A Nation Divides Setting the Scene Chapter 16 section 5 Pg.478
A Nation Divides Setting the Scene Chapter 16 section 5 Pg.478 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? Chapter 16 section 5 A Nation Divides Setting the Scene Pg.478
Chapter 16 section 5 A Nation Divides Setting the Scene Pg.478
Chapter 16 section 5
Chapter 16 section 5 Items from Lincoln’s 1860 Campaign A Nation Divides Setting the Scene
Chapter 16 section 5
Chapter 16 section 5 A Nation Divides 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 Chapter 16 section 5
The Election of 1860 Chapter 16 section 5
The Election of 1860 Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts Secession Chapter 16 section 5
A Nation Divides The South Reacts Governor Francis Pickens South Carolina If Lincoln wins, it is our duty to leave the Union. South Carolina threatens to secede. Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts Secession Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts Secession Senator John Crittenden Kentucky 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. Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts Secession Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts Secession December 20, 1860… South Carolina secedes!!! Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts Secession By February of 1861 (still before Lincoln is even sworn in) 7 states have seceded and left the Union. South Carolina Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Texas Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts The Confederacy Chapter 16 section 5
The South Reacts The Confederacy The 7 states formed... The Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America Chapter 16 section 5
Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Lincoln’s Inauguration Chapter 16 section 5 Lincoln tries to address the whole nation in his first Inauguration speech. Lincoln
The Civil War Begins Lincoln’s Inauguration “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war….We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Speech Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Lincoln’s Inauguration Chapter 16 section 5 Actual photo of the Inauguration
The U.S. Capitol Building being remodeled The new dome was being added
The Civil War Begins Lincoln’s Difficult Decision Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Fort Sumpter in Charleston, South Carolina which guards Charleston Harbor. Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5
The Civil War Begins Bombardment of Fort Sumpter Chapter 16 section 5