1. Pre-Civil War Chapter 15, Section 4 Secession and War

2. The Election of 1860  The candidates:  John Breckenridge  William Seward  Abraham Lincoln  John Bell  Lincoln won 180 out of 303 electoral votes  Was not on ballots in Southern states

3. The South Secedes  December 20, 1860: South Carolina seceded  February 1861: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia followed  Formed Confederate States of America (CSA)  Jefferson Davis: President  State’s rights

4. Secession

5. Fort Sumter: The War begins  Message to Lincoln  Supplies  Davis: attack on Fort Sumter  April 12, 1861  Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas join Confederacy

6. Terms to know  Secession: withdrawal from the Union  States’ rights: Southerners argued- justified their secession