dred scott – an african american who had been a slave and moved by his master to a state where...
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DRED SCOTT – an African American who had been a slave and moved by his master to a state where slavery was illegal
DRED SCOTT CASE – Scott sued for his freedom, claiming that since he was held as a slave where it was illegal he should be free (1857)
Supreme Court ruled that Scott was not an American citizen because he was a slave and thus could not sue
Northerners were outraged and Southerners were happy
ROGER B TANEY – Chief Justice that ruled in the Dred Scott case
ABRAHAM LINCOLN – Born poor in Ky. – had little formal education – became successful lawyer
LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATES – set the standard for modern day political debates
Lincoln: Stop spread of slavery
Douglas: slavery
backward but
not immoral
Douglas wins the election in 1858 for the Illinois Senate (Freeport Doctrine) but Lincoln shows he has the potential to win an office in the future
HARPER’S FERRY – a United States weapons arsenal in Virginia
JOHN BROWN’S PLAN – Brown wanted to capture the arsenal and then helprevolting slaves gain their freedom
JOHN BROWN’S ATTACK AT HARPER’S FERRY
John Brown’s plan does not work – no slaves revolt and join him
Brown is arrested and charged with treason and murder – he is sentenced to hang
LAST MOMENTS OF JOHN BROWN
The North feels Brown is a hero, the South is glad he is dead
His death brings the slavery issue to the boiling point
Election of 1860
Democrats could not agree on how slavery would be explained in their PLATFORM
Republicans – Abraham Lincoln
Southern Democrats – John Breckinridge
Northern Democrats – Stephen Douglas
Constitutional Union – John Bell
Warm-Up
Grab a Mini-Quiz from the back of the room
Complete the “Mini-Quiz” up to question 10.
You should not use your notes
You have exactly 5 minutes…
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Lincoln wins many votes in the North and since the North has a larger population he wins the election http://www.wildwestweb.net/cwleaders/Abraham%20Lincoln.jpg
The South is afraid that Lincoln will now try to abolish slavery in the United States
SECEDE – to withdraw from the Union, split with the country
Nullification
South Carolina becomes the first to secede on December 20, 1860
In the next six weeks more states secede: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas
These states form their own country – THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
JEFFERSON DAVIS is elected president of the Confederate States of America
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Northerners felt that secession was unconstitutional and the South did NOT have the right to leave
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Lincoln becomes the 16th president in March of 1861
Lincoln tells the South he does not accept their secession