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9/29/2011. Secession. Get out your notebooks and be ready to go. 2 nd Hour Bell Work. Define in your own words (that means noo dictionary) Political spectrum Electoral college Popular sovereignty. Bell Work.
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9/29/2011 Secession
Get out your notebooks and be ready to go 2nd Hour Bell Work
Define in your own words (that means noo dictionary) • Political spectrum • Electoral college • Popular sovereignty Bell Work
Models political viewpoints, on various degree of extremes, in 1860 it was slavery Political spectrum Right to Slavery Abolitionists Moderates
Lincoln just got elected……. Was not even on 10 Southern ballots. His inauguration was all the way in March. • What does the South do now? **Remember the tension between states is at an all time high** Now What?
Secession Winter of 1860-61 Blue: Union States with No Slaves Yellow: Union States with Slaves Dark Red: States the seceded Before April, 15th, 1861 Light Red: States that seceded After April 15, 1861
Fort Sumter • Union Fort, near Charleston, • SouthCarolina. Had Union troops • in it. South Carolina militia were • called to try to take it. • It surrendered after 43 hours • Gave Lincoln what He needed to • declare war • Lincoln called for 75,000 • volunteer Army. • - Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas seceded after.