Secession, Part 2 | Palmetto Heritage

Back in South Carolina in December 1860 for a short Christmas break, Allen finds the Secession convention in session at the First Baptist Church in Columbia. He then accompanies his father, who is a delegate, to the railroad station when the convention adjourns to Charleston. When the Ordinance of Secession is formally adopted in Charleston on December 20, 1860 Allen makes his decision.

Standards

• 3-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in the antebellum period, the causes and effects of the Civil War, and the impact of Reconstruction in South Carolina.
  • 3-4.0 South Carolina played a key role in events that occurred before, during, and after the Civil War; and those events, in turn, greatly affected the state. To understand South Carolinas experiences during this tumultuous time, the student will utili...
    • 3-4.3 Explain the reasons for South Carolinas secession from the Union, including the abolitionist movement and the concept of states rights.
• 4-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes, the course, and the effects of the American Civil War.
  • 4-6.0 Regional economic interests led to social and political differences that seemed insurmountable by 1860. To understand why the United States was forced to settle sectional differences through civil war, the student will utilize the knowledge and s...
    • 4-6.3 Explain the specific events and issues that led to the Civil War, including sectionalism, slavery in the territories, states rights, the presidential election of 1860, and secession.
• 4.4 Demonstrate an understanding of economic, political, and social divisions during the United States Civil War, including the role of South Carolina between 18501870.
  • 4.4.CO Compare the economic and political causes of the Civil War.
• 8-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the multiple events that led to the Civil War.
  • 8-4.0 The outbreak of the Civil War was the culminating event in a decades-long series of regional issues that threatened American unity and South Carolinas identity as one of the United States. To understand how South Carolina came to be at the center...
    • 8-4.3 Analyze key issues that led to South Carolinas secession from the Union, including the nullification controversy and John C. Calhoun, the extension of slavery and the compromises over westward expansion, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott de...
    • 8-4.4 Evaluate the arguments of unionists, cooperationists, and secessionists on the issues of states rights and slavery and the ways that these arguments contributed to South Carolinas secession.
• 8.3 Demonstrate an understanding of conflict and compromise in South Carolina, the Southern region, and the United States as a result of sectionalism between the period 18161865.
  • 8.3.CO Compare the debates between South Carolina and the federal government regarding slavery, federalism, and the Constitution.