The Coming The Coming of the Civil of the Civil

WarWar

MexicanMexican

WarWar

(1846-(1846-1848)1848)

Missouri Compromise Missouri Compromise (1820)(1820)

Henry Clay

Texas, Texas, Oregon, & Oregon, &

the the Gadsden Gadsden PurchasePurchase

David WilmotDavid Wilmot

John C. John C. CalhounCalhoun

Calhoun Calhoun ResolutionsResolutions

Zachary Taylor, 1848Zachary Taylor, 1848

Stephen Douglas

“The Little Giant”

Millard FillmoreMillard Fillmore

Compromise of 1850Compromise of 1850

Franklin Pierce, 1852Franklin Pierce, 1852

Kansas Nebraska Act (1854)Kansas Nebraska Act (1854)

Voting on the Kansas Nebraska Voting on the Kansas Nebraska Act US House—1854 Act US House—1854

Total Votes Total Votes 113 In favor113 In favor100 Against100 Against

WhigsWhigs Democrats DemocratsFor AgainstFor Against For AgainstFor Against

NorthNorth 0 0 47 47 44 44 4444SouthSouth 14 14 7 7 55 55 2 2

1414 5454 99 99 4646

Total South 69 for 9 againstTotal South 69 for 9 against Total North 44 for 91 against (only 7 of these 44 are re-Total North 44 for 91 against (only 7 of these 44 are re-

elected)elected)

“Slave Power”

Conspiracy

The Republican Party Candidates, 1856

“Free Soil,Free Labor,Free Men,Fremont”

1856 Electoral Vote1856 Electoral Vote

“Bleeding Kansas”

Voting in Kansas, 1855Voting in Kansas, 1855

Eligible VotersEligible Votersapprox. 3,000approx. 3,000

Free Soil VotesFree Soil Votes791791

Proslavery VotesProslavery Votes????????? Judged fraudulent??? Judged fraudulent

Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts

“The Crime Against Kansas” (May 1856)

Sumner Brooks Affair, 1856

Dred Scott, Slave

Chief Justice Roger Taney

Abraham Lincoln, 1858Abraham Lincoln, 1858

““. . . when we see a lot of framed timbers, different . . . when we see a lot of framed timbers, different portions of which we know have been gotten out at portions of which we know have been gotten out at different times and places, and by different workmen different times and places, and by different workmen -- Stephen, Franklin, Roger, and James, for instance; -- Stephen, Franklin, Roger, and James, for instance; and when we see these timbers joined together, and and when we see these timbers joined together, and see they exactly make the frame of a house or a mill . see they exactly make the frame of a house or a mill . . . and not a piece too many or too few, -- not . . and not a piece too many or too few, -- not omitting even the scaffolding, -- or if a single piece be omitting even the scaffolding, -- or if a single piece be lacking, we see the place in the frame exactly fitted lacking, we see the place in the frame exactly fitted and prepared to yet bring such piece in -- in such a and prepared to yet bring such piece in -- in such a case we feel it impossible not to believe that Stephen case we feel it impossible not to believe that Stephen and Franklin, and Roger and James, all understood and Franklin, and Roger and James, all understood one another from the beginning and all worked upon one another from the beginning and all worked upon a common plan or draft drawn before the first blow a common plan or draft drawn before the first blow was struck.”was struck.”

Fire EatersFire Eaters

Fugitive Slave Handbills

Anthony BurnsAnthony Burns

It costs over It costs over

$40,000 to return$40,000 to return

Anthony Burns to Anthony Burns to

slavery.slavery.

Uncle Tom’s CabinUncle Tom’s Cabin

John John BrownBrown

Democrats 1860Democrats 1860

Abraham Lincoln

William Seward

ConstitutionConstitutional Union al Union

PartyPartyJohn BellJohn Bell

1860 Election1860 Election

Spelling/Vocabulary LessonSpelling/Vocabulary Lesson

Secede—to withdraw from an Secede—to withdraw from an organization, political entity or Union.organization, political entity or Union.

Secession—the act of withdrawing.Secession—the act of withdrawing. Succeed—to accomplish something Succeed—to accomplish something

desired or intended.desired or intended. ““Seceed” is not a wordSeceed” is not a word In a sentence, “Fire Eaters hoped that In a sentence, “Fire Eaters hoped that

southerners would succeed when they southerners would succeed when they seceded from the Union.”seceded from the Union.”

Jefferson DavisJefferson Davis

Ft. SumterFt. Sumter