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Two Societies at War The Civil War

Two Societies at War The Civil War. Chapter 14. Election of 1860. Candidates. John Breckinridge. John Bell. Origins of the American Civil War. Issues slavery, competing understandings of federalism, party politics, expansionism, sectionalism, tariffs, and economics

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Two Societies at War The Civil War

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  1. Two Societies at WarThe Civil War Chapter 14

  2. Election of 1860

  3. Candidates John Breckinridge John Bell

  4. Origins of the American Civil War • Issues • slavery, competing understandings of federalism, party politics, expansionism, sectionalism, tariffs, and economics • ex. Mex-Am War - Comp of 1850 • Collapse of Second Party System • K-N Act angered everyone • Election of 1860 - culmination of events

  5. Party Platforms • Northern Democrats • Pop Sov • Support Fug Slave Act • Southern Democrats • Expansion of slavery into territories • (annexation of Cuba) • Constitutional Union • Former Whigs, Know-Nothings • Republicans* • Non-extension of slavery • Protective tariff • No limit on rights of immigrants • Internal improvements • homesteads *Appealed to just about all non-southern groups

  6. Election of 1860

  7. *Needed to win = 152

  8. Pre-Civil War Voter Turnout

  9. *repeat FAREWELL TO THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNERUnknown Let tyrants and slaves submissively tremble And bow down their necks ‘neath the Juggernaut car; But brave men will rise in the strength of a nation And cry “Give me freedom, or else give me war.” *Farewell, forever! The Star-Spangled Banner, No longer shall wave o’er the land of the free! But we’ll unfurl to the broad breeze of heaven Thirteen bright stars around the Palmetto Tree. We honor, yet, honor, bold South Carolina! Though small she may be, she’s as brave as the best. With flagship of states, she’s out on the ocean Buffeting the waves of a dark billow’s crest.  * We honor, yes, honor, our seceding sisters, Who launched this brave bark along no the sea; Though storms may howl, and thunder distraction We’ll hurl to the blast the proud Palmetto tree.  * And when to the conflict the others cry “Onward!” Virginia will be first to rush to the fight. She’ll break down the iceberg of Northern coercion And rise in her glory of freedom and right. * When the thirteen sisters in bright constellation Shall dazzling shine in a nation’s emblem sky, With no hands to oppose nor foes to oppress them, They will shine there forever, a light to every eye. O! say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

  10. Post-Election • Lincoln had sectional rather than national support • Southerners feared they had lost their voice in the national government • President Buchanan - lame duck

  11. C.S.A. • Nov 1860 • Lincoln elected • Feb 1861 • C.S.A. formed • Elected Pres and VP • March 1861 • passed Constitution • Lincoln inaugurated

  12. Secession Seven states declared their secession from the United States before Lincoln took office on March 4, *:

  13. Resources • Population • Military Strength • Railroad mileage • Industry

  14. My options? What Should Abe Do?

  15. Jan. 9, Lincoln tries to re-supply the fort

  16. Fort Sumter - 1861 Fort 1865

  17. The Battle of Fort Sumter(April 12–13, 1861)

  18. Secession Dark Green = Confederacy Light Green = slave states/territories still in the Union

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