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Chapter 15 Mini Lesson. Republican Party Harper’s Ferry Lincoln’s Election Secession and C.S.A. Republican Party. Formed in wake of Kansas – Nebraska Act over the issue of…. Slavery. Northern Whigs and opponents of slavery - Becomes a party of the Northern states. Harper’s Ferry.
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Chapter 15 Mini Lesson Republican Party Harper’s Ferry Lincoln’s Election Secession and C.S.A.
Republican Party Formed in wake of Kansas – Nebraska Act over the issue of… Slavery Northern Whigs and opponents of slavery - Becomes a party of the Northern states
Harper’s Ferry John Brown’s “Fort” Colonel Robert E. Lee
Secession and the Confederate States of America 1 4 5 2 7 12/20/1860 6 3 CSA President Jefferson Davis
NOVEMBER 6 - 1860 DECEMBER 12 - 1860 JANUARY - 1861 MISSISSIPPI FLORIDA ALABAMA GEORGIA LOUISIANA SECEDE FROM USA SOUTH CAROLINA SECEDES FROM USA LINCOLN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF USA BUCHANAN IS PRESIDENT… BUCHANAN IS PRESIDENT & NOW A “LAME DUCK”… BUCHANAN IS PRESIDENT… FEBRUARY - 1861 MARCH 4 - 1861 APRIL 12 - 1861 SHOTS ARE FIRED AT FORT SUMTER! TEXAS SECEDES FROM USA – 7 STATES LINCOLN BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE USA APRIL 17 – VIRGINIA SECEDES BUCHANAN IS PRESIDENT…
Lincoln’s Situation… • Elected - November 1860 • SC Secedes from US – December 12, 1860 • 6 other states secede and form C.S.A. • Lincoln’s Inauguration - March 4, 1861 • 1st Shots at Ft. Sumter – April 12, 1861 • “Poor Abe….”