The Election of 1860 Flashcards
What did the issue of slavery do to the democratic party and how?
it split democratic party, how? Northern democrats support popular sovereignty and southern democrats support slavery.
What did the republican party want to do bout slavery?
leave slavery alone but ban it from certain territories.
Who won the election of 1860 and what party did he belong to?
Abe Lincoln - Republican Party
What was the 1st southern state to secede?
Define seceed.
South Carolina
-leave/withdraw from Union
What did the 7 southern states that seceded call themselves?
Confederate States of America
Who became the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis.
How did southerners justify seceding and what did the south say the national gov. did?
-Southerners used state rights and national gov.
-broke contact between independent states by not enforcing southern laws and denying equal rights in territories.
What does Lincoln mean whe he says, “the Union of these states is perpetual and forever?”
Lincoln will use force/military power to bring the seceding states back (South)
What did Jefferson Davis do on April 12, 1861?
Jefferson Davis ordered an attack on Fort Sumter
What caused Lincoln to issue call for troops?
The union had no supplies or resources to defend themselves
What did the attack on Fort Sumter signify?
Marked the beginning of the Civil War
