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The Crisis Deepens. Take notes as the lecture is given. You will need to copy the titles and what is in red . The issue of slavery divides the country. The North was against slavery and wanted to stop its spread. The South wanted to keep slavery as a way of life. Compromise of 1850.
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The Crisis Deepens Take notes as the lecture is given. You will need to copy the titles and what is in red.
The issue of slavery divides the country • The North was against slavery and wanted to stop its spread. • The South wanted to keep slavery as a way of life.
Compromise of 1850 • Attempted the solve the problem of free and slave states. From then on two states would be admitted to the Union at a time; one free and one slave. • This was done to keep the balance of free and slave states the same.
Kansas-Nebraska Act • It said that the people of Kansas and Nebraska would decide if there should be slavery in their states. This is called popular sovereignty. • Popular sovereignty - when the people decide what to do • The people in the North were afraid that slavery would spread.
Bleeding Kansas • Many people rushed into Kansas and Nebraska so they could vote for or against slavery. • This became known as “Bleeding Kansas.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe • author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Uncle Tom's Cabin – Story about the cruelty of slavery was published in 1852. • This book encouraged many people in the North to become abolitionists.
Fugitive Slave Act • An 1850 law that helped slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. • It was illegal to help a slave escape. • A person could be put in jail if they did.
Republican Party • Political party created in 1854 to stop the spread of slavery. • Began as a response to the Fugitive Slave Act.
Presidential Election of 1856 • Republicans nominate John C. Fremont, a national hero from his exploration of the West. • Democrats nominate James Buchanan. • The American or Know-Nothing party nominated Millard Fillmore. • Buchanan won, but the election showed that the Republicans were very strong in the North, and that the issue of slavery had divided the country.
Dred Scott Case • Dred Scott - a slave in Missouri. • Owner took him to the North where slavery was illegal. • Scott sued for his freedom because he was in a free state. • The case reached the Supreme Court. • The Supreme Court ruled that Scott could not sue in the U.S. because he was not a citizen. He was the property of his owner. • The Court also said the Congress could not ban the slave trade in the territories. • This case angered people in the North.
Lincoln and Douglas Debates • In 1858, Abraham Lincoln challenged Stephan Douglas for senator from Illinois. • Douglas and Lincoln debated over the issues of slavery. • Lincoln had called slavery “a moral, a social, and political wrong.” • Douglas said that slavery was up to the people. • Douglas won the election, but Lincoln became a well-known figure after the debates.
John Brown • 1859, John Brown, who had murdered proslavery Kansans three year earlier wanted to inspire slaves to fight for their freedom. • He planned to capture the weapons in the U.S arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. • He wanted to give the weapons to slaves so they could start a slave revolt. • They killed four people. • No slaves joined the fight and Brown and six others were captured and hanged. • On the day that Brown was put to death, abolitionist rang bells in his honor. Southerners were horrified by the reaction of the North. • The issue of slavery was becoming very tense.
