2. The Union Dissolves Ch.6 Sec.3

3. Election of 1860 – Stephen Dougles (D) – John Breckenridge (D) – Abraham Lincoln (R) – John Bell (CU) Lincoln wins despite getting no Southern states Many Southern states felt there was no choice but to secede

4. Secession Begins… Southern Secession – South Carolina first state to secede – Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed – South viewed this as the 2 nd American Revolution (fighting for people’s rights)

5. Compromise Fails… Crittenden’s Compromise – Slavery would exist where is already does in the U.S. – Slavery would exist in Southern territories in the West and outlawed in Northern west territorie – Lincoln urged Republicans to vote it down in Congress – Bill did not pass

6. Compromise Fails… 1861 Peace Convention – 21 Northern states showed up to reconcile differences – No representatives showed up from the secessionist states

7. Founding the Confederacy Confederate States of America – Met on same day as the peace conference, met and declared themselves a new nation – Nicknamed “The Confederacy” – New laws guaranteed state rights, legality of slavery, no protective tariffs – Jefferson Davis elected as first President

8. Civil War Begins… Fort Sumter – Located in South Carolina – A federal military base that Lincoln ordered supplies sent to – Davis decided to seize the fort – Marked the beginning of the Civil War

9. The Border States More States Secede – Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, & Tennessee seceded rather than take up arms against fellow Southerners – Richmond, VA named capital of the Confederacy Other Border States – Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland all important to keep in the Union – Martial Law – military rule imposed by a central govt on its territories

10. Cause & Effect Causes of the Civil War – Disagreements over the Kansas-Nebraska Act – Violence in Kansas – Dred Scott ruling – John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry – Southern States seceding – Attack on Fort Sumter