January 22, 2010

The school district just

offered the teachers a new
contract. The school days
will not be lengthened.
Would you require teachers
to stay an hour later to help
tutor students?
 Homework:
None
Relax
Stay safe
Stay sane
Stay out of
trouble
Review: Pennsylvania Hall
Is it historically
significant?
Why or why not?
Does the story of
Pennsylvania take the
focus off the actions
of African Americans?
Should I teach it next
year?
The Presidential Election of 1860
The Democratic party
splits in half
4 candidates carry at
least one or more
states
Lincoln carries no
southern states
Wins with 39.8% of the
vote
The election of 1860
Lincoln wasn’t even
on the ballot in some
southern states
The election results
were clearly split
along slave V free
state lines
No other election has
seen divisions like
this
Lincoln
February 12, 1809 –
April 15, 1865
16th president
Lawyer
Born in Kentucky,
lived in Illinois
Three of his four
children died young
Lincoln
He never owned
slaves
His in-laws did own
slaves
Lifelong abolitionist
Considered a radical
in his day
Shot and killed as the
Civil War was ending
 Secession
Southern states left
the Union rather
than acknowledge
Lincoln as
president
They formed a
country they called
the Confederate
States of America
Secession
 Fort Sumter
Located in the harbor
of Charleston, South
Carolina
Still there
The Confederacy
asked that all federal
instillations in the
south be turned over
to them
Fort Sumter
Lincoln says he will
only re supply the fort
with food
If the Confederates let
the ship pass, they
admit the North has
the right to hold it
If they fire on the
ships then they
started the war
 Fort Sumter
The South
does fire on
the fort and
does start
the war
Northern
troops were
allowed to
leave
peacefully
 Exit Ticket Question:
#1: Describe what was unusual about the
election of 1860
#2: Write a short description of Lincoln –
what was he like?
#3: What is secession? Who seceded,
when and why?
#4: What was important about Fort Sumter
and how Lincoln chose to deal with it?