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Analyze the causes of the Civil War

Day 104 Objectives. Analyze the causes of the Civil War Analyze the political, economic and social atmosphere in the USA in the 1850s Judge the causes and effects of the Compromise of 1850. Late Antebellum Period.

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Analyze the causes of the Civil War

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  1. Day 104 Objectives • Analyze the causes of the Civil War • Analyze the political, economic and social atmosphere in the USA in the 1850s • Judge the causes and effects of the Compromise of 1850

  2. Late Antebellum Period • The Leadup to 1850. The Civil War is a war that was decades in the making. • A few American principles/beliefs started to boil over by 1850 and tear the North and South apart North South

  3. The First Belief??

  4. 12 to 12… • 36° 30’… 1820 = 

  5. 1845 & 1846-1848 • Problems w/each year?

  6. 2nd Principle?

  7. 1798 + 1831... • What are the stories? • Why is this a big deal?

  8. Who is gaining more political power?Where does  make an impact?

  9. House of Reps Balance Free States Slave States 1800 77 65 1810 105 81 1820 123 90 1830 142 100 1840 141 91 1850 144 90

  10. Why so much “debate” and so little results in DC? Rep Dem Dem

  11. Who haspowerin DC? • Executive • Legislative • Judicial

  12. Through the 1840s and 1850s what was theSupreme Court’s stance on State’s Rights?

  13. Who controls the White House? • Washington 1789-1796…Federalist • Adams 1796-1800…Federalist • Jefferson 1800-1808…Dem-Rep • Madison 1808-1816…Dem-Rep • Monroe 1816-1824…Dem-Rep • Q Adams 1824-1828…Nat Republican • Jackson 1828-1836…Democrat • Van Buren 1836-1840…Democrat • WH Harrison 1840-1841…Whig • Tyler 1841-1844…“Whig” but really a Democrat • Polk 1844-1848…Democrat • Taylor 1848-1850…Whig • Fillmore 1850-1852…Whig • Pierce 1852-1856…Democrat • Buchanan 1856-1860…Democrat • ??????? 1860-1865…REPUBLICAN!!!! Wait, there’s more!!!

  14. Who controls Congress? • From 1828 to 1860… • Democrats have almost total control • In the Election of 1860, what happens? • Republicans take the HOUSE and SENATE!!!

  15. Compromiseof 1850

  16. 7 Problems/Ideas by 1850 a. CA wantsin as afree state • John Calhoun’s idea • Western territories? 2 options!!!! b. TX vs NM border dispute e. South wants tougher Fugitive Slave Act c. $10 mil debt

  17. You are Congress • Make a Compromise that makes everyone happy enough

  18. 5. The Real Compromise of 1850… Henry Clay’s last hurrah • Debated for almost 1 year!! • Failed many times • could have started Civil War in 1850 • Creator = HC • Finisher = DW • Daniel • Webster

  19. The Real Compromise of 1850 • CA wants in as a Free State • Yes…16-15!! • TX and NM fighting over state borders • NM gets land • TX has $10 million debt • Gets debt taken by the Fed Gov • Whigs want DC to abolish slavery completely • Just the trade of slaves, but slavery still exists in the capital • South wants tougher Fugitive Slave Act… • Yes!!!! To Be continued!!! • John Calhoun’s idea to split the USA? • NO!!! (but the idea is really strong out there) • Western territories? Wilmot Proviso or Pop Sovereignty? • Map on next page…

  20. Solving the Texas NM Border

  21. USA from the Compromise of 1820

  22. USA from the Compromise of 1850

  23. Fugitive Slave Act • Ordered citizens of the USA to assist in the return of enslaved people who had escaped their owners. • No Jury trial for escaped slaves • Whites who help(ed) runaway slaves could be fined or imprisoned • Reactions to this?  • More on this later

  24. President Taylor (#12) is a problem • Did not like the Compromise • Threatened to Veto it • What happens to ZT? • Dies of indigestion • Wife killed him? • President Fillmore in favor of compromise

  25.  Start toget printed • What is this? • What does this say about what the people in the North are doing?

  26. Emerson on the Fugitive Slave Act • Publicly wrote… • “The act of Congress…is a law which every one of you will break on the earliest occasion – a law which no man can obey, or abet the obeying, without loss of self-respect and forfeiture of the name of gentleman.” • Privately he wrote… • “This filthy enactment was made in the 19th century, by people who could read and write. I will not obey it, by God.”

  27. What is the only thing it really accomplished? Legacy of the Compromise of 1850 North South

  28. Who won? North or South? • CA wants in as a Free State • Yes…16-15!! • TX and NM fighting over state borders • NM gets land • TX has $10 million debt • Gets debt taken by the Fed Gov • Whigs want DC to abolish slavery completely • Just the trade of slaves, but slavery still exists in the capital • South wants tougher Fugitive Slave Act… • Yes!!!! To Be continued!!! • John Calhoun’s idea to split the USA? • NO!!! (but the idea is really strong out there) • Western territories? Wilmot Proviso or Pop Sovereignty? • Map on next page…

  29. Day 106 Objectives • Analyze the causes of the Civil War • Analyze the political, economic and social atmosphere in the USA in the 1850s • Judge the causes and effects of the KS-NE Act and Bleeding Kansas

  30. 1854…South still upset about something 

  31. 1. Kan-Neb Act • Creator =  • Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas…what party? • Democrat • His motives? (think big) • Wants to be President • but Douglas is from a Northern State. He needs support from where/whom? • Believes in an important principle too… Popular Sovereignty

  32. Free Popular Sovereignty • Missouri Compromise Line says KS+NE territories must be… • KS-NE Act changes that…give the territories what?

  33. Popular Sovereignty • KS & NE people can vote what they want to be • Think Federalism… who is strengthened/ weakened? • Who is  • Why? • Who is  • Why? • Why are they wrong South North

  34. c. Effects & Reactions? • What happens to Douglas? • Loses support!!! • Angers some members in his own party? Who? • What is the overall impact on the USA? More… • Tension • Division

  35. 2. Bleeding Kansas • Pop Sovereignty causes a problem… • Kansas is split in many ways… • 2 Parties… • Free Soil Party…. • Pro-Slavery Party • 2 Govs • 2 Capitals (for each gov)

  36. Summer of 1856… • Which side was behind each attack? • May 21… • May 24… • John Brown brutally murders 5 men  • Impact?

  37. Story #3 in 1856… ???? ???

  38. 4. Death of a political party • Whig Party by 1850s • Why? • Leaders were dying off • Not tough enough on slavery for Northeast • Free-Soil Party fed that niche in the population

  39. Birthof apartytoo

  40. Republican Party • Forms in 1854 • There are 2  moments that help create the party • 1850… • 1854…

  41. Republican Party Platform in 1854 • Slavery… • Moral evil • What do you want to do to it? Eliminate it? Other options?

  42. What parties did the Republican Party welcome/absorb? • Whigs • Leftovers from the dead party • Free-Soilers • Followed same hard slavery principles • Anti-Slavery Democrats… • Also became  in the 1850s

  43. Why is the creation of the Repub Party a big deal?

  44. Story 5 = Election of 1856 vs

  45. Day 110Objectives North South • Analyze the events that causes the secession of the South and the start of the Civil War • Judge the impact and legacy of John Brown

  46. Story #6 Dred Scott v. Sanford … • 1857 (timeline)

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