Transcript Section 3 - History With Mr. Wallace

Chapter Introduction
Section 1: Slavery and Western
Expansion
Section 2: The Crisis Deepens
Section 3: The Union Dissolves
Visual Summary
Big Ideas
Struggles for Rights After Lincoln’s election to the
presidency, many Southerners placed state loyalty
above loyalty to the Union.
Content Vocabulary
• martial law
Academic Vocabulary
• commitment
• impose
People and Events to Identify
• John C. Breckinridge
• John Bell
• Fort Sumter
• Crittenden’s Compromise
• Confederacy
• Jefferson Davis
Have you ever felt so strongly about
an issue that you would be willing to
go to war to defend your ideals?
A. Yes
B. No
A. A
B. B
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The Election of 1860
The election of Abraham Lincoln led
the Southern states to secede from the
Union.
The Election of 1860 (cont.)
• In 1860 the debate over slavery in the
western territories finally tore the Democratic
Party apart.
• Some of the delegates chose Stephen A.
Douglas to run for president; the rest chose
John C. Breckinridge.
• A new party, the Constitutional Unionists,
chose John Bell as their candidate.
The Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 (cont.)
• The Republicans chose Abraham Lincoln,
who won the election.
• Shortly after Lincoln’s election, the South
Carolina state legislature called for a
convention.
• They unanimously voted for the Ordinance
of Secession.
The Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 (cont.)
• The states of the Lower South seceded one
after another, seizing all federal property in
their states.
• Only the island strongholds of Fort Sumter
and Fort Pickens, as well as a few other
islands off the coast of Florida, remained out
of Southern hands.
Steps to Civil War, 1846–1860
The Election of 1860 (cont.)
• Many members of Congress still wanted to
compromise to avoid civil war, but Lincoln
asked congressional Republicans to stand
firm, and Crittenden’s Compromise did not
pass.
• Virginia proposed a peace conference, but
none of the secessionist states attended.
The Election of 1860 (cont.)
• Instead, they met in Montgomery, Alabama
and declared themselves the Confederate
States of America.
• They elected Jefferson Davis as president
of the Confederacy.
Which issue in 1860 finally tore the
Democratic Party apart?
A. Slavery in the western territories
B. Secession
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B
D. John Brown’s raid
A. A
B. B
C. C
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C. Lincoln’s nomination by
the Republican Party