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Chapter 15, Section 5 1860 Abraham Lincoln was nominated to run for president with the Republican Party Democrats held their convention in Charleston, South Carolina Southerners wanted the party to support slavery Northerners Democrats refused The party split in two Northern Democrats choose Stephen Douglas to run for President Southern Democrats choose John Breckinridge of Kentucky Constitutional Union Party: new political party Tried to heal the split between North and South Choose John Bell of Tennessee to run for President He was a moderate who wanted to keep the Union together Lincoln won the election Even though his name was not even on the ballot in 10 southern states To many Southerners Lincoln ‘s election meant that the South no longer had a voice in the federal government Even before the election the governor of South Carolina wrote to other Southern states that if Lincoln won the election it was their duty to leave the Union Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky made one last effort to save the Union He introduced a bill to extent the Missouri Compromise Line all the way to the Pacific Southerners believe they had put an abolitionist in the White House The first state to secede was South Carolina on December 20, 1860 By February 1, 1861 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas had seceded. Confederate States of America: seven states that seceded Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was named President of the Confederacy Southerners believed they had every right to secede Declaration of Independence states it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that denies the right of its citizens Believed Lincoln would deny white southerners the right to own slaves Lincoln stated that no state can lawfully get out of the Union He pledged there would be no war unless the South started it The Confederacy started seizing federal forts in the South South felt they were a threat because the United States was now a foreign power By April 1861 the Confederacy controlled nearly all forts post offices and federal buildings in the South Fort Sumter, in South Carolina guarded Charleston Harbor Confederates asked for the fort’s surrender Major Robert Anderson , Union commander, refused Confederate guns opened fire Union ran out of ammunition and surrendered Marked the beginning of the Civil War.
