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A Nation DividesSetting the Scene

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A Nation DividesSetting the Scene

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The Republican Party’s national convention was held in Chicago, Illinois to decide who would get the nomination as the Republican candidate for president in the 1860 election.

Abraham Lincoln William Seward

Who would be the Republican candidate?

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Items from Lincoln’s 1860 Campaign

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A Nation DividesThe Election of 1860

The Election of 1860

Republicans Northern Democrats Southern Democrats Constitutional Union Party

Abraham Lincoln Stephen Douglas John C. Breckinridge John Bell Illinois Illinois Kentucky Tennessee

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The South ReactsSecession

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A Nation DividesThe South Reacts

Governor Francis Pickens

South Carolina

If Lincoln wins, it is our dutyto leave the Union.

South Carolina threatens to secede.

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The South ReactsSecession

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The South ReactsSecession

Senator John CrittendenKentucky

To try to keep the Union together Crittenden suggests:

• extend the Missouri Compromise Line (36° 30’ N) to the Pacific Ocean

•pass an unamendable amendment allowing slavery forever South of the Missouri Compromise line.Neither the North or the South

support the ideas.

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The South ReactsSecession

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The South ReactsSecession

December 20, 1860… South Carolina secedes!!!

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By February of 1861 (still before Lincoln is even sworn in) 7 states have seceded and

left the Union.

South CarolinaAlabamaFloridaGeorgia

LouisianaMississippi

Texas

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The South ReactsThe Confederacy

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The South ReactsThe Confederacy

The 7 states formed...

The Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States

of America

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The Civil War BeginsLincoln’s Inauguration

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Lincoln tries to address the whole nation in his first Inauguration speech.

Lincoln

The Civil War BeginsLincoln’s Inauguration

“In your hands, my dissatisfiedfellow-countrymen, and not inmine, is the momentous issue ofcivil war….We are not enemies, butfriends. We must not be enemies.Though passion may have strained,it must not break our bonds of affection.”

Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Speech

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The Civil War BeginsLincoln’s Inauguration

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Inauguration

The U.S. Capitol Building being remodeled

The new dome was being added

The Civil War BeginsLincoln’s Difficult Decision

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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter

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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter

Fort Sumpter in Charleston, South Carolina which guards Charleston Harbor.

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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter

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The Civil War BeginsBombardment of Fort Sumpter

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