Slide 2 Slide 3 JAMES BUCHANAN DEMOCRAT JOHN PATHFINDER FREEMONT
REPUBLICAN united against the spread of slavery in the West MILLARD
FILLMORE American Party /Know-Nothing Party (Whigs & Democrats
Slide 4 BUCHANAN DEMOCRAT FREMONT REPUBLICAN FILLMORE KNOW NOTHING
Slide 5 Old Buck Patriotic, Conservative many dislike him
Pro-Southern From Pennsylvania Only president who remained a
bachelor Slide 6 DRED SCOTT V. SANFORDSCOTT IS A SLAVE LIVED IN
ILLINOIS (5 YEARS IN WISCONSIN) NO SLAVERY PERMITTED IN THE NORTH
SO HE SUES FOR HIS FREEDOM CASE GETS TO THE SUPREME COURT CHIEF
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
Slide 7 FEAR THAT SLAVERY COULD NOW BE PERMITTED IN NORTHERN STATES
FREE BLACKS WORRY Destroys and voids all other compromises!
-Missouri Compromise restriction on slavery north or 36 0 30 5 th
amendment said no one could be deprived of life, liberty, or
property Because slaves were property Congress had no right to ban
slavery in any federal territory SPLIT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NORTH
& SOUTH) DECISION SUPPORTED BY BUCHANAN APPEARS TO MAKE SLAVERY
CONSTITUTIONAL! Slide 8 Slide 9 LINCOLN & DOUGLAS ARE RUNNING
FOR SENATE IN 1856 (ILLINOIS) A SERIES OF 7 DEBATES Both are very
different Slide 10 DOUGLAS SUPPORTS POPULAR SOVEREIGNITY LINCOLN
TRICKS HIM INTO SAYING HE IS AGAINST THE DRED SCOTT DECISION
DOUGLAS WINS ELECTION, BUT REPUTATION IS HURT LINCOLN GETS NATIONAL
ATTENTION HOUSE DIVIDE STRUG Slide 11 BROWN WANTS TO START A SLAVE
REVOLT ATTACKS FEDERAL ARSENAL AT HARPERS FERRY FEDERAL TROOPS
SURROUND ARSENAL BROWN CAPTURED BROWN IS TRIED & HANGED BROWN
BECOMES A MARTYR SOUTH FEARS SLAVE REBELLIONS BLOOD A person who
willingly suffers death Slide 12 DOUGLAS Northern Democratic:
Popular sovereignty BRECKINRIDGE Southern Democratic: Add Cuba
expand slavery BELL Constitutional Union Party: Follow the
Constitution LINCOLN Republican: Stop expansion of slavery Slide 13
Slide 14 South had threatened to leave if Lincoln was elected.
SECEDE: TO LEAVE OR WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION Slide 15 SOUTH CAROLINA
FIRST TO LEAVE DECEMBER 20, 1860 SIX OTHERS BY FEBRUARY
Mississippi: Jan.9, 1861 Florida: Jan. 10, 1861 Alabama: Jan. 11,
1861 Georgia: Jan. 19, 1861 Louisiana: Jan. 26, 1861 Texas: Feb. 1,
1861 Later Virginia: April 17, 1861 Arkansas: May 6, 1861 North
Carolina: May 20, 1861 Tennessee: June 8, 1861 Slide 16 Slide 17
LET STATES GO PEACEFULLY OR? NO Slide 18 FEBRUARY 1861 LINCOLN
ENTERS WASHINGTON IN SECRET ADDRESS: Uphold law, Uphold the union,
Pledges not to interfere with slavery Blames south for problems SP
Slide 19 APRIL 1861 CHARLESTOWN SC UNION FORT SC ATTACKS! Slide 20
36 HOURS OF BOMBARDMENT ANDERSON SURRENDERS MORE STATES SECEDE
LINCOLN CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS & BLAMES THE SOUTH
