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Chapter 10 The Union in Crisis (1846-1861)

Chapter 10 The Union in Crisis (1846-1861). North and South Developed Differently. By the way…. The word “Antebellum” refers to the time before the Civil War. Remember the Wilmot Proviso. No slavery in land acquired from Mexico Didn’t pass…but still controversial.

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Chapter 10 The Union in Crisis (1846-1861)

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  1. Chapter 10The Union in Crisis(1846-1861)

  2. North and South Developed Differently

  3. By the way… • The word “Antebellum” refers to the time before the Civil War

  4. Remember the Wilmot Proviso • No slavery in land acquired from Mexico • Didn’t pass…but still controversial

  5. Northern View of Slavery

  6. Southern View of Slavery

  7. Election of 1848

  8. Free-Soil Party“free soil, free speech, free labor, free men” • Support Wilmot Proviso • Martin Van Buren

  9. Whigs and Democrats • Popular Sovereignty • Whigs – Zachary Taylor • Democrats – Lewis Cass

  10. California Statehood

  11. Other Issues too… • Texas border • New Mexico and Utah • Washington, DC • Fugitive Slave Law of 1793

  12. Henry Clay“The Great Pacificator” • Called for Compromisebetween North and South

  13. Disputed Texas Boundary

  14. John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster

  15. Compromise of 1850 • California – free state • New Fugitive Slave Law • Utah and New Mexico – popular sovereignty • Washington, DC – NO slave TRADE • Texas- paid $10 million for NM

  16. Stephen Douglas and President Fillmore

  17. North vs South

  18. New Fugitive Slave Act

  19. Resistance by slaves, fugitives, and free blacks • Christiana Riot • Underground Railroad • Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Blake

  20. First African Baptist Church Savannah, Georgia

  21. Kansas-Nebraska Act • Stephen Douglas • Popular sovereignty • Nullified Missouri Comprimise

  22. Lecompton and Topeka

  23. Lawrence, Kansas Raid • Lawrence = anti-slavery • Raided by Border Ruffians from Missouri

  24. John Brown Revenge • Killed 5 pro-slavery settlers • Abolitionists did not approve of violence

  25. Bleeding Kansas • Popular sovereignty wasNOT the solution • Kansas became a statein 1861

  26. Violence in the SenateCharles Sumner & Preston Brooks

  27. President Millard Fillmore • Last Whig President • Not popular with North or South

  28. Immigrant Population of mid 1800s

  29. Nativists Concerned Tom Nast Cartoon

  30. Know-Nothings • Anti-immigrant movement

  31. Republican Party Formed in 1854 • Opposed to slavery • Grew rapidly in the North

  32. Election of 1856 • Republican – John C. Fremont • Democrats – James Buchanan • Know-Nothings- Millard Fillmore

  33. James Buchanan - Democrat

  34. Dred Scott Case - 1857 • Missouri Slave • Chief Justice- Roger Taney

  35. Lincoln – Douglas Debates • Illinois Senate Race

  36. Abraham Lincoln • Seemed opposed to slavery… • Politically in the middle • Opposed Kansas-Nebraska • Popular Sovereignty wrong

  37. Stephen Douglas • Promoted popularsovereignty • Railroad profits???

  38. John Brown Raids…Harpers Ferry this time

  39. Restriction of Slavery in the Territories • Senator Jefferson Davis Resolutions

  40. Election of 1860 Issues • Kansas • Dred Scott • Fugitive Slave Act • South upset over States’ Rights

  41. Democrats Split Support in 1860 • Northern Democrats – Stephen Douglas • Southern Democrats – John Breckenridge

  42. Union Party • John Bell • Heal North vs South tension

  43. Republican Party • Abraham Lincoln- moderate • End slavery in territories • NO interference in states where it existed

  44. Lincoln Won Easily

  45. South Carolina State ConventionDecember 20, 1860 • Withdraw from US

  46. Confederate States of America

  47. Jefferson Davis

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