The document summarizes the events leading up to Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860 and the South's secession from the Union in response. It discusses the split of the Democratic party on the issue of slavery, with Lincoln representing the Republican party in the North and multiple candidates representing Northern and Southern Democrat positions. Lincoln won the election due to the North having a larger population and the South splitting its vote among multiple candidates. After Lincoln's election, Southern states began seceding, forming the Confederate States of America in response to their belief that Lincoln and the Republicans would threaten the institution of slavery.

2. Cause # 4: Selection of Lincoln

4. 1860 Presidential Election Abraham Lincoln Republican John Bell Constitutional Union Stephen A. Douglas Northern Democrat John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat

8. C. Lincoln won the election, taking every Northern state. Breckinridge swept the South, and Bell took most border states, those states located between the North and the South. II. The Election of 1860

10. E. Republicans argued that secession was a Southern scare tactic to keep people from voting for Lincoln in the 1860 Presidential election. II. The Election of 1860

14. Cause # 5: Secession

16. A. By February 1861, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia had seceded. B. Formed a new nation: the Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy. C. Jefferson Davis chosen as President. D. Alexander Stephens , from Georgia , was chosen as Vice President. IV. The South Secedes

18. A. Confederate forces had seized some U.S. forts and demanded the surrender of Fort Sumter , a fort on an island guarding Charleston Harbor. B. Lincoln responded to the Confederate forces’ demand by sending unarmed Union forces with supplies to Fort Sumter. He promised Union forces would not fire unless fired upon. VI. Fort Sumter

19. C. Confederate president Jefferson Davis ordered forces to attack Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. D. The fort’s Union troops surrendered on April 14th to Confederate forces. VI. Fort Sumter

20. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor April 12 -13, 1861

25. Fort Sumter, S.C., April 4, 1861, under the Confederate flag.