HST 202 Lecture Notes - Southern Democrats, Total War, Emancipation Proclamation
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This class discusses the civil war from the view of how it fits into the ideas of sectionalism, national expansion, and daily lives. Slavery, in particular, affected everyone in a unique way. Election of 1860: 4 candidates, but only 2 were supported by each region. Southern democrat: sectionalism between the north and south made a candidate"s stance on slavery determine who would vote for you. South pro-slavery: lincoln (northern candidate) won because the south was so divided. Disagreement among the union: secession: leaving the union, south carolina seceded on dec. 20, 1860 (lincoln had not even been inaugurated) followed by. Lincoln"s inaugural address: january 1861, initially supported unity and free soil ideas by calling secession the essence of anarchy , did not want war over slavery because he knew it would cause him to lose support. Tennessee, virginia, arkansas, north carolina, kentucky, and missouri refused. Tennessee, virginia, north carolina, and arkansas secede.
