This document contains lecture notes on the outbreak of the American Civil War. It discusses key events and factors that led to war, including the 1860 presidential election, southern secession, and failed compromise efforts like the Crittenden Compromise. It then outlines the initial mobilization for war, including the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, northern and southern states choosing sides, and foreign diplomacy efforts during this period. The document provides an overview of the major political and military developments surrounding the start of the Civil War.

1. Chapter 16 homework
due Tuesday
DBQ Essay Due Friday

2. Good Thesis
 In 1860, compromise between the
North and South in political
disputes was impossible due to
further economic diversification and
specialization in each region,
polarizing political parties that
were separated based on sectional
conflicts, and contradictory social
hierarchies.

3. Good Thesis
 By 1860, the never-ending
disputes over the expansion of
slavery, vast discrepancies in
societal views among the north
and south, as well as the
inability to compromise over
political issues led to the
inevitable schism of the union.

4. Good Thesis
 Throughout antebellum
America, political compromise
resolving slave-related
conflicts grew less and less
possible due to cultural
divisions, westward expansion,
and the question of the morality
of slavery.

5. Lecture 15
Outbreak of War

6. Outbreak of War
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy

7. Election of
1860
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy

8. Secession
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy

9. Crittenden
Compromise
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy
W
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“ConstitutionalAmendment”
Doctor North and Patient South: "Help you! Of Course! We will first, with
your assistance, take you off your legs, & then fix you up nicely on these
Constitutional Amendments."

10. War Mobilization
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy
Apprehension seems to exist among
the people of the Southern States that
by the accession of a Republican
Administration their property and their
peace and personal security are to be
endangered. There has never been
any reasonable cause for such
apprehension….I have no purpose,
directly or indirectly, to interfere with
the institution of slavery in the States
where it exists. I believe I have no
lawful right to do so, and I have no
inclination to do so.
Inaugural Address

11. Fort Sumter
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy

12. Choosing Sides
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy

13. Foreign
Diplomacy
Lecture 15
I. Outbreak of
War
a. Election of
1860
b. Secession
c. Crittenden
Compromise
II. War
mobilization
a. Fort Sumter
b. Choosing
Sides
c. Foreign
Diplomacy

14. Civil War Leaders
Ulysses S Grant
“War of Attrition”
William T Sherman
“Scorched Earth”
Robert E Lee
“Defensive”
Stonewall Jackson
“Outflank”