Secession Chapter 18 - Section 4
The raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown wanted to – Start a slave rebellion Planned to – Get guns and arm slaves surrounding area How many were in his army? – 20 including three sons
Continued Where was the arsenal John Brown attacked– Harpers Ferry, Virginia only 55 miles from D.C. After he took the arsenal – Sent men in the countryside to round up slaves, but none came. What happened next- Robert E. Lee and his marines defeated Brown and reclaimed the arsenal
Election of 1860 Election of 1860- 4 Major candidates running for President Democrats couldn’t agree- Northern Candidate - Stephen Douglas Southern candidate - John Breckinridge Constitutional Union Party – John Bell
Continued Republican candidate was – Abraham Lincoln Slavery views – Against slavery but didn’t want to abolish it Who won the election – Lincoln
Breaking the Union Southern whites believed – Lincoln would move to abolish slavery South Carolina’s legislature – Voted to secede from the union S.C. thought it was legal because – States voluntarily joined the union, so why not leave
The Confederate States of America By Feb. 1, 1861 - Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas Formed - The Confederate States of America AKA - The Confederacy seceded
President - Jefferson Davis