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The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18

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10. Causes of the American Civil War - Fire eaters

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The Election of 1860 showed a clear divide between North and South. The result of the election resulted in Lincoln defeating the Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge. The Election of Abraham Lincoln angered the south because Lincoln did not carry any of the Southern states. Yet, he won the presidency. Southerners thought this signaled that the South was losing its national political power.

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http://personal.tcu.edu/swoodworth/Walther.html

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Fire- Eaters all had concerns with the federal government’s growing power and the minimized states’ rights. They believed slavery was necessary to a republican society. Throughout the years as southerners became irritated, the fire-eaters encouraged resistance and offered a solution.  Each fire eater emphasized different issues, ideas, and goals, but all together their concerns convinced other southerners that secession was the only solution.

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https://www.geni.com/projects/Southern-Fire-Eaters/4715

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After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, a number of Southerners saw the election and the Republican Party as the last straw, and responded though secession and war. They formed a group of politicians from the South that were extremely pro-slavery. The "fire-eaters", as they were known, urged the creation of the Confederate States of America.