Lincoln’s Election and Southern Secession

1. Lincoln’s Election and Southern Secession The election of Lincoln led the Southern States to Secede from the Union

2. Key Terms Platform Secede Confederate States of America Crittenden Plan Key People Jefferson Davis Key People and Key Vocabulary

3. Do the Shuffle • As republicans Looked to Lincoln for the Election of 1860 Democrats were split over the issue of Slavery on the platform • North: Popular Sovereignty • South: Support of Slavery • The North would win the platform and 50 southern delegates would walk out • Stephen A. Douglas would try to win the nomination but could not win over th remaining southern delegates

4. The Final Four • With no candidate the democrats met in Baltimore where almost all the southern democrats would walk out • The Northern democrats nominated Stephen Douglas while the south Nominated John Breckinridge who supported Slavery • The Constitutional Union Party Nominated John Bell in hopes to keep the Union together

5. Lincoln Lincoln…I’ve been Thinkin • The Election Turned into a North v. South Competition • North: Lincoln v. Douglas • South: Breckinridge v. Bell • Lincoln and Breckinridge were both extreme on their Slavery Views while Bell an Douglas were more Moderate • The Nation would be split on the election of 1860, But Lincoln would win the presidency • Despite Lincoln’s Promise not to end slavery, the south saw his victory as a threat to their way of life

6. If at First you Don’t Secede….Try and Try Again • Many Southern States had threatened to leave the union if Lincoln won the election because the union was a voluntary choice • South Carolina would be the first to secede, followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas • Those states would become the Confederate States of America led by Jefferson Davis

7. A Whole New World… • The Confederates Drafted a Constitution modeled after the US constitution but included: • Protection of States Rights • Protection of slavery in the confederacy • The right of slavery in any Future Territories • As the South prepared its army for protection, many waited to see the reaction of the North

8. The Mighty Bickersons • The North Viewed Secession as Unconstitutional and James Buchanan tried to stop the secession • The South defended secession arguing the north planned to outlaw slavery • The North said the South did not want to live under the rules of democracy and were protesting the results of the election

9. Divide and Conquer • As the nation Grew divided the Crittenden plan tried one final compromise to keep the nation together • When Lincoln was inaugurated he promised not to outlaw slavery, but tried to end the threat of secession • Though Lincoln was against secession, he would not give up northern forts in the south • The nation would wait to see what would happen as forts would be resupplied leading to invasion

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