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HAPPY FRIDAY-Warm Up:

HAPPY FRIDAY-Warm Up:. RQ Ch. 4.1 pg. 160-165 This compromise provided popular sovereignty. After giving his fiery speech about anti-slavery and calling out pro-slavery Senator Butler he was beaten by his own cane by Butler’s nephew Preston Brooks.

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HAPPY FRIDAY-Warm Up:

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  1. HAPPY FRIDAY-Warm Up: • RQ Ch. 4.1 pg. 160-165 • This compromise provided popular sovereignty. • After giving his fiery speech about anti-slavery and calling out pro-slavery Senator Butler he was beaten by his own cane by Butler’s nephew Preston Brooks. • Because Dred Scott was considered _____________ the Supreme Court ruled against him in Dred Scott v. Sanford. • John Brown led a band of 21 men black and white into ___________ _________, VA to seize the federal arsenal. • After Lincoln won the election of 1860 South Carolina was the 1st state to succeed from the Union. Who became the 1st and only president of the Confederate states of America?

  2. HAPPY FRIDAY-Warm Up: • RQ Ch. 4.1 pg. 160-165 • This compromise provided popular sovereignty. Compromise of 1850 • After giving his fiery speech about anti-slavery and calling out pro-slavery Senator Butler he was beaten by his own cane by Butler’s nephew Preston Brooks. Charles Sumner • Because Dred Scott was considered _____________ the Supreme Court ruled against him in Dred Scott v. Sanford. property • John Brown led a band of 21 men black and white into ___________ _________, VA to seize the federal arsenal. Harper’s Ferry • After Lincoln won the election of 1860 South Carolina was the 1st state to succeed from the Union. Who became the 1st and only president of the Confederate states of America? Jefferson Davis

  3. HAPPY FRIDAY • Imagine that you are an abolitionist in the 1850s. Write a five sentence letter to the editor of your local newspaper arguing against slavery. • Use one of the following statements as the main idea of your letter. (This is NOT included in your five sentences) • Slavery directly contradicts the religious principles of this country • Slavery directly contradicts the American principles of liberty and equality. • Slavery is a wedge that is going to divide the nation.

  4. Uncle Tom’s Cabin -Harriet Beecher Stowe -depicted evil side of slavery to the public “Uncle Tom” “Simon Legree” -1852, sold over a million copies

  5. Kansas-Nebraska Act -1854--popular sovereigntypassed as law in 1850 compromise to determine slavery -rush to populate state with “voters” for each side -”bleeding Kansas” slavery and abolitionist forces resort to violence -A fight in the U.S. Senate Preston Brooks v.Charles Sumner

  6. Dred Scott v. Sanford Dred Scott v. Sandford -Scott is a slave -he is taken into free states -sues for freedom based on NW Ordinance and Missouri Compromise -Supreme Court (majority of southern justices) rules: Blacks are not citizens Can’t ban slavery Missouri Comp. is illegal Dred Scott v. Sandford

  7. Development of Republican Party -Slavery had come to dominate the differences in the parties -by 1850 the differences had peaked so that anti-slavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers formed a new anti-slavery party -official party policy was to oppose the growth of slavery where it did not exist.

  8. Lincoln-Douglas Debates -Senate race in 1858 Stephen Douglas (Dem), Abraham Lincoln (Rep.) -debate over slavery issues neither man wanted slavery in the area, but how to do it? -Douglas issues Freeport Doctrine Slavery needs certain laws in order to exist. Don’t pass those laws and there will be no slavery -Douglas wins the election, Lincoln gains national fame

  9. John Brown’s Raid -John Brown was an extreme abolitionist -captured Harper’s Ferry military installation in Virginia with intent to arm slaves -surrounded and forced to surrender -Brown found guilty at trial and then hanged--becomes a martyr for many abolitionists -Many Southerners thought Brown represented northerners who wanted to control the southern lifestyle and economy

  10. Southern Secession -1860 election -slavery divided the parties -Lincoln pledges to stop spread of slavery but not to interfere with the south -Douglas got support of Northern Democrats -John Breckinridge got southern Democrats -John Bell nominated by Constitutional Union Party

  11. Lincoln’s Election -Lincoln wins election with no southern electoral votes -Southern states secede in fear of gov’t where they have no voice -S.C. first to secede, 6 others follow - Confederate States of America formed before Lincoln takes office -Jefferson Davis elected Confederate President

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