Reactions to the 1860 election
The month in which Presidential elections take place
What is November?
The total number of slave states in the US in 1860, also the name of a Taylor Swift song.
what is fifteen?
Fort Sumter is located in Charleston harbor in this Deep South state
What is South Carolina?
The goal of the Civil War according to Jefferson Davis
What is Southern Independence?
This state was the first to secede from the Union, just four days after Lincoln was declared the winner of the 1860 Presidential election
What is South Carolina?
The name chosen by the Southern states to represent them as a new nation after seceding from the US
What is the CSA (Confederate States of America)?
After 36 hours of bombardment, this side surrendered at Fort Sumter
What is the North?
This leader labeled the Civil War as a "rebellion"
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In a December 1860 address to Congress, this sitting President discouraged secession, as Lincoln had been elected by proper democratic means
Who is James Buchanan?
This attempt at compromise proposed extending the Missouri Compromise line all the way to the Pacific Ocean and protecting slavery in states where it already existed
What is the Crittenden Compromise?
In 1862, they joined the USA as its 35th state after breaking away from the rest of the South to remain loyal to the Union
What is West Virginia?
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
In the period after his election but before his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln had this title
What is "President-Elect?"
This amendment attempted to compromise with the South by proposing that institutions established in individual states be protected from abolition by Congress
What is the Corwin amendment?
Gaining the support of this state was key to the South's efforts to successfully secede because it contained key military assets and the only industrial center in the South
What is Virginia?
In August 1862, Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter to a friend explaining that this was his main aim in the Civil War
What is preserving the Union?
Before the adoption of the 20th amendment, Presidents were inaugurated on this day
What is March 4th?
This federal fort in Florida was built to protect against attacks from the sea and, though it was in the South, remained under control of the Union during the entire Civil War.
What is Fort Pickens?
After the battle of Fort Sumter, these three Upper South states seceded (name 2 of the 3)
What is Arkansas/Tennessee/North Carolina?
In this famous speech, Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens declared that the foundation of the new confederacy would be built on the "great truth" of the superiority of the white race
What is the Cornerstone Speech?