14. where was harper’s ferry and why was it important?

14.

Where was Harper’s Ferry and why was it important?

HARPER’S FERRY – a U.S. weapons arsenal in Virginia

JOHN BROWN’S PLAN – Brown wanted to capture the arsenal and then helprevolting slaves gain their freedom

JOHN BROWN’S ATTACK AT HARPER’S FERRY

15.

What was the result of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry?

John Brown’s plan does not work – no slaves revolt and join him and some of his men are killed

Brown is arrested and charged with treason and murder – he is sentenced to hang

LAST MOMENTS OF JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN

The North feels Brown is a hero, the South is glad he is dead

His death brings the slavery issue to the boiling point and many southerners talk about leaving the Union

16.

Who were the candidates in the election of 1860, and which political party did each represent?

The Republican party chooses ABRAHAM LINCOLN as their presidential nominee for the 1860 election http://www.si.edu/archives/ihd/jhp/lincoln.jpg

Democrats could not agree on how slavery would be explained in their PLATFORM

PLATFORM – statements or beliefs, usually on behalf of a political party

The northern and southern Democrats cannot agree so they have two nominees

Northern Democrats – Stephen Douglas

Southern Democrats – John Breckinridge

Election of 1860

John Bell

Stephen Douglas Abraham Lincoln

John Breckenridge

Republican

Southern Democrat

ConstitutionalUnion Party

NorthernDemocrat

Lincoln and Douglas fight over the North and the West. Breckenridge tries to steal the South. Bell tries to glue the map (Union) back together.

• John Bell: Bless my soul I give up.

John C. Breckinridge: That long legged Abolitionist is getting ahead of us after all.

Stephen Douglas: I never ran so in my life.

John C. Breckinridge dances with James Buchanan. Dred Scott seated plays the violin. Lincoln dances with African American woman. John Bell dances with Native American. Stephen Douglas dances with a sovereign in rags.

Dred Scott

Lincoln

BellDouglas

Breckenridge

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1860

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Lincoln wins many votes in the North and since the North has a larger population he wins the election http://www.wildwestweb.net/cwleaders/Abraham%20Lincoln.jpg

The South is afraid that Lincoln will now try to abolish slavery in the U.S.

17.

How did the southern states respond to the election of 1860, and why?

SECEDE – to withdraw from the Union, split with the country

South Carolina becomes the first to secede on December 20, 1860

In the next six weeks more states secede: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas

These states form their own country – THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA

18.

Who becomes president of the Confederate States of America?

JEFFERSON DAVIS is elected president of the Confederate States of America

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Northerners felt that secession was unconstitutional and the South did NOT have the right to leave

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19.

What was the plan that John C. Crittenden proposed to preserve the Union?

John Crittenden of Kentucky tries to get both sides to solve the problem with the CRITTENDEN PLAN

He proposed a series of constitutional amendments related to slavery to pacify the South

Lincoln believed there could be no compromise about the extension of slavery

The plan fails

20.

When was Lincoln inaugurated?

Lincoln becomes the 16th president on March 4, 1861

Both sides cautiously wait to see what will happen next