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Objective: To examine the immediate causes of the U.S. Civil War.

Objective: To examine the immediate causes of the U.S. Civil War. JOHN BROWN. Violent abolitionist Involved in the Bleeding Kansas as a northern fighter Murdered 5 pro-slavery men in Kansas

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Objective: To examine the immediate causes of the U.S. Civil War.

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  1. Objective: To examine the immediate causes of the U.S. Civil War.

  2. JOHN BROWN • Violent abolitionist • Involved in the Bleeding Kansas as a northern fighter • Murdered 5 pro-slavery men in Kansas • Wanted to lead a slave revolt throughout the South by raising an army of freed slaves and destroying the South.

  3. John Brown’s Raid: • In 1859, John Brown and his followers seized a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. John Brown in August, 1859.

  4. Picture/J.Brown JOHN BROWN • Attacked a U.S. Ammunition depot in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in Oct. of 1859 to capture weapons and begin his slave revolt.

  5. Engine house at Harpers Ferry. Interior view of the engine house at Harpers Ferry during the siege. View photos of eight members of Brown’s raiding party.

  6. Marines storm the engine house.

  7. Picture/J.Brown JOHN BROWN • Unsuccessful and captured by USMC under the leadership of Robert E. Lee • Put on trial for treason.

  8. • Brown was caught and sentenced to death by hanging. Brown as a wounded prisoner after his capture.

  9. JOHN BROWN • He was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death • His last words were to this effect:“I believe that the issue of slavery will never be solved unless through the shedding of blood.” • Northerners thought of John Brown as a martyr to the abolitionist cause. • Southerners were terrified that if John Brown almost got away with this, there must be others like him in the North who are willing to die to end slavery. • South’s outcome: To leave the U.S. and start their own country. Last Moments of John Brown (Thomas Hovenden)

  10. Brown being carried from court to prison.

  11. The hanging of John Brown.

  12. "Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." --John Brown, statement at his sentencing on Nov. 2, 1859 Brown's grave in North Elba, New York

  13. "[John Brown is] that new saint, than whom none purer or more brave was ever led by love of men into conflict and death,--the new saint awaiting his martyrdom, and who, if he shall suffer, will make the gallows glorious like the cross."--Ralph Waldo Emerson, from his lecture "Courage," delivered in Boston on Nov. 8, 1859

  14. John Brown: Martyr or Madman? John Brown painting at Harper's Ferry

  15. The Election of 1860 • The Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln (IL), who ran on a platform of free-soil (keep slavery out of territories) & protective tariffs • The divided Democrats nominated 2 candidates: Northern Democrats: Stephen Douglas (IL) Southern Democrats: John C. Breckinridge (KY) • The Constitutional Union party nominated John Bell (TN). Their platform was to save the Union.

  16. Lincoln Breckenridge Douglas Bell

  17. Election of 1860 ELECTION OF 1860 • Country is polarized over the issue of slavery. • Once Lincoln is elected as president, South Carolina will secede from the U.S. along with several other Southern States to form the Confederate States of America---CSA • 303 total electoral votes and 152 to win.

  18. Southern secessionists threatened to leave the Union if Lincoln won the election. • Lincoln was not an abolitionist. He wanted to placate the slave owners, but he was afraid to make any statement that would alienate anyone. • Only 40% voted for Lincoln, but he won due to electoral votes. (He wasn’t even on the ballot in 10 southern states.) • South Carolinians rejoiced since now they had a reason to secede

  19. Secession • Four days after the election, South Carolina voted unanimously to leave the Union • Within weeks, six other states in the lower South also left (MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, TX). • In 1861, these seven states met in Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America and chose Jefferson Davis as president • Four more joined later (VA, AR, TN, NC), bringing the total to eleven

  20. Secession: • In response to Lincoln’s victory, the southern states seceded from the Union in 1861, forming the Confederate States of America. • Jefferson Davis: president of the Confederacy Original Confederate flag Eventual Confederate flag

  21. Fort Sumter • Fort Sumter, South Carolina, was important because it guarded Charleston harbor • Therefore, the Confederates attacked, defeating the Union soldiers. * The Civil War had now begun!

  22. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861 • Confederate officials began seizing federal-mint branches, arsenals, and military posts. • Fort Sumter was a Federal outpost in Charleston, SC.

  23. Ruffin, Pvt. Edmund, Confederate soldier who fired the first shot against Fort Sumter Anderson, Maj. Robert, defender of Fort Sumter

  24. Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor April 12 and 13, 1861

  25. Fort Sumter, S.C., April 4, 1861, under the Confederate flag.

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