Transcript Southern Secession

Southern Secession
Aim: How did the split in the Democratic
Party in 1860 change the future of the
United States?
Do Now: Why are political parties
important?
Take out Lincoln-Douglas Debates answers
REVIEW SHEET DUE THURSDAY
CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR TEST FRIDAY!
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
• Abraham Lincoln (Rep.) vs. Stephen Douglas (Dem.)
• Running for U.S. Senate for Illinois
• Debate over expansion of slavery
Democratic Party Split
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Platform – statement of beliefs of a party
South – defend slavery
North – favor popular sovereignty
Split in nominating candidate
North – Stephen Douglas
South – John Breckinridge
Election of 1860
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Northern Democrat – Stephen Douglas
Southern Democrat – John Breckinridge
Constitutional Union – John Bell
Republican – Abraham Lincoln
Southern Secession
• Aim: How did the South react to the election
of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and
why?
• Do Now: Why did the Republicans have such
an advantage in the election of 1860?
Election of 1860
• Lincoln and Douglas battle for North
• Bell and Breckinridge battle for South
• Lincoln wins
Southern Secession
• Aim: How did the election of 1860 change the
course of U.S. history?
• Do Now: How was Lincoln able to win the election
of 1860?How did the South react to Lincoln’s
election? Take out Fort Sumter worksheet.
• Chapter Review Sheet Due Monday
The South Secedes
• Secede – withdraw from the Union
• They voluntarily joined the Union so they had
the right to leave?
• As a result of Lincoln winning the presidency
– Afraid that he would ban slavery
• South forms the Confederate States of
America
– President Jefferson Davis
Reaction to Secession
• U.S. government property in South
• Forts still in Union’s hands
• They would soon need to be resupplied
– Fort Sumter
Lincoln’s Decision
• Fort Sumter (SC) needs to be resupplied
• If supply the fort, he risks war
• If order troops to leave the fort, he would be
giving in to the rebels
• Rebels attack fort before supplies arrive
• Start of Civil War
Exit Slip
• How did the South react to the election of
Abraham Lincoln to the presidency and why?