Events that led to the Civil War

The Dred Scott Decision, Election of 1860, and Secession in Georgia

The Dred Scott Decision

• Read pg. 77 in the CRCT Coach book and explain how the court decision helped divide the North and South

The Dred Scott Supreme Court Case and Decision

• Supreme Court ruling in 1857• A slave filed suit after he lived in free states

with his owner but was returned to slave state• Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and

could not file lawsuits• Court also ruled that Congress could not stop

slavery in the territories• Decision further separated the North and

South

Election of 1860

• Read in CRCT Coach book pg. 78

What issues split the Democrats?

Name the three candidates from the Democratic party?

What was the Republican Platform and who was their candidate?

How would Lincoln’s election lead to the Civil War?

Election of 1860• What issues split the Democrats?Northern Democrats = popular sovereignty Southern Democrats = allowing slavery in all territories• Name the three candidates from the Democratic

party?1. Northern Democrats = Stephen A. Douglas2. Southern Democrats = John C. Breckinridge3. Whigs = John Bell

Election of 1860• What was the Republican Platform and who was their

candidate? Abraham LincolnOpposed to slavery, protective tariffs, plan to give free land to western settlers, proposed a transcontinental rail road with one end in the North.

• How would Lincoln’s election lead to the Civil War?He won with out receiving one electoral vote from the South and all the issues he supported were against everything the South stood for.

Debate Over Secession in GARead in CRCT book pg. 80

• What was opinion towards maintaining the Union?

• Which Georgia law maker spoke against Georgia seceding from the Union and why? (paragraphs 3 &4)

• What was Georgia’s decision towards secession?

• What was the role of Georgia’s leadership in the Confederate States of America?

Debate Over Secession in GA• What was opinion towards maintaining the

Union?Georgians were, for the most part, for the Union; however, they were strongly for states’ rights

• Which Georgia law maker spoke against Georgia seceding from the Union and why? (paragraphs 3 &4) Alexander Stephens

He felt that Lincoln was constitutionally elected and his election was not a just cause to secede from the Union.

Debate Over Secession in GA• What was Georgia’s decision towards

secession? Georgia voted to secede with a vote of 208-89. Georgia’s Secession convention began in January 1861 and the Confederate States of America formed on February 1861

• What was the role of Georgia’s leadership in the Confederate States of America?

Alexander Stephens was elected as Vice President of the Confederate States of America (CSA) in 1861.

Alexander Stephens

• Immediately after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860, Georgia Governor Joseph E Brown called a legislative session to determine whether a special convention should be held to decide the question of session.

Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb, and Governor Brown led the way for Georgia’s secession.

November 21, 1860 Georgia convenes a Secession convention

January 19, 1861 Georgia secedes from the Union

February 22, 1861 Alexander Stephens is inaugurated as the Vice President of the Confederate States of America and Jefferson Davis is the President.

Georgia Secedes From Union January 19, 1861 http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/georgia-secedes-uni

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Alexander Stephens – Inaugurated Vice President of Conderate February 22, 1862 http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/alexander-stephens-

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Alexander Stephens – great speech November 14, 1860 http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/alexander-stephens

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