Secession And Start Of Civil War Extras

Question 1

1860 election (5)

Answer 1

81.2% turnout
9 states in which Lincoln received no votes
75% of Vermont voted for Lincoln
Lincoln received 39.7% of vote
Bell and Breckenridge received a combined 30.8%

Question 2

Crittenden Compromise (7)

Answer 2

December 1860
Kentucky Senator John Crittenden
6 amendments based on protection of slavery and keeping 3630 line
4 resolutions strengthening FSA
Tabled on 31st December
Popular among Southern senators but unacceptable to Republicans
Debated but unsuccessful at Committee of 13 and 33

Question 3

Peace Conference (7)

Answer 3

February 1861
Washington DC
14 free and 7 slave States represented 
131 delegates
Old Gentleman's Convention
Produced something similar to Crittenden passed by Convention 9-8 
Rejected by senate 28-7

Question 4

Months of 4 upper States secession

Answer 4

Virginia, April
Arkansas, May
North Carolina, May
Tennessee, June

Question 5

Initial rejection of secession by upper South (4)

Answer 5

Virginian convention had 30 unionists, 30 secessionists and 92 moderates
Arkansas contained mainly conditional unionists until Sumter
Tennessee voted for Constitutional Unionist John Bell in 1860
North Carolina were reluctant to rush into anything

Question 6

Features of Secession Conventions (2)

Answer 6

South Carolina’s Declaration of Causes cited refusal to enforce FSA, slavery’s abolishment as unconstitutional and referred to an unacceptable election of a President hostile to slavery not specifically stating Lincoln
Virginia cited federal government abuse of power and oppression of Southern slaveholding states

Question 7

Calhoun Doctrine (5)

Answer 7

John C Calhoun
Concurrent majority necessary
Stated that congress could never outlaw slavery in territories as should not discriminate between the states
Believed slavery was a positive good
1847