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Divided Nation: From Bleeding Sumner to Fort Sumter

Explore the significant events leading to the Civil War, from Bleeding Sumner to Fort Sumter, including the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott decision, John Brown’s raid, and Election of 1860. Understand the struggles and conflicts that divided the nation during this tumultuous period.

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Divided Nation: From Bleeding Sumner to Fort Sumter

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  1. A House Divided Focus Questions: • What was the significance of Bleeding Sumner? • What issues did the nation face after the Mexican-American War and how did leaders attempt to solve those issues? • What impact did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have? • What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision? • Describe the impact of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. • Discuss the Election of 1860 and its outcome. • Identify the events leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter and its importance.

  2. Bleeding Sumner

  3. Problems Sparked by the Mexican War ●Calhoun’s opposition ●Popular sovereignty ●Wilmot Proviso

  4. Election of 1848

  5. Further Sectional Issues ●Battle for Kansas: “Bleeding Kansas” -Pottawatomie Massacre ●Kansas-Nebraska Act: 1854

  6. The Dred Scott vs. Sanford: 1857

  7. John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry: October 16, 1859

  8. Abraham Lincoln John C. Breckinridge Election of 1860 John Bell Stephen A. Douglas

  9. Map 5

  10. ●Buchanan’s reactions ●Federal property in seceded South ●Lincoln’s efforts to compromise

  11. P. G. T. Beauregard Major Robert Anderson Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

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