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Raid on Harper Ferry by John Brown
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design to get weapons from this Federal Arsenal to lead a slave rebellion
Raid failed -- Brown was hanged for Treason |
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Election of 1860
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Lincoln, a Republican, won by the popular vote
except in the South, where Lincoln did poorly |
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Election of 1860
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Douglas -- a northern Democrat
Breckinridge -- a southern Democrat Bell -- Constitutional Union |
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After Lincoln's election in 1860 ---
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7 southern states seceded (left the union)
and from the Confederate States of America |
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Crittenden Compromise
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an agreement to keep the union together
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Secession
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to leave the Union
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Jefferson Davis
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the first president of the Confederate States (deep southern states) of America
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