HIST-200 Lecture
3/19/2007
Last time: Lincoln got elected
Revolution of 1860: climax of a building Republican party, of building sectionalism, Abe
Lincoln not even on ballot in Deep South states, ordinance of secession passed in South
Carolina, South Carolina becomes an independent nation, SC driven by Calhoun’s belief that the
locus of power lay in the states, Lincoln believed that the union was very important, inauguration
of Lincoln in March (not January)
Secession
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South Carolina was followed by Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,
Florida (by February 1, 1861)
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Compromise efforts didn’t matter
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Futile
Compromises just did not work
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Crisis: Charleston, South Carolina (Immediate triggering event)
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December 1860: Just as SC is leaving the union, the commander of the federal
forts there (Robert Anderson) moved all the federal soldiers out to Fort
Sumter
Anderson needed provisions
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Lincoln’s proposal to send provisions was seen as threat
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Anderson asked to surrender
Anderson refuses, and crossfire began
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Anderson finally puts out the white flag
and surrenders
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Lincoln calls for militia
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- Spring '05
- Shammas
- Civil War, American Civil War, deep south states, River line
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