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GIGLIOTTI PRESENTS:. ROAD TO CIVIL WAR!. A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR!. ELECTION OF 1856. MILLARD FILLMORE. KNOW NOTHING PARTY. JAMES BUCHANAN. JOHN “PATHFINDER” FREEMONT. DEMOCRAT. REPUBLICAN. RESULTS. BUCHANAN. DEMOCRAT. FILLMORE. KNOW NOTHING . FREMONT. REPUBLICAN.
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GIGLIOTTI PRESENTS: ROAD TO CIVIL WAR! A MULTI-MEDIA SPECTACULAR!
ELECTION OF 1856 MILLARD FILLMORE KNOW NOTHING PARTY JAMES BUCHANAN JOHN “PATHFINDER” FREEMONT DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN
RESULTS BUCHANAN DEMOCRAT FILLMORE KNOW NOTHING FREMONT REPUBLICAN
JAMES BUCHANAN ABOUT BUCHANAN “DOUGHFACE” PATRIOTIC, CONSIENTIOUS, CONSERVATIVE – MANY DISLIKE HIM PRO-SOUTHERN – FROM PA
DRED SCOTT DECISION DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD SCOTT IS A SLAVE LIVED IN ILLINOIS (5 YEARS IN WISCONSON) NO SLAVERY PERMITTED IN THE NORTH – SO HE SUES FOR HIS FREEDOM CASE GETS TO THE SUPREME COURT – CHEIF JUSTICE TANEY SCOTT LOSES 7-2 – HE IS NOT A CITIZEN – A SLAVE IS STILL A SLAVE IN A FREE STATE – MISSOURI COMPROMISE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
RESULTS OF DECISON FEAR THAT SLAVERY COULD NOW BE PERMITTED IN NORTHERN STATES – FREE BLACKS WORRY DESTROYS & VOIDS ALL OTHER COMPROMISES! SPLIT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NORTH & SOUTH) DECISION SUPPORTED BY BUCHANAN APPEARS TO MAKE SLAVERY CONSTITUTIONAL!
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES LINCOLN & DOUGLAS ARE RUNNING FOR SENATE IN 1856 (ILLINOIS) A SERIES OF 7 DEBATES BOTH APPEAR VERY DIFFERENT
THE DEBATE DOUGLAS SUPPORTS POPULAR SOVEREIGNITY LINCOLN TRICKS HIM INTO SAYING HE IS AGAINST THE DRED SCOTT DECISION HOUSE DIVIDE STRUG DOUGLAS WINS ELECTION, BUT REPUTATION IS HURT – LINCOLN GETS NATIONAL ATTENTION
JOHN BROWN'S RAID JOHN BROWN ATTACKS FEDERAL ARSENAL AT HARPER’S FERRY BROWN WANTS TO START A SLAVE REVOLT BLOOD FEDERAL TROOPS SURROUND ARSENAL – BROWN CAPTURED BROWN IS TRIED & HANGED BROWN BECOMES A MARTYR – SOUTH FEARS SLAVE REBELLIONS
ELECTION OF 1860 LINCOLN REPUBLICAN STOP EXPANSION OF SLAVERY DOUGLAS NORTHERN DEMOCRATE POPULAR SOV BRECKINRIDGE SOUTHERN DEMOCRAT ADD CUBA – EXPAND SLAVERY BELL CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY
SOUTH SECEDES SECEDE: TO LEAVE OR WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION HAD THREATENED TO LEAVE IF LINCOLN WAS ELECTED NO REASON TO LEAVE! (5-4) IN SUPREME SOURT, CONTROLED SENATE, AMENDMENT NEED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY) STILL SAW LINCOLN AS A THREAT!
SOUTH SECEDES SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST TO LEAVE DECEMBER 20, 1860 SIX OTHRES BY FEBRUARY 1861 (MISS. /FLA./ALA. /GA./LA./TEX) SOON LATER ARK. /TENN./VA./NC.
CONFEDERATE STATES FEBRUARY 1861 A CONSTITUTION SIMILAR TO THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION IS DRAFTED IN MONTGUMERY ALABAMA CREATING THE “CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA” JEFFERSON DAVIS ELECTED PRESIDENT RICHMOND = CAPITAL
REACTIONS BUCHANAN DOES NOTHING CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE – APPEASE SOUTH? – LINCOLN SAYS NO! LET STATES GO PEACEFULLY OR? WAR! NO
LINCOLN'S INAGURATION FEBRUARY 1861 LINCOLN ENTERS WASHINGTON IN SECRET SP ADDRESS: UPHOLD LAW, UPHOLD THE UNION, PLEDGES NOT TO INTERFERE WITH SLAVERY, BLAMES THE SOUTH FOR PROBLEMS
FORT SUMTER APRIL 1861 CHARLESTOWN SC – UNION FORT SC ATTACKS!
RESULTS 36 HOURS OF BOMBARDMENT – ANDERSON SURRENDERS MORE STATES SECEDE LINCOLN CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS & BLAMES THE SOUTH CIVIL WAR!