Week 13 Study Guide

 

People and Terms:

Secession

Fort Sumter

Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Abraham Lincoln

John Brown

Harper’s Ferry

Lincoln’s First Inaugural address

First Battle of Bull Run

 

Map:

Fort Sumter, SC (off the coast near Charleston)

 

Readings:

·        WEB: Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, March 7, 1861

·        WEB: Richmond Enquirer, March 7, 1861, “Let us hear from the people”

·        WEB: Staunton, Virginia Spectator, March 12, 1861 “The chief object—the preservation of the union”

·        WEB: New York Tribune, March 9, 1861, “From Virginia: The effect of the inaugural”

 

What did Lincoln say in his first inaugural speech?  How did people react to this speech?  What were the sectional differences in reactions?