LINCOLN REPUBLICAN – STOP EXPANSION OF SLAVERY

1. 13 Election of 1860 LINCOLN REPUBLICAN – STOP EXPANSION OF SLAVERY DOUGLAS NORTHERN DEMOCRAT – POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY VS BELL CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY (PRESERVE THE UNION) BRECKINRIDGE SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT – ADD CUBA & EXPAND SLAVERY

2. 13 Rep. chose Lincoln…was not included on southern ballots South did not approve of Republican victory

3. 14 Secession Crisis On November 20, 1860, South Carolinaseceded because of Lincoln’s victory By February 1861 TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, and GA had seceded. They chose Jefferson Davis, a Mississippi senator, as their president. Those states met at Montgomery, Alabama, to formed a new nation and government, called the Confederate States of America.

4. 14 Response to Secession • President Buchanan argued against secession • Believed the states did not have the right to withdraw • No response of action • Sen. John Crittenden (KY) • Developed a compromise plan in Congress (02/1861) • Americans waited for President-elect Lincoln • Many were waiting on his reaction @ the inauguration • Lincoln spoke forcefully against secession • Assured the South he did not intend to abolish slavery in the South • His main goal was to maintain the union