A Nation Divides Setting the Scene Chapter 16 section 5 Pg.478
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A Nation DividesSetting the Scene
Chapter 16
section 5
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A Nation DividesSetting the Scene
Chapter 16
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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.
Abraham Lincoln William Seward
Who would be the Republican candidate?
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Items from Lincoln’s 1860 Campaign
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A Nation DividesThe Election of 1860
The Election of 1860
Republicans Northern Democrats Southern Democrats Constitutional Union Party
Abraham Lincoln Stephen Douglas John C. Breckinridge John Bell Illinois Illinois Kentucky Tennessee
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The Election of 1860Chapter 16
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The South ReactsSecession
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A Nation DividesThe South Reacts
Governor Francis Pickens
South Carolina
If Lincoln wins, it is our dutyto leave the Union.
South Carolina threatens to secede.
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The South ReactsSecession
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The South ReactsSecession
Senator John CrittendenKentucky
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.Neither the North or the South
support the ideas.
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The South ReactsSecession
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The South ReactsSecession
December 20, 1860… South Carolina secedes!!!
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The South ReactsSecession
By February of 1861 (still before Lincoln is even sworn in) 7 states have seceded and
left the Union.
South CarolinaAlabamaFloridaGeorgia
LouisianaMississippi
Texas
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The South ReactsThe Confederacy
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The South ReactsThe 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 BeginsLincoln’s Inauguration
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Lincoln tries to address the whole nation in his first Inauguration speech.
Lincoln
The Civil War BeginsLincoln’s Inauguration
“In your hands, my dissatisfiedfellow-countrymen, and not inmine, is the momentous issue ofcivil war….We are not enemies, butfriends. 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 BeginsLincoln’s Inauguration
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Inauguration
The U.S. Capitol Building being remodeled
The new dome was being added
The Civil War BeginsLincoln’s Difficult Decision
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
Fort Sumpter in Charleston, South Carolina which guards Charleston Harbor.
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter
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