1. Election
of 1860

2. • The Southern fire-eaters threatened to secede
if the Republicans won the election

3. Democrats
• The Democrats divided:
• Southern Democrats nominated John C.
Breckinridge

4. John C. Breckinridge

5. • Northern Democrats nominated Stephen
Douglas

6. Stephen Douglas

7. Republicans
• Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln

8. Abraham Lincoln

9. Constitutional Union Party
• Constitutional Union Party nominated John
Bell

10. John Bell

11. LINCOLN WON!!

13. • Southerners felt that the states had voluntarily
joined the Union and could therefore,
voluntarily leave it.

14. • South Carolina seceded on December 20,
1860

15. • Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana and Texas seceded next.

16. • They formed the Confederate States of
America

17. • Jefferson Davis was elected as president of the
Confederacy.
• Alexander Stephens was the vice-president.

18. Jefferson Davis

19. Alexander Stephens