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Chapter 16
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A Nation Divides
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Setting the Scene
The Republican Party’s national convention was held in Chicago,
Illinois to decide who would get the nomination as the Republican
candidate for president in the 1860 election.
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A Nation Divides
Setting the Scene
Who would be the Republican candidate?
Abraham Lincoln
William Seward
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Setting the Scene
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The Election of 1860
Republicans
Northern Democrats
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Stephen Douglas
Illinois
Southern Democrats
John C. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Constitutional
Union Party
John Bell
Tennessee
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The Election of 1860
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The South Reacts
Secession
If Lincoln wins, it is our duty
to leave the Union.
Governor Francis Pickens
South Carolina
South Carolina threatens to secede.
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The South Reacts
Secession
To try to keep the Union together
Crittenden suggests:
• extend the Missouri Compromise
Line (36° 30’ N) to the Pacific Ocean
•pass an unamendable amendment
allowing slavery forever South of the
Missouri Compromise line.
Senator John Crittenden
Kentucky
Neither the North or the South
support the ideas.
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The South Reacts
Secession
December 20, 1860… South Carolina secedes!!!
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The South Reacts
Secession
By February of 1861 (still before Lincoln is even sworn in)
7 states have seceded and left the Union.
South Carolina
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
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The South Reacts
The Confederacy
The 7 states formed
The Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
President of the
Confederate States of
America
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The Civil War Begins
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Lincoln’s Inauguration
“In your hands, my dissatisified
fellow-countrymen, and not in
mine, is the momentous issue of
civil war….We are not enemies, but
friends. We must not be enemies.
Though passion may have strained,
it must not break our bonds of
affection.”
Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Speech
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The Civil War Begins
Lincoln’s Inauguration
The U.S. Capitol Building
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
Fort Sumpter in Charleston, South Carolina
which guards Charleston Harbor.
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
Chapter 16
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
Chapter 16
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
Chapter 16
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
Chapter 16
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
Chapter 16
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter
Chapter 16
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The Civil War Begins
Bombardment of Fort Sumpter