| A | B |
|---|
| William Seward | Failed to get the Republican nomination for President in 1860 |
| Chicago | Site of Republican convention in 1860 |
| Charleston,SC | Site of Democratic convention in 1860 |
| Northern Democrats | Nominate Stephen Douglas for President |
| Southern Democrats | Nominate John Breckenridge for President |
| Abraham Lincoln | Elected President of the U.S. in 1860 |
| Lincoln's name | Not even on the ballot in 10 southern states |
| South's feelings | Southerners felt that the North had put an abolitionist in the White House |
| South Carolina | 1st state to secede or separate from the Union |
| 12/20/60 to 02/01/61 | 7 states had left the union during this time(AL, FL, GA, LA, MI, TX) |
| Montgomery, Alabama | Site of convention where the CSA was formed |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the CSA |
| Southern thinking | It was right to secede because the Decl. of Indep. said"it is the right of the people to alter or abolish" a government that denies the rights of its citizens. |
| March 4, 1861 | Lincoln took the oath of office for the Presidency |
| Fort Sumter | Site of the beginning of the American Civil War |
| April 12, 1861 | Beginning date of the Civil War |
| Robert Anderson | Union Major, who after fighting southern ships, surrendered Ft. Sumter to the Confederacy |
| Fighting at Ft. Sumter | No one was injured |
| 4 years | length of Civil War |
| John Bell | Nominated by Constitutional Union Party to run for the Presidency in 1860 |
| 1860-1865 | Ft. Sumter attacked and Emancipation Proclamation isssued during these years |
