Events Leading to Secession and War

a plan of action or statement of a group

Platform

commander of Fort Sumter

Robert Anderson

first to secede from the Union

South Carolina

to put an end to by satisfying

Appease

President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis

What did the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Texas have in common?

What did the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Texas have in common?

a sum of money or other thing being appropriated

Appropriations

What was the action of the state of Virginia?

seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter

What was included in the 1860 Republican platform?

Denounced John Brown's raid,Slavery could continue where it already existed,So slavery in new territories

What was included in Lincoln's inaugural address?

No state had a right to leave the Union,Federal posts in the South would be defended,Slavery could continue where it already existed

What was the action of the state of Maryland?

did not secede from the Union

first shots of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

From your study of the Civil War, all of the following states seceded from the Union after the election of Lincoln except:

Maryland

Select the four candidates in the 1860 election:

Stephen Douglas,John Breckinridge,Abraham Lincoln,John Bell

formed from five western counties

West Virginia

Southern states that did not secede

border states

What was the action of the state of Tennessee?

seceded from the Union after Fort Sumter

Vice-President of the Confederacy

Alexander Stephens

to compel; force

Coerce

extend the 36° 30' line to the Pacific Ocean

Crittenden Compromise