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Chapter 10 Section 5. The Election of 1860 Democratic Party- Charleston, SC. Chapter 10 Section 5. Southern Democrats- protect slavery- territories- John C. Breckinridge Northern Democrats- popular sovereignty- Stephen Douglas
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Chapter 10 Section 5 The Election of 1860 Democratic Party- Charleston, SC
Chapter 10 Section 5 • Southern Democrats- protect slavery- territories- John C. Breckinridge • Northern Democrats- popular sovereignty- Stephen Douglas • Border states- DE, MD, KY, MO- Constitutional Union Party- John Bell • Republican Party- William H. Seward, Lincoln • Lincoln wins the nomination • Lower South- TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, and SC • Lincoln wins the presidency
Chapter 10 Section 5 • Lower South secedes • Secessionists- South should leave • December 20, 1860- SC leaves • CSA- president- Jefferson Davis • Lincoln- secession- wrong • Stop- expansion- slavery • Enforce- laws
Chapter 10 Section 5 • Federal troops- Major Robert Anderson- Fort Sumter, SC • Running out of supplies • President Davis • General Beauregard- Fort Sumter- surrender • April 12, 1861- Confederate troops- control • Upper South- VA, NC, TN, AR- join- Confederacy