Name: Date: School: Facilitator: 11.04 Election and Secession I. Election and Secession: Fill in the blanks using information from the lesson. The Republican Party was formed to oppose the spread of in the United States. The first Presidential candidate for the Republican Party was in the 1856 Election. The Debates and the Address made Lincoln a viable, though unlikely Republican Candidate for president. The Presidential Election of was the most critical election in United States history because the was at stake. 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) The split in the Party guaranteed a win for and the new Republican Party in the Election of 1860. 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. 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. were made by the Confederate States to prepare for war. In his address, President Lincoln stated that his administration would not civil war. 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 . After Lincoln called for to retake Fort Sumter, more states seceded and joined the Confederacy.
Name: Date: School: Facilitator: 11.04 Election and Secession I. Election and Secession: Fill in the blanks using information from the lesson. The Republican Party was formed to oppose the spread of in the United States. The first Presidential candidate for the Republican Party was in the 1856 Election. The Debates and the Address made Lincoln a viable, though unlikely Republican Candidate for president. The Presidential Election of was the most critical election in United States history because the was at stake. 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) The split in the Party guaranteed a win for and the new Republican Party in the Election of 1860. 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. 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. were made by the Confederate States to prepare for war. In his address, President Lincoln stated that his administration would not civil war. 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 . After Lincoln called for to retake Fort Sumter, more states seceded and joined the Confederacy.
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