1860 Election, Secession And Civil War Flashcards by Matt Butler

Location of 1st 1860 Democratic Convention

Charleston, South Carolina

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Month of 1st Democratic Convention in 1860

April

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What caused lower South delegates to walk out from 1st Democratic Convention

Northern Democrats blocked a proposal that would pledge the party to protect the rights of slaveholders in the territories

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How many delegates left the 1st 1860 Democratic Convention

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Voting for a candidate in 1st Democratic Convention

Douglas received over half but not necessary 2/3

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Vote to reconvene 1860 Democrat Convention

57 ballots

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Site and date of 2nd 1860 Democrat convention

Baltimore in June

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Why could Douglas win the second Democrat Convention’s nomination

So many Southern delegates walked out

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Candidate nominated by Southern Democrats in 1860

Vice-President John Breckenridge

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Platform for 1860 Southern Democrats

Called for federal government to protect slavery in the territories

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Northern support for Breckenridge

Cass, Pierce and Buchanan, the last three Democratic Candidates
8/10 Northern Democrat Senators

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Date and site of Republican Convention 1860

Wigwam, Chicago in May

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Republican platform (3)

Higher protective tariff
Free 160-acre homesteads for western settlers
North trans-continental railway

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William Seward’s political experience

Governor of New York for 4 years, Semator for 12 years

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Main Republican Potential Candidates for 1860 (5)

Seward of New York
Lincoln of Illinois
Bates of Missouri
Chase of Ohio
Cameron of Pennsylvania

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First ballot in 1860 Republican Convention

173 for Seward (majority but not necessary 233), Lincoln won 102 (more than twice of anybody else)

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On which ballot did Lincoln win the nomination

3rd

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3rd party strong in upper South

Constitutional Unionist Party

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Candidate of Constitutional Unionist Party

John Bell of Tennessee

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Constitutional Unionist Party attitude to slavery

Ignore slavery to relieve sectional tension

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Regional battle in 1860 election

Lincoln v Douglas in North

Bell v Breckenridge in South

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Which candidate actively campaigned in 1860

Douglas

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Turnout of Nov 1860

81%

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Bell vote in 1860 election

39% of Southern
5% of Free state
Won States of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee

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Breckenridge vote in 1860 election

45% of Southern 5% of free states Won 11/15 Southern states

Douglas vote 1860

Same vote as Bell and Breckenridge combined Most votes from North Only carried Missouri and New Jersey

Lincoln's nickname

'Honest Abe'

First state on secession

South Carolina

December 1860 Congress number of representatives asking for Southern Confederacy

30 from 9 Southern states

Date of South Carolina's secessions

20 December 1860

Voting in South Carolina's secession convention

169 to 0

Site of first meeting in February 1861 of Confederate government

Montgomery, Alabama

Date of Mississippi's secession convention

9 January 1861

Mississippi convention vote for secession

85 for to 15

Florida secession convention voting

62 for, 7 against

Alabama secession convention voting

61 for, 39 against

Georgia secession convention voting

208 for, 89 against

Louisiana secession convention voting

113 for, 17 against

Texas convention for secession voting

166 for , 8 against

Secession referendum Texas voting

44,317 for, 13,020 against

Date and number of delegates at first Confederate meeting

50, 4th February 1861

Composition of delegates of first Confederate government

49 were slave owners and 21 owned at least 20 slaves

Political ideology of first Confederate government

60% Democrat, 40% ex-Whigs

Proportion of delegates for Confederate Government that were cooperationist

Almost half

Month of ratification of Confederate constitution

March 1861

State of Jefferson Davis

Mississippi

Name and state of first Confederate Vice President

Alexander Stephens of Georgia

Population and industrial capacity of 7 original Confederate states (as a % of USA total)

10% of population and 5% of industrial capacity

Virginia secession convention voting

32 immediate secessionists out of 152 seats

% of blacks that were free in Maryland

Around 50%

Month of Lincoln's admission to the White House

March 1861

Size of House and Senate Committees on reconciliation December 1860

33 in house, 13 in senate

State of John Crittenden

Kentucky

Crittenden compromise proposals (3)

Extend Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific Constitutional amendment to prevent interference in slavery Congress would be forbidden to abolish slavering in Washington and interfere with the inter-state slave trade

Peace Convention in Washington, date and state behind it

February 1861 and Virginia

Number of delegates at Virginia Peace Convention

133

Congress' actions on Crittenden Proposals and Virginian Peace Convention's proposals

Ignored

Composition of Lincoln's cabinet

Very diverse

Number of Lincoln's Cabinet members who had competed for Republican nomination

Site of Fort Pickens

Pensacola, Florida

Site of Fort Sumter

Middle of Charleston Harbour

Number of troops in Fort Sumter

Less than 100

Leader of troops at Fort Sumter

Major Robert Anderson, Kentucky

What happened to Buchanan's ship to Sumter January 1861

Shot at by South Carolinian batteries and then retreated

Lincoln's attitude to federal property

Hold, occupy and possess

Supplies of food left at Sumter after Lincoln's inauguration

4 to 6 weeks

15 March 1861, initial opinion of Lincoln's cabinet on Sumter

Most favoured withdrawal

Who made promises to the Confederacy without Lincoln's approval on Sumter

Seward

Second cabinet meeting on Sumter, opinion

Resupplying Sumter and protecting Pickens

Seward's international proposal on Sumter

Evacuate Sumter and provoke war with France and Spain to re-unite the nation

Lincoln's response to Seward

Privately put him in his place

Size of 9 April 1861 expedition to Sumter

3 ships and 500 men

Commander of Confederate forces in Charleston

General Beaureguard

Time and date of first shots of war

4:30 am on 12 April

Number of deaths from Fort Sumter

Number of artillery rounds fired at Sumter

5000

Treatment of troops after evacuation at Sumter

Evacuated to Washington

Change in New York opinion following Sumter

250,000 attended Union rally, previously had been pro-South

Comparative Call to Arms

75,000 for 90 days from Lincoln | 100,000 for Davis

Date of announcement of blockade

19 April

Industrial capacity of Virginia in 1861

Equal to the seven original confederate states

Virginia state convention on secession 1861 AS

88 to 55 for secession

Referendum for ratifying secession in Virginia

128,884 to 32,134 for secession

New capital of Confederacy

Richmond

Tennessee referendum secession

104,913 to 47,238 for

Regions of Confederacy States that were Union

West Virginia and East Tennessee

Four slave States that did not secede

Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky

Name of colleges developed by Republicans

Morrill Colleges

In how many Southern states did Lincoln receive no votes in the 1860 election

On what date did Anderson move the garrison to Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie

26 December 1860

Fort Sumter number of soldiers capacity

650

Indiana response to initial call to arms

Asked for 6 regiments but offered 12

On what date was Lee offered command of Union army

April 18th 1861

Where did Lee come in his West Point Class

2nd

Arkansas convention on secession after Sumter

65 to 5 but became 69 to 1

How had the Governor of North Carolina acted before secession and after Sumter

Seized 3 federal forts and a federal arsenal

% of East Tennessee voting against secession

70%

Comparative slave populations of East and rest of Tennessee

8% and 30%

4 non-seceding states manufacturing capacity as a % of confederacy's

80%

Fraction of Maryland population in Baltimore

1/3

Who and and on what date were the first unit to respond to Lincoln's call to arms

Massachusetts 6th on April 19th

Maryland 13 June 1861, number of seats won by unionists

6/6

Size of arsenal in Missouri at St Louis

60,000 muskets, largest in all slave States

Number of deaths in Missouri 10th May 1861

28 civilians and 2 soldiers

Which body ruled Missouri through the war

Constitutional convention (only unionist body left)

Kentucky House of Representatives, seats for union candidates in August 1861

76/100

West Virginia referendum on secession from Union

75% against

How and on what date did Davis become president

9th Feb 1861, unanimously appointed by convention

What were crittenden's proposals (2)

6 constitutional amendments | 4 congressional resolutions

How many confederate delegates at Virginia peace Conference

Nickname for Virginian Peace Convention

Old Gentleman's convention

Nickname for 13th amendment in early form

Corwin Amendment

When was Jefferson Davis first elected to congress

1845

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