The Beginning of the Civil War8.3

Republicans Choose Abraham Lincoln

• Republicans candidate must win ENTIRE north• Needed to Beat Douglass in home state of

Illinois• Douglass’s Position on Dred Scott case not

popular• Abraham Lincoln from Illinois chosen as

Republican Candidate

Kansas’s Constitution• President Buchannan urged Kansas to apply for statehood.• Proslavery Legislature calls for delegates for constitutional

convention• Anti-Slavery boycotts• Lecompton Constitution: Allows for slavery• Passed in senate, blocked in the house• Congress calls for another vote from Kansas on

Constitution• Constitution voted down. 2 years before Kansas can

become for

Douglas Vs Lincoln for Illinois Senate

• Political woes hurts Douglas• Lincoln questions Douglas during a debate and

on slavery and Dred Scott decision – FreePort Doctrine

• Douglas Wins Election, but greatly angers the South

John Browns Raid

• Extreme Abolitionist• Still weapons from Harpers Ferry, Lead Slave

insurrection• Brown and 18 others storm ferry but are beaten by

US Marines under Command of Robert E. Lee• Executed• Viewed as a Martyr to the North • Proof to the South that the north was plotting

against them. Turning point for the South

Election of 1860

• Republicans denounce Brown’s actions• Democrat party splits: Stephen Douglas• Walkouts: Jon C Breckinridge• Abraham Lincoln wins• South views Lincoln’s election same as

Abolitionists election.• South Secedes from Union

Secession

• South Carolina is 1st

• By 1861 6 more states succeed• Sothern's viewed secession as a tradition of

the American Revolution• Congress tries to compromise, they are

ignored and Southerners Seize federal property

• Lincoln Opposes Crittenden’s Compromise

Creation of the Confederacy

• Confederate States of America: Southern states declare themselves a new nation

• Drafted a Constitution• Jefferson Davis chosen as president• Confederate Forces Bombard Fort Sumter and

Civil War Begins.