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10 Years to Secession Important Events

The Legacy of Manifest Destiny n Does slavery get to expand along with the country? n Should the expansion of slavery be limited?

Compromise of 1850 n n n California was admitted as a free state. Slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia. New Mexico and Utah were allowed popular sovereignty. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed, requiring all U. S. citizens to assist in the return of runaway slaves. Texas gave up much of the western land which it claimed

Important Events / Define / Make A Timeline n n n n n 1850 – Compromise of 1850 / Fugitive Slave Act 1852 – Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1854 – Kansas – Nebraska Act 1854 -56 – Bleeding Kansas 1856 – Sumner Brooks Incident 1857 – Dred Scott Decision 1858 – Lincoln/Douglas Debates 1859 – John Brown’s Raid 1860 – Lincoln’s Election 1860 – SC Secedes

Uncle Tom’s Cabin n Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe n Opens the eyes of many Northerners to slavery n Bestseller Abolition grows n

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The Abolitionist Movement

Abolitionist Movement n n n Started as wanting a gradual end to slavery Gradual Emancipation Original supporters were the Quakers and other Christians

The American Colonization Society n n n 1816 Resettle African Americans in Caribbean and Africa Founded Liberia

“The End of Slavery!” n 1830’s calls for end of slavery started n Many anti-slavery newspapers are founded

Leader of the Movement n William Lloyd Garrison n American Abolitionist Society

Slavery: A National Issue End Slavery because it was un-Christian n End spread of slavery n End all slavery n

The Underground Railroad n n n Supported by many Abolitionists Quakers System for escaping slaves

Congress and Slavery

Destroy the Slave Power! n 3/5 Compromise has created a unfair representation advantage in southern states n South has held a stranglehold on American politics since founding under Constitution

Who is the Slave Power? n The Southern Planters Controlled all the land n Controlled the government n Controlled the laws n

The Slave Power at Home n Southern states have begun to abridge basic civil rights to all southerners to prevent slave rebellions n Examples No freedom of speech in Newspapers n No abolitionist newspapers n

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Kansas - Nebraska

Kansas Nebraska Act n Opens the newly organized territory to decide slavery by popular sovereignty n Would repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820

Bleeding Kansas n 1854 -1856 n People begin to literally fight it out over slavery n Free Soiler v Slavers

1856 – Sumner Brooks Incident n SC Representative Preston Brooks attacks MA Senator Charles Sumner after speech given against Kansas Nebraska Act

Sumner Brooks Incident n Outraged people in the North n Begins the philosophical divide between North and South n Perceived differences

1857 – Dred Scott Decision n In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history, the court decided that all people of African ancestry -- slaves as well as those who were free -- could never become citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal court. The court also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its territories. Scott, needless to say, remained a slave.

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1858 – Lincoln/Douglas Debates

Lincoln & Douglas n Debates featured major issues of upcoming 1860 election Slavery n States Rights n Expansion of Slavery n

Debate Issues n During the Debates Lincoln outlined beliefs of new Republican Party Free Soil n End Slavery Expansion n Powerful National Gov’t n n Stephen Douglas was pro-Southern Democrat States Rights n Popular Sovereignty n Pro Slavery n

1859 – John Brown’s Raid

Outcome of John Brown’s Raid n Corporal Robert E. Lee sent to retake armory n Brown Captured. Becomes hero in North, villain in South Executed, becomes folk hero to Abolitionists n Scares Southerner that a Northernor n

The 1860 Election n www. 270 towin. com n Democrats Split, Run Northern and Southern Candidate n Republicans Run Lincoln

Results: n The North outvotes the South on total electoral college votes and population South Carolina and the South feel threatened n Moves for secession n

Deep Thoughts n Work on the deep thoughts section of your review sheet. n Tomorrow: Have 21 C materials