28 May 2015

Listen to the video: How the war was began

Quiz tomorrow 16.3/16.4

Today, I will be able to explain why Abraham Lincoln was able to win the election of 1860, describe how the South reacted to Lincoln’s election victory, and identify the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War.

Election of 1860

Lincoln: The Story of US

Eventually there will be 4 candidates that run for president. The Democrat party will split into North and South.

Lincoln (IL) is selected over Seward (NY) for the Republican nomination. –No expansion of slavery

Douglas (IL) Northern Democrat, -Popular Sovereignty

Breckinridge (KY) Southern Democrat, (VP under Buchanan), in favor of slaveholder’s rights.

John Bell (TN) Constitutional Union, Large slaveholder, but against the expansion of slavery in the West.

Election timeline and secession Lincoln is elected with no Southern support 6 November 1860

S.C. decides 9 November 1860 to meet 17 December to discussion secession

Buchanan in December 1860 issues a statement saying secession is unconstitutional

Many Southern states believe Lincoln is an abolitionist and begin withdrawing from the Union (Dec 1860 – June 1861)

February 1861: The Confederate States of America is founded, Jefferson Davis (MS) becomes President 22 Feb. 1861

Lincoln is sworn in 4 March 1861

12 April 1861 the Civil War begins at the battle of Fort Sumter (A Union loss)

Southern Secession

South Carolina December 20, 1860 Mississippi January 9, 1861 Florida January 10, 1861 Alabama January 11, 1861 Georgia January 19, 1861 Louisiana January 26, 1861 Texas February 1, 1861 Virginia April 17, 1861 Arkansas May 6, 1861 North Carolina May 20, 1861 Tennessee June 8, 1861

Border States

States that had slavery but didn’t leave the Union.

Delaware Maryland Kentucky Missouri

Lincoln’s Inauguration speech

2 goals: Preserve the Union and Avoid War

Lincoln does state that secession is “unconstitutional”

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It is true Lincoln was slow to act regarding the growing discontent of the South while serving as President-Elect (Nov 1860-March 1861). Lincoln thought that he had little authority to act and was reluctant to issue further statements regarding his position on slavery.

Statistics

12 April 1861 to 13 May 1865

1,100,000 American causalities

More than 3,000,000 Americans will participate in the Conflict

More than 600,000 people will die (more ppl than WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam)

The First Conflict of the Civil War

Ken Burns: The Cause

Fort Sumter

Lincoln called up 70,000 soldiers

Border states refused to call up soldiers

Lincoln was turned down by Robert E. Lee