APUSH 5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession

1860 Election

election where slavery was the central issue, Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won over John Breckinridge (Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union Party). Lincoln won 40% of popular vote, but won a large majority of electoral votes. Lincoln's victory leads the south to secede.

Candidates of 1860 election

John Breckenridge, Stephen Douglas, John Bell, Abraham Lincoln

John Breckenridge

Southern Democrat (72 electoral), pro slavery

Stephen Douglas

Northern Democrat (12 electoral), popular sovereignty

John Bell

Constitutional Union (39 electoral), stay together at all costs

Abraham Lioncoln

Abraham Lincoln (180 electoral), No slavery in new territories

Who won the election of 1860?

Abraham Lincoln

December 20, 1860

South Carolina secedes from the Union

Who followed South Carolina in secession?

The Deep South as listed

2. Mississippi

3. Florida

4. Alabama

5. Georgia

6. Louisiana

7. Texas

8. Virginia

9. Arkansas

10. Tennessee

11. North Carolina

February 1861

Confederate States of America formed

Who was the president of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy)?

Jefferson Davis

Crittenden Compromise

A last-ditch effort to resolve the secession crisis. It proposed to bar the government from intervening in the states' decision of slavery, to restore the Missouri Compromise, and to guarantee protection of slavery below the line.

What happened to to Crittenden Compromise?

killed in the senate, disapproved by Lincoln

Historians are divided on?

why the south seceded

Some historians believe that the south seceded for_______________ while others believe the south seceded for _______________________-

slavery, states rights

Some historians believe the south seceded to protect

slavery and white supremacy and Lincoln will end slavery

Some historians believed the south seceded to

protect states rights

each state joined, each state ca leave

state first, federal government second

states can govern themselves

Confederate Inaugural address

President Jefferson Davis, February 1861

USA Inaugural address

President Abraham Lincoln, March 1861