Civ War - The Beginning Flashcards
What events led to the Civil War?
Election of 1860 and the South secedes.
What happened during the Democratic Convention of 1860?
Northern and Southern delegates couldn’t agree on a platform. Split into two conventions.
How did Lincoln feel about slavery when he was chosen as the Republican candidate?
He was a moderate. Wanted to stop spread of slavery but was not abolitionist.
What did the Constitutional Union party want?
To ask what do we have to do to keep Union together?
Who were the candidates in the 1860 presidential election?
Lincoln (Republican), Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), Douglas (Northern Democrat), Bell (Constitutional Union)
Lincoln was elected with 59% electoral college vote, less than 50% popular vote, and didn’t win a single state in the South. How did this make Southerners feel?
The North had become too powerful. They had no voice in government now and wanted to form their own government.
What did South Carolina do before Lincoln was even inaugurated?
Called a convention and voted 169 to zero to secede from the US. They then called for a Confederacy of Southern States so other southern states would join them.
Which states seceded first to form the Confederate States of America? (More seceded later, after Ft Sumter)
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What is an inaugural address?
It is the speech made by the President when he or she takes office (becomes President).
What did Lincoln propose in his inaugural address about the breakup of the Union?
He would not interfere with slavery where it already existed.
He would carry out the Constitution in all states, incuding those in the Confederacy.
Secession was not allowed. He would use force if he had to to preserve the Union.
What did Jefferson Davis say in his Inaugural address?
The South had a right to secede from the Union. They did not want war, but they would fight if necessary.
What happened at Fort Sumter?
The Civil War began after Lincoln tried to resupply the fort with food and important supplies. Unmanned ships with no guns, but the South took it as an act of agression and began firing on Ft Sumter on April 20, 1860.
The Union surrendered the fort to the South the next day.
Which states seceded after the attack on Ft. Sumter?
Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. West Virginia split from Virginia and remained with the Union.
Which states were the border states? Why were they important?
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland
They were important to put some land between Washington, D.C. and the Confederacy.
They were important because a lot of manufacturing happened there to help supply troops.
They were important because major American rivers could be controlled there.
