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The Deepening Sectional Crisis

The Deepening Sectional Crisis. The Union in Peril, 1856-1860. New Fugitive Slave Act Created More Controversy. New Law Established Federal Commissioners Northerners MUST Return Fugitive Slaves. Fugitive Slaves and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

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The Deepening Sectional Crisis

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  1. The Deepening Sectional Crisis The Union in Peril, 1856-1860

  2. New Fugitive Slave Act Created More Controversy • New Law Established Federal Commissioners • Northerners MUST Return Fugitive Slaves

  3. Fugitive Slaves and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

  4. Single Biggest Event that Led to New Republican Party and War: The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854

  5. The Kansas-Nebraska ActRepealed the MO Compromise

  6. The Kansas-Neb Act Unleashes “One Helluva Storm” • Mass public meetings led to the Republican party. • Northern Whigs become Republicans. • Southern Whigs join Democrats.

  7. Did Abolitionists Dominate the Republican Party? • A. YES • B. NO

  8. Did Abolitionists Dominate the Republican Party? NO!!!

  9. Bleeding Kansas Gave Republicans Huge Issue • Open competition over Kansas • Border ruffians from Missouri • Northern settlers fight back

  10. Bleeding Sumner Added Another Important Issue • Charles Sumner: Senator from Massachusetts • Preston Brooks: Congressman from South Carolina

  11. Slave Power and Free Speech

  12. The Dred Scott Case (1857) • Dred Scott, Missouri Slave

  13. The Dred Scott Case (1857) • Dred Scott, Missouri Slave • Roger Taney’s Opinion

  14. The Dred Scott Case (1857) • Dred Scott, Missouri Slave • Roger Taney’s Opinion • Republican Reaction: Slave-Power Conspiracy!

  15. What was Lincoln’s Response to the Dred Scott Decision? A. We must “appeal to the better angels of our nature” B. “A house divided cannot stand.” C. “Kansas must be freed!”

  16. John Brown’s Raid (1859) • John Brown: Radical Abolitionist

  17. John Brown’s Raid (1859) • John Brown: Radical Abolitionist • Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

  18. John Brown’s Raid (1859) • John Brown: Radical Abolitionist • Harper’s Ferry Virginia • Northern Reaction

  19. Should We Consider John Brown a Terrorist? • A. Yes—he literally and self-consciously wanted to create terror to achieve a political end. • B. No— “Terrorist” is a loaded term that should not be applied to abolitionists.

  20. Lincoln and the Election of 1860 • Moderate on Slavery (Example: Fugitive Slave Act) • Limits to Compromise: No Expansion, No Secession • Southern Radicals: If Lincoln is Elected, We Leave.

  21. Election of 1860

  22. Why did Lincoln and Republicans Fight to Keep the South in the Union? • Secession spells the end to democratic government. • Only a united government can compromise over the issue of slavery. • A united government can stop the spread of slavery to the West.

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