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Name: Date: School: Facilitator: 11.04 Election and Secession I. Election and Secession: Fill in the blanks using information from the lesson. 1. The Republican Party was formed to oppose the spread of first Presidential candidate for the Republican Party was in the United States. The in the 1856 Election. 2. The Debates and the Address made Lincoln a viable, though unlikely Republican Candidate for president. 3. The Presidential Election of because the was at stake. was the most critical election in United States history 4. The Presidential Election of 1860 produced 4 candidates for president. They were: (Northern Democrat) John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat) (Constitutional Union Party) Abraham Lincoln (Republican) 5. The split in the Election of 1860. Party guaranteed a win for and the new Republican Party in the 6. Southern states believed that Lincoln would try to undermine slavery as president. As a result, many Southern states, starting with started to from the Union after the Election of 1860. 7. Delegates from the southern states met in , Alabama to create a new government; one that would protect and uphold the institution of slavery. After creating the new government called the , Jefferson Davis was elected president. 8. Plans were made by the Confederate States to prepare for war. In his Lincoln stated that his administration would not civil war. address, President 9. On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on , a fort held by Union troops in South Carolina. U.S. troops surrendered the fort on April 13, thereby marking the beginning of the . 10. After Lincoln called for the Confederacy. to retake Fort Sumter, more states seceded and joined II. Cooper Union Speech: Read “The Speech,” a record of the audience reaction to the Cooper Union speech given by Abraham Lincoln, linked on the Task page. Answer the questions below using details from the speech. 1. Describe, with at least three specific references, the reaction members of the audience experienced to Mr. Lincoln’s appearance. 2. Describe, with at least three specific references, how the audience changed their opinion of Mr. Lincoln as he spoke.