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AFTER DRED SCOTT: 1858 -1860. The decision made the ‘popular sovereignty’ compromises, which were moderate, unattractive to southerners – the court had legitimized slavery in the territories.
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AFTER DRED SCOTT: 1858 -1860 • The decision made the ‘popular sovereignty’ compromises, which were moderate, unattractive to southerners – the court had legitimized slavery in the territories. • Now slavery in the territories could only be regulated or banned by a Constitutional Amendment, which would have been very difficult. • John Brown’s Raid – 1859: radical abolitionists seized the Federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA. And called for and called for slaves to rise and claim freedom. • Brown was captured and hanged but the event struck a key southern nerve: fear of a slave revolt.
LINCOLN – DOUGLAS DEBATES: 1858 • They were campaigning for a senate seat in Illinois. • Lincoln – Republican – ‘Free Soil’ – not abolitionist. • Douglas – Democrat • Lincoln forced Douglas to defend popular sovereignty. • This was a well-liked position in Illinois • After Dred Scott, pop sov was disliked in the South. • Douglas won the Senate seat. • Douglas not liked in the South.
ELECTION OF 1860 • Democrats divided. • Demo Convention nominates Douglas. • Southern Demos leave and nominate John C.Breckinridge. • Former southern Whigs nominate John Bell. • Republicans nominate Lincoln.
ELECTION OF 1860 • The Democrats split between Douglass and Breckinridge. • Southerners split between Bell and Breckinridge. • Lincoln carries almost all of the northern states. • Lincoln wins in electoral college even though he gets only 40% of the popular vote. • Knowing that Lincoln is dedicated to finding a way to prohibit slavery in the territories, Southern States begin seceding shortly after Lincoln’s inauguration.
