is meant by a
“federal system” of
government?
In the “federal
system” the national
and state governments
share powers
First state
to secede
South Carolina
Reasons why the
north and south
both wanted
Virginia
Virginia wanted by both North
and South
• Size
• Power
• Strength
• Influence
The attack that started
the Civil War was on -
Fort Sumter
What two events kept
Virginia from deciding its
own fate ?
Attack on Fort
Sumter
Lincoln’s request
for troops
Governor Letcher
believed this to be
a violation of
states rights
Lincoln’s
request for
troops
Surrendered to
southern troops
at Charleston,
SC
Fort Sumter
Selected to lead the
Virginia state militia
in the early days of
the conflict was -
Robert E.
Lee
On June 19, 1861, the
government of Virginia
was “restored” to the
Union by the action of -
the Second Wheeling
Convention
Where meetings
were held to
consider what
western Virginia
should do
Wheeling
Why the
Wheeling
convention
couldn’t just
create a new state
They needed
permission
from the old
state
If you do not vote on
an issue, you are said
to have -
abstained
Name of Virginia’s
new government, that
was created to support
the creation on a new
state
Restored
Government
of Virginia
Governor of
the Restored
Government of
Virginia
Francis
H.
Pierpont
Senators of the
Restored
Government of
Virginia
John Carlile
Waitman T. Willey
Three issues in
writing the
Constitution of
the new state
1. Name of the state
2. Boundaries
3. Question of
slavery
An addition to or
correction of a
document, bill, or law
Amendment
Amendment
that made
statehood bill
acceptable
Willey
Amendment
Major issue
of WV
statehood bill
Slavery
Locations of
Virginia’s
two
governments
Richmond
and
Wheeling
Lincoln’s
Dilemma
Whether or not
the statehood
bill was
constitutional
An official or
public
announcement
proclamation
Date WV
becomes a
state
June 20,
1863
West Virginia
became the (what number
state in the
Union?)
th
35
state
First
Governor
of WV
Arthur I.
Boreman
New home of
the Restored
Government of
Virginia
Alexandria ,
Va.
This Virginia
Government
supported the
C.S.A.
Richmond
This Virginia
Government
supported the
Union
Wheeling
Area included
in the new
state
All that west of
the Alleghenies
and counties with
the B&O Railroad
State’s
official
name
West
Virginia
Reason why
eastern
counties were
added
B&O
Railroad
Place that
housed the
temporary
capitol
Customs
House
Independence Hall
He tried to
ruin WV’s
statehood
John
Carlile
a political
party
established to
oppose slavery
Republican
Party
a political party
established to uphold
the Constitution and
preserve the federal
Union
Constitutional
Union party
government
formed from
the southern
seceded states
Confederate
States of
America
located in Charleston,
S.C. that was attacked
by southern forces;
marks the beginning
of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
a senator who
represented the restored
government of Virginia;
amended the statehood
bill to make it
acceptable to both
Houses of Congress.
Waitman
T. Willey
formed by the Second
Wheeling Convention
to create a body that
would support the
creation of a new
state.
Restored
Government
of Virginia
senator who
represented the
restored government
of Virginia; favored
reorganizing the state
of Virginia
John S. Carlile
an addition to or
correction of a
document, bill,
or law
amendment
first governor
of the state of
West Virginia
Arthur I.
Boreman
elected governor
of the Restored
government of
West Virginia
Francis H. Pierpont