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1856 Presidential election
The Democrats nominated James Buchanan to run for presidency in 1856.The 1856 election broke into two separate races.The Democrats nominated James Buchanan.Buchananan won the election -
1856 the case of Dred Scott
Dred Scott case reached the Supreme Court in 1856.The Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. Ruled that Dred Scott was not a U.S. citizen. As result ,he could not sue in U.S. courts. -
Lincoln and Douglas debate
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglass debate the issue of slavery in the 1858 Senate campaign in Illinois. Douglass secedes and made a plan called the compromise 0f 1850.Lincoln won the election. -
1859 john brown
Brown and 18 followers 13 whites and 5 blacks capture the Harpers Ferry arsenal. They killed four people in the raid. Brown sent out the word to rally and arm local slaves. But no slaves joined the fight. -
Became the first state to secede. Other states in the Deep South, where slave labor and cotton production were most common, also considered secession. During the next six week Mississppi,Florida ,Alabama,Georgia,Louisianna,and Texas joined South Carolina
States that had seceded met in Montgomery Alabama. They formed the Confederate States Of America. The convention Named Jefferson Davis president of the Confederacy -
Jefferson Davis President Of the Confederacy
The Confederate president has the difficult task of keeping the South united.They named Jefferson Davis president of the Confederacy. -
1860 presidential election
Turned into two different races for presidency, one in North and one in South. Lincoln and Douglas were the only candidates with support in the North. Breckinridge and Bell competed for Southern States -
Southern states secede
Many Southerners had warned that if Lincoln won, the Southern states secede, or withdraw from the Union. Supporters of secession based their arguments on the idea of states’ rights. They argued that the states had voluntarily joined the Union -
December 20 ,1860 –South Carolina
Became the first state to secede. Other states in the Deep South, where slave labor and cotton production were most common, also considered secession. During the next six week Mississppi,Florida ,Alabama,Georgia,Louisianna,and Texas joined South Carolina in secession -
February 1861 Crittenden
Was presented to Congress and did not pass. With the hopes for compromise fading Americans waited for Lincoln’s inauguration. Lincoln took an oath.
