2. Vocabulary
1. secede: To leave.
2. Confederacy: Southern states that formed
their own national government during the
Civil War period.
3. Border state: States located between the
North and the South that permitted slavery
but had not seceded.
4. Civil war: A war between people who live in
the same country.
3. Abraham Lincoln
• Was born in Kentucky in 1809.
• Spent most of his time working on the family
farm
• When Lincoln was 21, he studied law on his own
and became a lawyer.
• In the 1830s, he opened a law
office in Illinois.
4. • In 1834, Lincoln entered public
service.
• In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the
United States Congress.
• In 1858, Lincoln ran for the United
States Senate
5. Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
- responded that “the
framers of the
Constitution intended
and expected”
slavery to end.
- argued that each new
state should decide for
itself whether to allow
slavery.
- thought it was wrong
for slavery to spread to
new states
. - Two years later, he
was nominated for
President.
- won the election for
senate
6. The Democratic party was divided.
- Northern Democrats supported Stephen A.
Douglas, who argued that new states should
make their
own laws about
slavery.
- Southern Democrats backed John
Breckinridge, who wanted to protect
slavery.
7. The Nation Divides
The Confederate States of America was formed
by
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, and
Mississippi and formed their own national
government. Jefferson Davis, was elected
president.
Abraham Lincoln became President on March
4, 1861.
8.
9. Crisis at Fort Summer
Four more states—Arkansas, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia—seceded and joined
the Confederacy.
Tensions between the Union and the
Confederacy had reached their breaking point. A
civil war had started. The United States Civil War
divided the country and the states.
