Lincoln’s Election and Southern SecessionThe election of Lincoln led the Southern States to Secede from the Union

Key People and Key Vocabulary

Key Terms Platform

Secede

Confederate States of America

Crittenden Plan

Key People Jefferson Davis

Do the Shuffle

As republicans Looked to Lincoln for the Election of 1860 Democrats were split over the issue of Slavery on the platform North: Popular Sovereignty South: Support of Slavery

The North would win the platform and 50 southern delegates would walk out

Stephen A. Douglas would try to win the nomination but could not win over th remaining southern delegates

The Final Four

With no candidate the democrats met in Baltimore where almost all the southern democrats would walk out

The Northern democrats nominated Stephen Douglas while the south Nominated John Breckinridge who supported Slavery

The Constitutional Union Party Nominated John Bell in hopes to keep the Union together

Lincoln Lincoln…I’ve been Thinkin The Election Turned into a North v. South

Competition North: Lincoln v. Douglas South: Breckinridge v. Bell

Lincoln and Breckinridge were both extreme on their Slavery Views while Bell an Douglas were more Moderate

The Nation would be split on the election of 1860, But Lincoln would win the presidency

Despite Lincoln’s Promise not to end slavery, the south saw his victory as a threat to their way of life

If at First you Don’t Secede….Try and Try Again Many Southern States had threatened

to leave the union if Lincoln won the election because the union was a voluntary choice

South Carolina would be the first to secede, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas

Those states would become the Confederate States of America led by Jefferson Davis

A Whole New World…

The Confederates Drafted a Constitution modeled after the US constitution but included: Protection of States Rights Protection of slavery in the

confederacy The right of slavery in any Future

Territories

As the South prepared its army for protection, many waited to see the reaction of the North

The Mighty Bickersons

The North Viewed Secession as Unconstitutional and James Buchanan tried to stop the secession

The South defended secession arguing the north planned to outlaw slavery

The North said the South did not want to live under the rules of democracy and were protesting the results of the election

Divide and Conquer

As the nation Grew divided the Crittenden plan tried one final compromise to keep the nation together

When Lincoln was inaugurated he promised not to outlaw slavery, but tried to end the threat of secession

Though Lincoln was against secession, he would not give up northern forts in the south

The nation would wait to see what would happen as forts would be resupplied leading to invasion

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