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The Beginning of the Civil War8.3
Republicans Choose Abraham Lincoln
• Republicans candidate must win ENTIRE north• Needed to Beat Douglass in home state of
Illinois• Douglass’s Position on Dred Scott case not
popular• Abraham Lincoln from Illinois chosen as
Republican Candidate
Kansas’s Constitution• President Buchannan urged Kansas to apply for statehood.• Proslavery Legislature calls for delegates for constitutional
convention• Anti-Slavery boycotts• Lecompton Constitution: Allows for slavery• Passed in senate, blocked in the house• Congress calls for another vote from Kansas on
Constitution• Constitution voted down. 2 years before Kansas can
become for
Douglas Vs Lincoln for Illinois Senate
• Political woes hurts Douglas• Lincoln questions Douglas during a debate and
on slavery and Dred Scott decision – FreePort Doctrine
• Douglas Wins Election, but greatly angers the South
John Browns Raid
• Extreme Abolitionist• Still weapons from Harpers Ferry, Lead Slave
insurrection• Brown and 18 others storm ferry but are beaten by
US Marines under Command of Robert E. Lee• Executed• Viewed as a Martyr to the North • Proof to the South that the north was plotting
against them. Turning point for the South
Election of 1860
• Republicans denounce Brown’s actions• Democrat party splits: Stephen Douglas• Walkouts: Jon C Breckinridge• Abraham Lincoln wins• South views Lincoln’s election same as
Abolitionists election.• South Secedes from Union
Secession
• South Carolina is 1st
• By 1861 6 more states succeed• Sothern's viewed secession as a tradition of
the American Revolution• Congress tries to compromise, they are
ignored and Southerners Seize federal property
• Lincoln Opposes Crittenden’s Compromise
Creation of the Confederacy
• Confederate States of America: Southern states declare themselves a new nation
• Drafted a Constitution• Jefferson Davis chosen as president• Confederate Forces Bombard Fort Sumter and
Civil War Begins.