By early February, three months after Lincoln’s election, and a month before his inauguration, seven states had left the Union. These states agreed to send representatives to Montgomery, Alabama, to form a new government.
Q. Who did the South vote for in 1860?
By 1860 only one state, South Carolina, used this procedure in a presidential election. This would be, as of 2020, the final time a state exercised its option to restrict its presidential franchise to state legislators. South Carolina cast 8 electoral votes for the Southern Democratic candidate John C. Breckinridge.
Table of Contents
- Q. Who did the South vote for in 1860?
- Q. How did Lincoln win with only 40 of the vote?
- Q. What was the 1st Southern state to secede?
- Q. What were 3 Effects of Lincoln’s warning the South?
- Q. What were some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Union?
- Q. Why could the Confederates not defeat the union in the end?
Q. How did Lincoln win with only 40 of the vote?
Lincoln won the Electoral College with less than 40 percent of the popular vote nationwide by carrying states above the Mason–Dixon line and north of the Ohio River, plus the states of California and Oregon in the Far West.
Q. What was the 1st Southern state to secede?
state of South Carolina
Q. What were 3 Effects of Lincoln’s warning the South?
Answer: After Lincoln’s warning to the South, many southerners ignored his warning, taking over federal buildings such as post offices and forts, blocking supply routes to the forts, and starting the civil war by firing at Fort Sumter.
Q. What were some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Union?
Mr. Dowling The Civil War: Strengths and Weaknesses
| Union | |
|---|---|
| Strengths | Population of 22 million Many people to grow food and work in factories Factories to make supplies for the Union army Railroads Strong navy |
| Weaknesses | Had to conquer a large area Invading unfamiliar land |
Q. Why could the Confederates not defeat the union in the end?
The principal cause of Confederate failure was the fact that the South’s armies did not win enough victories in the field–especially enough victories in a row in the field–to both sustain Confederate morale behind the lines and depress Union morale behind the lines.
