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UNIT 11: Civil War Begins
UNIT 11: Civil War Begins
Lesson: Tennessee Secedes
Lesson: Tennessee Secedes
8.62 Describe the outbreak of the Civil War and the resulting sectional differences, including: economic, geographic, and technological advances, military strategies, the roles of President Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, the significance of Fort Sumter, and geographical divisions within states.
8.62 Describe the outbreak of the Civil War and the resulting sectional differences, including: economic, geographic, and technological advances, military strategies, the roles of President Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, the significance of Fort Sumter, and geographical divisions within states.
Tennessee Secedes
Tennessee Secedes
TENNESSEE, THREE MORE STATES JOIN THE CONFEDERACY
TENNESSEE, THREE MORE STATES JOIN THE CONFEDERACY
A few weeks after the incident at Fort Sumter and the incident in Baltimore, the Governor of Tennessee called for a second vote on secession. This time, on June 8th, 1861 the people of Tennessee voted to leave the United States and join the Confederate States.
Three other southern states along with Tennessee decided to join the Confederacy: Virginia, North Carolina, & Arkansas.
They joined South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas who had officially formed the Confederate States of America a few months earlier in February.
These 11 southern states organized a new government with a Capital, a Constitution, a Congress, and a new President.
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