chapter 11-part 2 review democratic nomination stephen douglas

Chapter 11-Part 2 Review

Democratic Nomination

Stephen Douglas

The new political party that arose to

oppose slavery

Republican party

Republican Nomination

Abraham Lincoln

Constitutional Union

Nomination

John Bell

Southern Democratic Nomination

John Breckinridge

principles and policies a

party supports

Platform

Republican Platform

Antislavery, slavery illegal

in the new territories

Constitutional Union party

platform

Uphold the Constitution and preserve

the Union

Southern Democratic

party platform

Protection and

expansion of slavery

Democrats Platform

Popular Sovereignty

Reason why

a convention met in

Baltimore

To make sure Stephen Douglas

got the Democratic nomination

Why Lincoln

was selected

He had no important political enemies

C.U.P appealed to

thesevoters

Border States

The authority given to someone

to perform a certain task or apply certain

policies.

mandate

Actions taken by the

Republicans to gain support

To gain Support for Republicans

• Passed Homestead Law• Transcontinental Railroad• Admission of Kansas as free

state• Tariff to protect factory workers

and owners

Wins Election of

1860

Abraham Lincoln

How did the presidential

election of 1860 clearly show that the country as a whole rejected

slavery?

Lincoln and Douglas, both antislavery

candidates, received 69 percent of the total

popular vote

The group of department

heads chosen by a president to

serve as advisers.

cabinet

Threaten to secede if Lincoln is

elected

Southern States

Carried most of the Southern

states in the election

John Breckinridge

One who is not an

extremist is called a -

moderate

What is meant by a “federal system” of

government?

In the “federal system” the national

and state governments share powers

First state to secede

South Carolina

Reasons why the north and south

both wanted Virginia

Virginia wanted by both North and South

•Size

•Power

•Strength

• Influence

The attack that started the Civil

War was on -

Fort Sumter

What two events kept Virginia from deciding its

own fate ?

Attack on Fort Sumter

Lincoln’s request for troops

Governor Letcher believed this to be

a violation of states rights

Lincoln’s request for

troops

Surrendered to southern troops at Charleston,

SC

Fort Sumter

Selected to lead the Virginia

state militia in the early days of the conflict

was -

Robert E. Lee

On June 19, 1861, the government of

Virginia was “restored” to the

Union by the action of -

the Second Wheeling

Convention

Where meetings were held to

consider what western Virginia

should do

Wheeling

Why the Wheeling

convention couldn’t just

create a new state

They needed permission

from the old state

If you do not vote on an issue, you are said to have -

abstained

Name of Virginia’s new government, that was created to support the creation on a new

state

Restored Government of Virginia

Governor of the Restored

Government of Virginia

Francis H.

Pierpont

Senators of the Restored

Government of Virginia

John CarlileWaitman T. Willey

Three issues in writing the

Constitution of the new state

1. Name of the state 2. Boundaries3. Question of slavery

An addition to or correction of a

document, bill, or law

Amendment

Amendment that made

statehood bill acceptable

Willey Amendment

Major issue of WV

statehood bill

Slavery

Locations of Virginia’s

two governments

Richmond and

Wheeling

Lincoln’s Dilemma

Whether or not the statehood

bill was constitutional

An official or public

announcement

proclamation

Date WV becomes a

state

June 20, 1863

West Virginia became the -(what number

state in the Union?)

35th state

First Governor

of WV

Arthur I.Boreman

New home of the Restored

Government of Virginia

Alexandria , Va.

This Virginia Government supported the

C.S.A.

Richmond

This Virginia Government supported the

Union

Wheeling

Area included in the new

state

All that west of the Alleghenies

and counties with the B&O Railroad

State’s official name

West Virginia

Reason why eastern

counties were added

B&O Railroad

Place that housed the temporary

capitol

CustomsHouse

Independence Hall

He tried to ruin WV’s statehood

John Carlile

a political party

established to oppose slavery

Republican Party

a political party established to uphold the Constitution and preserve the federal

Union

Constitutional Union party

government formed from the southern

seceded states

Confederate States of America

located in Charleston, S.C. that was attacked

by southern forces; marks the beginning

of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

a senator who represented the restored government of Virginia; amended the statehood

bill to make it acceptable to both

Houses of Congress.

Waitman T. Willey

formed by the Second Wheeling Convention to create a body that would support the creation of a new

state.

Restored Government of Virginia

senator who represented the

restored government of Virginia; favored

reorganizing the state of Virginia

John S. Carlile

an addition to or correction of a document, bill,

or law

amendment

first governor of the state of West Virginia

Arthur I. Boreman

elected governor of the Restored government of West Virginia

Francis H. Pierpont