The Birth of the Republican Party

1. The Birth of the Republican Party • Reaction to _______ _______ __ • _____ and _______split • Anger over Kansas Nebraska Act caused many to work __________ • Former ______, members of the _____ ____ ______, few antislavery _________took many names one of the new popular coalitions: _________Party

2. ~Republicans Organize • July _____Republicans officially organized • Intentions: • Revive the spirit of the _________ _________ • Feared Southern ________were becoming an ________that controlled the ________government • Agreed __________should be kept out of the __________

3. ~The Know Nothings • At the same time the Republicans were making great strides- the __________Party AKA the _______ ________were too. • American Party: • Anti-Catholic, ________ • Prejudice and fear of ________taking jobs gave this party power • ________ _________ ____split this party too and the Northern Know Nothings were absorbed into the ___________Party

4. The Election of 1856 √James Buchanan John C. Frémont Millard Fillmore Democrat Republican Whig

5. The Election of 1856 • ______ _ _______: Republican nomination • Little ____________experience • Spoke in favor of __________becoming a ______state • James Buchanan: Democrat • Served in ________for ___years • American ambassador to _______ then ______ _______ • Had not taken a stand on the issue (Kansas Nebraska) • His record showed that he had voted in _______of _______concessions to ___________the union • Millard Fillmore: ___________Party • Tried to attract former _____ • Campaign was two separate contests: • Buchanan v. ___________(North) • Buchanan v. ____________(South)

7. March _____Buchanan said the Supreme Court should decide the issue of ________ Southern members had “______” pressured members into ruling in favor of the _______ Scott was an _______ man whose Missouri slaveholder had taken him to live in a ____ ______ before returning to ________ He _____and it went to the Supreme Court March 6, ____ruled ______Scott claiming he was an African America therefore ____ __ ____ and could not ___ Decision further _______the _______ _________ Democrats ________ Republicans ___________ Sectional Divisions GrowDred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

8. ~Kansas’s Lecompton Constitution • ___________was urged to apply for statehood • _______ _________ _______scheduled an election for delegates to a constitutional convention • _________ _________delegates boycotted it • The resulting constitution _______ _______in the territory • Each side held its own ________(_______ vote) • Buchanan _________the proslavery vote and asked Congress to admit • _______accepted- ______blocked it • Allowed another referendum and decided if the constitution was voted down statehood would be delayed. • Kansas did not become a state until ______

9. 1858 Illinois Republicans chose an unknown (Abraham Lincoln) to run for Senate against Democrat Stephen A. Douglas Douglas was a prominent man that drew large crowds Lincoln needed to overcome Douglas’s fame so he proposed a series of debates to expose himself to larger audiences Lincoln-little experience, lawyer, state legislature, a single term in House of Reps. as a member of the Whig Party Not an abolitionist, believed slavery to be morally wrong and opposed the spread into w. territories Gifted debater Lincoln and Douglas

10. Lincoln Thought slavery to be morally wrong Asked Douglas “if people of a territory could legally exclude slavery before achieving statehood” Attacked Douglas’s claim that he cared not whether Kansans voted for or against slavery which denounced the “modern democratic idea that slavery is as good as freedom” Douglas Popular sovereignty Freeport Doctrine-he accepted Dred Scott decision, argued people could still keep slavery out by refusing to pass the laws needed to regulate and enforce it “Slavery cannot exist anywhere… unless it is supported by police regulations” Won the election Lincoln and Douglas: the debate for senate

11. John Brown’s RaidHarper’s Ferry, 1859 Abolitionist Brown’s raid proved that slaveholders were not safe“Defend yourselves!”-Georgia senator Robert Toombs Developed a plan to seize a ______ ______, free and arm slaves and begin an _______ against __________ Oct. 16, 1859 with ___ followers he ______the arsenal Hours later he was faced with marines led by ______ __ ______ He was _______, tried and sentenced to _______ John Brown’s Raid

12. Review • What new political party arose at the time of the election of 1854? • What do they declare their intentions to be? • Who were the know-nothings? • Who won the election of 1856? • Who was Dred Scott? Describe what happened to him. • What was Kansas’s Lecompton Constitution? • Describe John Brown’s Raid.