Ch.14 Sec.4 Summary

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what were three effects of Lincolns warning to the south?

1. his assurance of friendship to the South had resisted 2. The seceding states took over post offices, Forts, and other federal property 3. the confederate states tried to take Fort Sumter

Who do Republicans choose as their candidate?

Abraham Lincoln

how did divisions among the Democrats help lead to the election of republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

Northern Democrats chose Stephen Douglas as a candidate and southern picked John Breckenridge. however Douglas knew that Lincoln would probably win the election.

Who did Northern Democrats nominate?

Stephen Douglas

what are the four presidential candidates in 1860?

Stephen Douglas, John Breckenridge, John Bell, and Abraham Lincoln

leaders from the seven seceding states had met in Montgomery Alabama and formed a new nation they called what?

The Confederate states of America

what is the event that marked the beginning of the American Civil War?

The attack on Fort Sumter

southerners formed what and nominated John Bell of Tennessee?

The constitutional union party

what is a civil war?

a war between opposing groups of the citizens of the same country

how did Lincoln win the presidential election without receiving a majority of the popular vote?

because his criticisms of slavery during his debates with Stephen Douglas made him popular in the north

why was Lincoln reluctant to give up fort Sumter?

he didn't want to lose his troops and given to the south

what did Lincoln assure in his inaugural address?

he is assured seceding states that he meant them no harm

what did Lincoln mean when he said "both parties condemned war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nations survive"?

he meant that both parties disapproved of the war, instead of letting the nation live and survive

Who refused for the party to support slavery, causing the party to split in two?

northerners

where was fort Sumter located?

on an island in the harbor of Charleston South Carolina

Who picked vice President John Breckenridge from Kentucky?

southern democrats

Who wanted the party to support slavery in the territories?

southern democrats

why did southern states secede from the union?

they thought they no longer had a voice and they believe that the president and Congress were now set against their interests-especially slavery

what was the South's reaction to Lincoln's election?

they were shocked

what did John bell promise?

to protect slavery and keep the nation together

One Lincoln took office the Confederate leaders did what?

wrote a constitution and named former Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis as their president


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