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Civil War

Explore the events and issues that led to the Civil War, including sectionalism fueled by slavery, states' rights, the election of 1860, and secession.

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Civil War

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  1. Civil War Events & Issues Leading to the Civil War Explain how specific events and issues led to the Civil War, including the sectionalism fueled by issues of slavery in the territories, states’ rights, the election of 1860, and secession.

  2. North and South The way of life of one section of the United States was threatening the way of life in the other section of the United States. These differences caused sectionalism!

  3. What is sectionalism? A loyalty to a section or part of the country rather than to the whole country

  4. Sectionalism was fueled by slavery in the territories! • Remember and Review… • The Struggle over Slavery • Missouri Compromise • The Compromise of 1850 • “Bleeding Kansas”

  5. Sectionalism was fueled by states’ rights! What are states’ rights? The idea that states have the right to make decisions about issues that concern them Southerners believed in states’ rights and thought slavery should be legal if a state’s people wanted it to be.

  6. Sectionalism was fueled by states’ rights! “If each state will only agree to mind its own business…this republic can exist forever divided into free and slave states.” -Stephen Douglas, running against Lincoln for Senate [before running for President]

  7. Sectionalism was fueled by the election of 1860! • Democratic Party split…Northern Democrats chose Stephens Douglas and Southern Democrats chose John Breckinridge. The Republicans chose Abraham Lincoln. • Lincoln won the election even though he had no Southern electoral votes!\ • Southerners feared that Lincoln would attempt to end slavery in the western territories and the southern states. • Southerners also worried they would have no voice in the government. • Lincoln said to the South, “We must not be enemies.”

  8. Sectionalism was fueled by secession! What does it mean to secede? To break away from In December of 1860, almost two months after Lincoln was elected President, South Carolina decided to secede from the Union. Six other states followed. These states formed their own government called the Confederate States of America.

  9. Sectionalism was fueled by secession! The Confederate States of America were referred to as the Confederacy. The Confederacy elected Jefferson Davis as its President.

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