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CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession

CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession. CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession. Lincoln’s Early Life. - B orn in rural Kentucky (1809) - M other died when he was nine (1818)

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CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession

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  1. CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession

  2. CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession Lincoln’s Early Life -Born in rural Kentucky (1809) -Mother died when he was nine (1818) -Lincoln had little formal education, though he read a great deal -Moved to New Salem (1831) -Shipped goods, was a postmaster, ran a failed general store & became a surveyor -Served in the Black Hawk War (1832) -Elected to Illinois Legislature (1834) -Became lawyer (1837) -Married Marry Todd (1842) -Elected to U.S. Congress (1846) -Lincoln campaigns for, but loses the election for U.S. Senate—against Douglas (1858) Page 1

  3. CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession The Politics of 1860 -Four candidates ran for President in 1860 -The issues chiefly surrounded slavery -Stephen Douglas (IL) ran as a Democrat, however refused to promote slavery in the West -John Breckinridge (KY) ran as a Southern Democrat, supporting the Dred Scott decision -John Bell (TN) ran as a member of the Constitutional Union party, avoiding the issue of slavery -Abraham Lincoln (IL) ran as a Republican, opposing the expansion of slavery into the territories Page 2

  4. CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession Republican Platform (Beliefs) -Many Republicans saw Lincoln as a “safe” choice for president -Republicans appealed to small farmers, manufacturers and Westerners -Lincoln and the Republicans supported: 1. A homestead act 2. A transcontinental railroad 3. Protective tariffs -Many Southerners feared Lincoln would limit their voice in national matters -Some in the South predicted states would secede rather than submit to Lincoln Page 3

  5. CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession The Presidential Election of 1860 -Lincoln did not appear on ballots in 10 Southern states Page 4

  6. CHAPTER #17 Road to the Civil War SECTION #4 Election of 1860 and Secession Moving Toward Secession -After the election, South Carolina’s U.S. Senators resigned from Congress -Lincoln refused to give in to any plan to extend slavery into the territories (i.e. the Crittenden Plan) -On December 20th, 1860, a South Carolina convention voted unanimously to secede -By February 1861, seven Southern states had voted to secede from the union -On February 4th, 1861 southern delegates met in Alabama voting to form a new nation, the Confederate States of America -They elected Jefferson Davis as president Page 5

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