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1 Secession Chapter 18 - Section 4

2 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

3 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

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5 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

6 Continued Republican candidate was – Abraham Lincoln Slavery views –
Against slavery but didn’t want to abolish it Who won the election – Lincoln

7 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

8 The Confederate States of America
By Feb. 1, Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas Formed - The Confederate States of America AKA - The Confederacy seceded

9 President - Jefferson Davis

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