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The 1850s:

The 1850s:. Road to Secession. Essential Question. To what extent can sectional interests influence national unity? (remember the nationalism vs. sectionalism question from previous unit). Manifest Destiny 1815-1849.

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The 1850s:

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  1. The 1850s: Road to Secession

  2. Essential Question • To what extent can sectional interests influence national unity? • (remember the nationalism vs. sectionalism question from previous unit)

  3. Manifest Destiny 1815-1849 • New approaches in the North, such as Eli Whitney’s i_____ p____, took industry out of the homes and into the f_____. • The I_________ R_________ led to m_____ p_________ of cheaper goods. Cities in the North began relied on i_______ and began to p______.

  4. Manifest Destiny 1815-1849 • H_____ C_____ proposes the A_______ System to make the United States more self-s_______. One of the three main components of it was the development of t_____________ systems as well as other i__________ improvements. • The E_____ c_____ was built, linking NYC to the O_____ V______. Also, the N________ R______ linked Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, I_______.

  5. Manifest Destiny 1815-1849 • Eli Whitney’s c_____ g____ allowed for more c______ to be grown in the American southeast, especially in land. “K____ C______” became entrenched in the American south as a c___h c___p. • As production rose, so did the demand for l_____. Most of these workers were s_______.

  6. Manifest Destiny 1815-1849 • The M______ D_______ were principles that the U.S. aimed at E_______ countries proclaiming that those countries could no longer interfere in the W_______ H_________. • In 1820, Henry Clay proposed the M________ C_________, which would maintain equal representation in the federal g____________. The ____/____ became the diving line slavery in the U.S.

  7. Manifest Destiny 1815-1849 • J________ democracy allowed the c________ m_____ to be open-minded in thought, such as the R_______ Movements and an over whelming feeling that President J________ had their interests in mind. • This was evident during the B____ War and the T____ of A__________. • The I______ R_______ A___ also opened lands in the American southeast to be settled by white Americans.

  8. US: post-Mex-American war

  9. Mexican Cession

  10. Problems of Sectional Balance in 1850 • California statehood • Some Southern states threateningsecession • Underground RR & fugitive slave issues

  11. Compromise of 1850

  12. HarrietBeecherStowe(1811 – 1896) “So this is the lady who started the Civil War.” -- Abraham Lincoln

  13. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 • Sold 300,000 copies inthe first year. • 2 million in a decade!

  14. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852

  15. The “Know-Nothings” [The American Party] • Nativists. • Anti-Catholics. • Anti-immigrants. 1849  Secret Order of the Star-Spangled Banner created in NYC.

  16. 1852 Presidential Election √Franklin Pierce Gen. Winfield Scott John Parker Hale Democrat Whig Free Soil

  17. 1852Election Results

  18. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

  19. “Bleeding Kansas” Border “Ruffians”(pro-slavery Missourians)

  20. “The Crime Against Kansas” Sen. Charles Sumner(R-MA) Congr. Preston Brooks(D-SC)

  21. John Brown: Madman, Hero or Martyr? Mural in the Kansas Capitol buildingby John Steuart Curry (20c)

  22. Birth of the Republican Party, 1854 • Northern Whigs • Northern Democrats • Free-Soilers • Know-Nothings • Other opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

  23. 1856 Presidential Election √James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican Whig

  24. 1856Election Results

  25. Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

  26. The Lincoln-Douglas (Illinois Senate) Debates, 1858 A House divided against itself, cannot stand.

  27. Stephen Douglas & the Freeport Doctrine PopularSovereignty?

  28. John Brown’s Raidon Harper’s Ferry, 1859

  29. 1860PresidentialElection √Abraham LincolnRepublican John BellConstitutional Union Stephen A. DouglasNorthern Democrat John C. BreckinridgeSouthern Democrat

  30. Republican Party Platform in 1860 • Non-extension of slavery • Protective tariff • No abridgment of rights for immigrants • Government aid to build a Pacific RR • Internal improvements at federal expense • Free homesteads for the public domain

  31. 1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?

  32. 1860 Election Results

  33. Crittenden Compromise:A Last Ditch Appeal to Sanity Senator John J. Crittenden(Know-Nothing-KY)

  34. Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860

  35. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

  36. Essential Question • To what extent can sectional interests influence national unity? • In your pods, rank the importance of the events from our unit: • Mizz. Comp. (1820) -Kan.-Neb. Act (1854) • Comp. of 1850 -Dred Scott (1857) • John Brown’s raid (1859) -Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Then, individually answer the question • Be sure to cite specific examples in your response • 30 points (4th MP)

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