Lincoln - Republican "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong."
Douglas - Democrat "territories should decide slavery for themselves" - popular sovereignty
Stephen Douglas wins.

John Brown - abolitionist - attacked Harper's Ferry, Virginia stockade to steal weapons
He failed. Hanged.

1860 presidential election
Lincoln vs. Douglas(North democrat) and Breckinridge(South democrat)
Lincoln won.

Southerners took over government property
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Lincoln sent supplies (food, not weapon)
south attacked supply ships and fort.
War began on April 12, 1861.