The Civil War

slavery should be permitted in the North

sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

the Southern states should be allowed to secede

a permanent compromise with the south on slavery was possible

Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee

William Carney and Philip Bazaar

Stonewall Jackson and Hiram Rhodes Revels

Dred Scott and Stephen Douglas

unified popular support for the war effort

superior military leadership

economic aid from Great Britain and France

greater human and economic resources

He would act to end slavery

He would act to keep the south dependent on the north

He would act to preserve the Union

He would act to protect the freedom of the seas

John Brown's raid immediately led to the attack on Fort Sumter

Lincoln was the first Democratic President

Most southern states had seceded before Lincoln was elected

South Carolina seceded the same year that Lincoln was elected

Northern states objected to high tariffs

Southern states wanted to allow the export of African Slaves

Southern states claimed a right to secede from the Union

Democrats demanded a recount of votes in the Election of 1860

Slavery was not as profitable as the South believed

The government was a union of the people as a whole and not of states.

Southern States did not permit their people to vote on secession

As President, he had to defend the nation against foreign invasions

a new peace treaty with Great Britain

universal male suffrage

a fair and generous peace

harsh punishment for Confederate leadership

Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states

a Constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery

Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

several Southern states seceded from the Union

More people lived in the South than the North

The South grew more crops than the North

Transportation was more developed in the South than the North

The North was more industrialized than the South