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John Brown : Hero or Villain?

John Brown : Hero or Villain?. Why were sectional differences developing in the United States? Economic conditions, geography and interests in each region varied North – industrial economy South – plantation economy What is a political party?

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John Brown : Hero or Villain?

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  1. John Brown : Hero or Villain?

  2. Why were sectional differences developing in the United States? • Economic conditions, geography and interests in each region varied • North – industrial economy • South – plantation economy • What is a political party? • organized group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions • Disputes over slavery lead to the creation of new political parties

  3. Free Soil Party Anti-Slavery Democrats Whigs • opposed the spread of slavery into new territories *Republican Party (1854)

  4. White House here I come! 1856 Election Fillmore – Know-Nothing party (received 22% of vote) Fremont– Republican party (received 33% of vote) Buchanan– Democratic party from PA (received 45% of vote) *WINNER!

  5. Abraham Lincoln Stephen Douglas What were the main positions they held on slavery? Why were these debates important? http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/9815570D-7FA2-47CF-A713-8BF6B4E2F092 2 minute clip

  6. Lincoln – Douglas Debates In 1858, Abraham Lincoln challenged incumbent Stephen Douglas for his seat in the Senate. Results: Douglas won the election by a slim margin If he lost, then why are debates so important? Lincoln became a nationally known figure

  7. Lincoln – Douglas Debates Stephen Douglas: VOTERS in territories to decide whether or not to allow slavery Popular Sovereignty

  8. Lincoln – Douglas Debates Abraham Lincoln: • Slavery was a moral wrong and should be kept out of the new territories • Slave owners can keep their slaves and slavery will continue to exist where it is • Sectional differences are threatening to destroy the Union

  9. Sectionalism is harming our unity! • ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ • “I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other” Abraham Lincoln (1858), from first campaign speech running for US Senate

  10. “PRESERVE THE UNION”

  11. Could Lincoln have stopped the war?

  12. FAIL! Crittenden Plan Proposed Amendments to the Constitution: *Slavery "hereby recognized" and could not be interfered with by Congress. *Unamendable (One that could not be changed) Luckily, it received little support, and to most Southerners, they felt secession was their only choice

  13. Secede – to withdraw or leave “Southern secession”means that states in the South are leaving the United States and creating their own new country

  14. What argument did Lincoln use against secession of the Southern states? The government was a union of PEOPLE NOT of states

  15. Lincoln’s Election and the Start of the American Civil War • https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/videos/b65c6d3a-2bd9-4351-9972-00fca70e01b0?hasLocalHost=true

  16. A NATION DIVIDED

  17. When and Where does the Civil War begin? (p.480)

  18. How does Lincoln’s response show he thoughtthe war would be short? • Why was Fort Sumter significant to the South?

  19. Fort Sumter • Federal Fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

  20. Lincoln and DavisFort Sumter • Davis becomes president of the Confederacy (South) • Ordered attack on Fort Sumter • Lincoln for the Union (North) • Wanted to resupply Fort Sumter • Didn’t want to attack the South because he didn’t want to make more southern states secede (leave the union)

  21. Attack on Fort Sumter • Major Anderson refused to surrender the fort • Confederates attacked on April 12, 1861 • Major Anderson withdrew after 34 hours of fighting

  22. Effects of the Attack • The South fired the first shot • The Civil War had begun! Major Anderson General Beauregard

  23. Video! Fort Sumter • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=D05AFBC2-056F-433F-877F-03768470E7E5&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  24. Songs of Civil War • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL_EQi3M3o • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJB036ev2Q • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAfHigPsC_s • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYRmsbEQXEg

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