Chapter 14 Section 4
April 25, 2013
Bellwork
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Turn to pg. 500 in your textbook. Write
the Map Master Skills Activity questions
and answer.
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What do the four colors on the map stand for?
Which party won nearly all the northern
states? Which party won nearly all the
Southern states?
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Four political parties: green - Republican; purple –
Northern Democrat; yellow – Constitutional Union;
orange – Southern Democrat; Republicans won the
northern states, Southern Democrats won the
southern states
How does the map show that sectionalism
was important in the election?
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Sections of the country voted as united blocks
Table of Contents
26. Cotton Diplomacy Questions 27. Cotton Diplomacy Text Marking
28. Fort Sumter News Article
29. The Coming of the Civil War Notes
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The Nation Divides
Democrats - divided over whether to support slavery
in the territories.
Douglas desperately sought to appease southern
voters.
Southerners often booed him during his
campaign speeches.
Northern
Democrats
nominated
Stephen
Douglas
Southern
Democrats
chose Vice
President John
Breckinridge
Election of 1860 (Know this)
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In total, four candidates ran for president in
1860.
Republicans
Abraham Lincoln
criticized slavery
Northern
Democrats
Stephen Douglas
favored individual
states deciding on
slavery
Southern
Democrats
John Breckinridge
supported slavery in
the territories
Constitutional
Union Party
John Bell
promised to protect
slavery and keep
nation together
Election of 1860
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The outcome of the election showed just
how fragmented the nation had become:
Lincoln won in every free state.
Breckinridge won most of the slave states.
Bell won three states in the upper South.
Douglas won Missouri and New Jersey.
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln received enough electoral votes to
win the election.
Southern States Secede
Southerners felt that the President and
Congress were now set against their
interests—especially slavery.
The Confederate States of
America
Frustrated southern states formed the Confederate
States of America.
South Carolina
was the first state
to secede from the
Union followed by
six other Southern
states
The Confederate States of
America
Some moderate southerners did not want to secede, but
their voices were overwhelmed.
By March, the Confederacy had
adopted a constitution and Former
Senator Jefferson Davis was named
president.
The Civil War Begins
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Lincoln - inaugurated on March
4, 1861.
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The nation faced the greatest
crisis in its history.
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told the seceded states he
would not “interfere… with slavery
where it exists.”
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Lincoln encouraged the Confederacy to
return to the union.
The Confederate states responded by
taking over federal property within their
borders.
Fort Sumter
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Already, an urgent struggle had begun.
Lincoln did not send troops because he
did not want other states to secede.
He planned to send food on ships
without guns.
The
commander at
Ft. Sumter
refused to
surrender to
the
Confederates
Confederates
tried to
starve the
Union troops
into
surrendering
Fort Sumter
On April 12,
1861,
Confederate
forces attacked
Fort Sumter
marking the
beginning of a
long civil war.
The U.S. troops
surrendered.
Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b50537
Essential Question
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Why did the election of Abraham
Lincoln spark the secession of
southern states?
Fort Sumter News Article
You are a news reporter for either the
North or the South. Write a news
article (1 solid paragraph) explaining
the firing on Fort Sumter.
 Your article must be well written
(spelling, proper grammar, etc.)
 At least one paragraph
 Include a colored picture
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