Chapter 16 Section 5 Smartboard Lecture: A Nation Divides.notebook
Chapter 16 Section 5:
A Nation Divides
In this lesson, we will:
• explain how the 1860
election reflected
sectional differences.
• describe how the
South reacted to the
election results.
• Identify how the Civil
War began in 1861.
1860 Lincoln campaign badge
Key terms this
section:
• unamendable
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The Election of 1860
• Democrats choose two candidates to run for President.
• Northern Democrats choose Stephen Douglas of________.
• Southern Democrats choose John Breckinridge of Kentucky.
• A new party, the Constitutional Union party chooses John Bell of
Tennessee to run for President as well.
• The Republican Abraham Lincoln won the election in 1860 without
even appearing on the ballot in 10 states.
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The South reacts
• to many southerners,
Lincoln's election meant that
the South no longer had a
voice in national government.
• they now believed the new
President and the congress
were now set against their
interests,
including________.
• before the election,
southern governors had
already planned to leave the
Union if Lincoln won the
election in 1860.
Lincoln (Republican)
Breckinridge (Southern Democrat)
Bell (Constitutional Union)
Douglas (Democrat)
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• Sen. John Crittenden of
Kentucky made a last ditch
effort to save the Union. In
December of 1860, he made
a proposal to extend the
Missouri Compromise line all
the way to the Pacific.
• He also proposed an
amendment to the
Constitution that was
unamendable, or one that
could never be changed.
• such an amendment would
forever guarantee the right
to own slaves south of the
compromise line.
• the bill received little
support.
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• On December 20,
1860 South Carolina
became the first state
to_______, or leave
the Union.
• by late February,
1861 six other states
left as well. These
states were:
• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Texas
Red states above are the
first seven to secede; let's
see how many we can name!
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The Confederacy
• Most
southerners
felt they had a
right to
secede; let us
take a look at
page 480 in
our text to
find out why
they felt this
way!
• the seven states that seceded formed
a new nation in Montgomery, Alabama.
• nation would be called the
Confederate States of America.
• President would be Jefferson Davis.
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This flag was adopted but never officially enacted. For twenty five days the Confederate States of America had no officially approved flag.This flag was raised in a ceremony on March 4, 1861, it contained seven stars, representing the original Confederate States.
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Later
Confederate
flag
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The Civil War begins
• Lincoln had pledged
there would be no
Civil War unless the
South started it.
• Let's take a look at
how the war actually
began on page 481,
followed up by a
video on the attack
at Fort Sumter.
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