Warm-up How would you best describe Abraham Lincoln’s view on slavery in 1860? A. He believed that slavery was necessary for the cotton industry. B. He.

Warm-up How would you best describe Abraham

Lincoln’s view on slavery in 1860?A. He believed that slavery was necessary for the

cotton industry.

B. He wanted to end slavery throughout the US.

C. He did not want slavery to spread to the Western territories.

D. He thought that slavery was good for the US economy.

SecessionThe Confederate States of America

The two-sides Unionist - a person who opposed secession

during the Civil War. Secessionist - a person who thinks that a

nation, state, etc., should separate from another and become independent.

Lincoln elected The 1860 election was strictly sectional Lincoln’s name was not even on some

southern ballots Because of the election South Carolina

was the first state to secede on December 20th, 1860.

Who followed? The states that relied mostly on cotton, join

in early 1861 Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Florida,

and Mississippi

Then 4 more joined once the Confederacy declares war Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, and

Tennessee

Texas’s Allegiance

Texas considered itself a southern state b/c:•Geographic location•Immigration patterns- most Texans emigrated from the southern parts of the U.S. & many families had ties to extended families in other parts of the south•TX as a Mexican state, Republic, and state had allowed slavery•Texas was an agricultural state and most farmers did not own slaves, but large plantations and their wealthy owners dominated politics and decision making

Texas Secedes 1850-1860’s

In 1859, at the age of 70, Good ole Sam Houston was re-elected governor of TexasHe didn’t want to fight anymore or join the Confederate States of AmericaWhy did Sam Houston oppose Texas seceding from the Union?In January of 1861, Texas held a Secession Convention against Houston’s wishesThey drafted a law proposing that Texas secede saying the U.S. had abused its power against the people of Texas

What were they thinking?• Texan delegates called for an election to

vote on secession• Only white, male landowners could vote• 600,000 people in Texas but only 10% of the

pop. voted - 46,000 for secession 14,500 against

• Some southern actually believed that the U.S. would just let them go w/out fighting

• Both North and South believed they would win the fight w/in a few months

The Texas Vote Southern States held the Montgomery,

Alabama Convention in February 1861 The Confederate States of America(CSA)

was formed At the convention the

delegates voted 166 to 8 for secession from the Union.

Confederate President Jefferson Davis leaves

the US Senate to become the president of the Confederacy

CSA gov’t demanded a Loyalty Oath or pledge of allegiance from all government officials

Confederate States of America

Sam Houston Speaks about War and Secession “Some of you laugh to scorn the idea of bloodshed as the result of secession, but let me tell you what is coming.... Your fathers and husbands, your sons and brothers, will be herded at the point of the bayonet.... You may after the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, as a bare possibility, win Southern independence ...but I doubt it.” (1861)

Sam Houston predicted the outcome….. If only Texans had listened to him….

Read Sam Houston Speaks about Secession