Chapter 12: Section 4 The Civil War is Coming

The Election of 1860 Around 1860, people were still thinking that the nation was going to avoid a civil war. When the year 1860 came around, the Democrats were still a national party.

The Democrats Divide The Democratic convention was scheduled to meet in Charleston, South Carolina. At this meeting, the southern delegates demanded support from the party for slavery in the territories. Douglas and other northerners rejected this idea. Many arguments followed and the north finally refused to adopt this policy. The delegates from the south left the convention.

The Democrats Divide The great Democratic party was falling apart. The southern Democrats who had left this convention met in Richmond, Virginia. There, they named their own candidate, Breckinridge, President of the United States. He believed in protecting slavery. After this, the “national” political parties were no longer national.

Constitutional-Unionists and Republicans The Constitutional-Union party was made up of conservatives who feared the breakup of the Union if the Republican candidate was elected. They wanted to avoid the slavery issue entirely. Some people who carried this idea were John Bell of Tennessee and __________ of Massachusetts.

Constitutional-Unionists and Republicans The main opposition to the Democratic party was the Republican party. The Republicans were still waiting for some national appeal. They named one man who was the most conservative in their party. Abraham Lincoln, nicknamed “The Rail- Splitter” was the man. He came from Illinois.

Honest Abe Abraham Lincoln and his family came from __________ to New England and then to Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather had lived in Virginia and had five sons. Abraham’s father was raised in ________ and in 1809, Lincoln was born. Lincoln was born in a __________. Lincoln Movie!~

Honest Abe When he was only _______ years old, his family moved again to __________. When he was _________they moved again to _______. He built a __________and navigated it down the Mississippi to New Orleans. He also worked as a ___________________________ _____________________________________________

Honest Abe Lincoln educated ______ and later became a _______. He was really successful in front of juries. He had one term in __________, after serving in the Illinois legislature. He opposed the Mexican War while in Congress. Lincoln had magic in his speech. He often used words from the _________.

Honest Abe Lincoln was firm on the slavery issue, but he was __________________. He married a Southerner and was from the South, so he ____________the South. If Abraham Lincoln couldn’t put the Union back together, no one could.

Lincoln is elected The election of November 1860 Lincoln was deprived of all _____________from 10 southern states. In the electoral college, – Lincoln carried all ______________ – Breckinridge carried eleven slave states – Douglas got popular votes in the North but carried only Missouri and a minority of new jerseys split electoral vote – John bell carried 3 border slave states

Lincoln undoubtedly won in the electoral college, but took _____ of the popular vote His opponents had almost _________________votes However, the votes Lincoln did get were from just the right states. When southern states heard of Lincoln’s election, they _______ from the Union.

Attempts to prevent war _______________ believed withdrawing from the Union would be illegal, but he also thought the government should not be able to force a state to stay in the Union. __________________a Northern opponent, was happy to see the South remove itself from the Union ___________ a pacifist, would rather the states “go in peace” so as not start a war by demanding that they remain in the Union

Desperate attempts were made at finding a ________ between sections. “___________________” were proposed by the senator of Kentucky which would push the _________between slavery and free soil to California, to keep the federal government from interfering with slavery in the states. _____________ refused, Lincoln believed this would only lead to the attempt to seize more southern territory to make more slave states. They wanted the North to stand strong and not give in to the southerners demands so as to discourage _______________

Because the United States were considered a ____________by the confederate states of America, they could not keep its arsenals and forts inside the _________ of the seceded states U.S. troops mostly gave in, except for a few strong positions including _____________in the Charleston Harbor which was in serious need of food. Lincoln had a decision to make: either surrender Fort Sumter to the South, would mean no civil war and the end of the Union, or provide the supplies and put them at risk of a war to keep the states in “__________________”

Determined to stand firm, Lincoln decides to __________Fort Sumter. After notifying South Carolina of his decision to send supplies over, Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard began ____________ Fort Sumter from the Charleston shore batteries on ________________. The fort was surrendered by Major Robert Anderson the next afternoon. This was the ___________________ of a war.