CHAPTER 15: A Divided Nation

Section 4: The Nation Divides

VOCABULARY Arsenal: A storehouse of weapons

RAID ON HARPERS FERRY

1859 – John Brown and a small group of abolitionists attack the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

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RAID ON HARPERS FERRY • Wanted to get weapons & give them to slaves to start a rebellion

RAID ON HARPERS FERRY

No slaves come to help Brown is attacked by locals and retreats to a firehouse

John Brown’s Raid

John Brown’s Raid

RAID ON HARPERS FERRY

Brown is captured and hung - rebellion over Abolitionistsmourn but somethink his tacticswere too extreme Southernersare angry

THE ELECTION OF 1860

Dem’s do not re-nominate Buchanan• They are splitover who tonominate

THE ELECTION OF 1860

Northern Dem’s pick Stephen Douglas Southern Dem’s pick John C. Breckinridge Constitutional Union Party picks John Bell Rep’s pick Abraham Lincoln

Presidential Election of 1860

THE ELECTION OF 1860

Lincoln wins with only 40% of the votes Southerners are angry

THE SOUTH SECEDES Eleven Southern

states secede•1860 – South Carolina•1861 – Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee

THE SOUTH SECEDES Form the Confederate

States of America Elect Jefferson Davis President

The Nation is Divided

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