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Aim: Why did the nation finally split in two?

Aim: Why did the nation finally split in two?. Do Now: Why do you care who your teacher is? Why is this important to you? What can you do to change this?. I. The Election of 1860. A. Lincoln won by a landslide for two reasons: 1. Population of North was greater than the South by 4 to 1.

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Aim: Why did the nation finally split in two?

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  1. Aim: Why did the nation finally split in two? Do Now: Why do you care who your teacher is? Why is this important to you? What can you do to change this?

  2. I. The Election of 1860 A. Lincoln won by a landslide for two reasons: 1. Population of North was greater than the South by 4 to 1. 2. The south split their vote between 3 candidates.

  3. B. Candidates for President in 1860: 1. Abraham Lincoln – Republican (North) 2. Stephen Douglas – Democrat (North) 3. John Breckinridge – Democrat (South) 4. John Bell – Constitutional Union Party

  4. Why would a third candidate affect the outcome of an election? Has this ever happened before? MOCK ELECTION

  5. II. Southern Reaction to the Election of 1860 A. Southerners now felt they had no voice in national government. B. 1861, South Carolina and 6 other states secede from the Union and form the Confederate States of America C. Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederacy

  6. D. Confederacy started seizing Federal forts. E. April 11, 1861- Confederate troops fire upon Fort Sumter. CIVIL WAR BEGINS!!!

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