SOAR2, Part 2 of 2

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Who won the Election of 1860 despite not being on the ballot in 9 southern states, winning due to the North having many more electoral votes than the South?

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Abraham Lincoln

Front

This political party splits over the issue of slavery just before the Election of 1860. Northern members of the party don't want to protect slavery, but Southern members demand that the candidate support slavery. The party will run 2 candidates: Stephen Douglas and John Breckenridge.

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Democratic Party

Front

This is the first state to secede, or leave the United States. Also, the first battle of the Civil War will occur in this state.

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South Carolina

Front

This speech, written by Lincoln, is encouraging the South to avoid a Civil War and, if the war starts, the South would have to fire the first shot. "We are friends. We are not enemies. We must not be enemies."

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1st Inaugural Address

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This is the first battle of the Civil War. The battle occurs when the North refuses to surrender an island fort in the middle of Charleston Harbor. No one dies - a bloodless start to the bloodiest war in American History!

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Fort Sumter

Front

This man is the main commander of the Confederate Army. President Lincoln actually offered him the job but this man said "no" to Lincoln because this man, could not fight friends/neighbors/relatives in his home state. To punish this man, the US Army buries the dead on his plantation. This is now known as Arlington National Cemetery! (Dun, Dun, DUN!)

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Robert E Lee

Front

Of the two sides that fought in the Civil War, this side had advantages such as population, factories, railroad lines, and a navy that could form an effective blockade.

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The North or Union

Front

Of the two sides that fought in the Civil War, this side had much better generals and knew the geography/terrain of most battles.

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The South or Confederates

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This man stays calm during the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War in which his men refuse to run away when the battle seemed deadly. He will forever have the first name of "Stonewall" due to he and his soldiers' courage to not run away.

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Thomas Jackson

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This term refers to the North's strategy to block trade of the South to stop the South's ability to trade cotton for war supplies. It is the plan to "suffocate" the South!

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The Anaconda Plan