Virginia Secession Convention of 1861
GPTKB entity
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:historical_events
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| gptkbp:cabinet_member |
February 13, 1861
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| gptkbp:closed |
April 17, 1861
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| gptkbp:date |
1861
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| gptkbp:discusses |
military preparedness
economic impacts of secession |
| gptkbp:followed_by |
formation of the Confederate States of America
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| gptkbp:founded_in |
gptkb:Virginia_Confederate_Army
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| gptkbp:held_in |
gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
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| gptkbp:historical_significance |
first state to secede after the attack on Fort Sumter
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Virginia Secession Convention of 1861
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| gptkbp:influenced_by |
Southern secessionist sentiment
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| gptkbp:involved_delegates_from |
Virginia counties
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| gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for |
delegates from across Virginia
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| gptkbp:is_a_moment_of |
gptkb:American_history
Virginia's history |
| gptkbp:is_attended_by |
prominent Virginia politicians
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| gptkbp:is_debated_in |
slavery
states' rights |
| gptkbp:is_documented_in |
gptkb:historical_records
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| gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
Unionist delegates
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| gptkbp:led_to |
Virginia joining the Confederacy
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Virginia
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| gptkbp:notable_figures |
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:John_Letcher |
| gptkbp:preceded_by |
gptkb:Virginia_Convention_of_1850-1851
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| gptkbp:ratified_by |
gptkb:Ordinance_of_Secession
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| gptkbp:resulted_in |
Virginia's secession from the Union
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| gptkbp:significant_event |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
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| gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for |
other Southern states' secession
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| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
gptkb:the_John_Brown_raid
the abolitionist movement the Dred Scott decision Lincoln's election Northern aggression the perceived threat to slavery the economic pressures of the time the sectional conflict in the United States the failure of compromise efforts the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act the Republican Party's policies the call for troops by President Lincoln the cultural differences between North and South the fear of losing Southern way of life the growing divide between North and South the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act the impact of the Missouri Compromise the influence of fire-eaters the political polarization in the country the secession of other Southern states |
| gptkbp:was_characterized_by |
intense debates
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| gptkbp:was_influenced_by |
political climate of the time
economic interests of the South |
| gptkbp:was_marked_by |
emotional speeches
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Virginia_Convention_of_1850-1851
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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