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THE. CIVIL. WAR. A. NORTHERN. PERSPECTIVE. The election of 1860: Can America remain Half Slave/Half Free?. Abraham Lincoln. Stephen A. Douglas. John C. Breckenridge. Lincoln and Douglas fiercely debated The issue of Slavery. Lincoln claims that the nation cannot

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  1. THE CIVIL WAR A NORTHERN PERSPECTIVE

  2. The election of 1860: Can America remain Half Slave/Half Free? Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas John C. Breckenridge

  3. Lincoln and Douglas fiercely debated The issue of Slavery. Lincoln claims that the nation cannot Remain “Half Slave and Half Free”

  4. Lincoln’s Republican Platform: • Slavery would notbe allowed in new territories • Slave states could make decisions • about slavery within their own • borders only! • Free land would be available for • farming in the territories • Higher tariffs would be imposed • No statewould be permitted to leave • the Union Southern States vow tosecede from the Union if Lincoln is elected!!

  5. Lincoln wins!

  6. Meanwhile… South Carolina and Other states secede From the Union to Protest Lincoln…. President Buchanan Doesnothingwhile Confederate troops gather weapons from Union Forts Other southern states Follow: Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas Mississippi

  7. March 4, 1861: Lincoln is sworn in as President Confederates attack and capture Fort Sumter Less than 40 days later.

  8. The Rebel flag flies at fort sumter… …President Lincoln orders 75,000 militiamen to duty… …The civil War Begins.

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