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ssahna_irnsg_units_AC.book Page 226 Thursday, December 8, 2005 12:19 PM Section 4 Notetaking Study Guide Question to Think About As you read Section 4 in your textbook and take notes, keep this question in mind: Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln spark the secession of southern states? Use this chart to record key information from the section. Some information has been filled in to get you started. Chain of Events Leading to Civil War • There were four candidates in the election because proslavery and antislavery factions of the Democratic Party chose different candidates; some Southerners formed the Constitutional Union Party. Douglas • Northern Democratic candidate: Stephen _____________________ John Breckinridge • Southern Democratic candidate: _____________________ John Bell • Constitutional Union candidate: ______________________ Abraham Lincoln • Republican candidate: ______________________________ • Although he did not receive a majority of the popular vote, electoral Lincoln received enough _________________________ to win the election. fragmented (divided)the nation was. • The election showed how __________________ Secession • After South Carolina learned that Lincoln had won the election, seceding from the Union it responded by _____________________________________ . • Southern leaders who opposed secession: Tenn. senator Andrew Johnson 1. ________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________ Tex. Gov. Sam Houston South Carolina • First state to secede from the Union: ___________________ Confederate States of Am. • Name of the new southern nation: ______________________ Jefferson Davis • President of the southern nation: _______________________ • Lincoln’s message to seceding states: ___________________ he assured the suceded states that he meant them no harm and that he would __________________________________________________ not interfere with slavery where it existed. __________________________________________________ • Response of seceding states to Lincoln’s message: 1. rejection ________________________________________________ seized federl property in their borders 2. they ________________________________________________ Fort Sumter send a • Lincoln’s plan to deal with the siege of Fort Sumter: _______ supply ship with no guns so southerns wouldn't think __________________________________________________ he was attacking them __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ They fired on the • South Carolina’s response to Lincoln’s plan: ______________ fort, capturing it and starting the Civil War __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Refer to this page to answer the Chapter 14 Focus Question on page 228. 226 Unit 5 Chapter 14 Section 4 © Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Prentice Hall. All Rights Reserved. The Election of 1860