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H12/1/11; T11/25/08 ; T12/11/07 ; T12/5/06 ; T12/6/05. Growing Sectionalism: Impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act ( Ch. 14.1 & 14.2 ; pp. 384-393). I. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - 1852. Harriet Beecher Stowe (MA) fictional account of slavery Simon Legree – cruel
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H12/1/11; T11/25/08; T12/11/07; T12/5/06; T12/6/05 Growing Sectionalism: Impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (Ch. 14.1 & 14.2; pp. 384-393)
I. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - 1852 • Harriet Beecher Stowe (MA) • fictional account of slavery • Simon Legree – cruel • slave families; loyalty of slaves • more northern sympathy for slaves • widely read – 300K copies in 1852; • 1.2M by summer of 1853 • plays, popular • abolitionist ↑ • angered S – banned in S • Lincoln: “So you’re the little lady who started this war”
II. Election of 1852 • Pierce (Dem-NH) • Scott (Whig-VA) • John Hale (Free Soil) – only 5% • Dems can win in N, if candidate does not oppose slavery • Whigs only receive 35% of S. vote (compared to 50% in 1848) • more regional vote • harder to retain non-sectional ties
III. Kansas-Nebraska Act – 1854 A. Roots – Gadsden Purchase -1853 • transcontinental RR • S. route • purchased land for $10M from Mex. • many N. upset – want N route
III. Kansas-Nebraska Act – 1854 (cont.) B. Douglas’ Proposal – 1854 • wants N. transcontinental RR • Chicago would be hub • need S. support • open K-N to possibility of slavery • pop. sov. in territories • believe Kan- slave; Neb – free • would continue sectional balance
III. Kansas-Nebraska Act – 1854 C. Response • S: happy – open to slavery [allowed for possibility of slavery] • N: betrayed MO Compromise (36-30 line)power of slaveocracy • helps create Republican Party
IV. Creation of Republican Party – 1854 • opposed to spread of slavery • not abolitionists [although included abolitionists] • strictly regional party • built on earlier parties: Liberty, Free Soil