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The Road to Civil War
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War with Mexico
We got Texas
Large area of land
New opportunities -
Compromise of 1850
California was a free state
Divide the Mexican Territory
Ban slave trade in D.C.
Another free state -
Fugitive Slave Law
Enforcement of law drove a wedge between the North and South -
Underground Railroad
Loose network of abolitionists
Helped slaves achieve freedom
Harriet Tubman -
KS-NE Act
Divided Nebraska into two territories
Opportunity to expand slavery
Bitter debate, created separation. -
Republican Party est.
Direct reaction to KS NE Act
Antislavery Whigs and Democrats -
Bleeding Kansas
Fight over territory between the pro and anti slavery
Bloodshed and violence
More division created -
Sumner-Brooks Incident
Brooks attacked Sumner with a cane after he threw shade at Brooks’ uncle.
Showed the passion and anger of these people -
Panic of 1857
Prices dropped
Employment rates declined
Affected North more
South felt that they were economically superior -
Pro & Con Literature
Northern antislavery literature enraged Southerners -
Lecompton Constitution
Not supported by settlers
Pro Slavery Document
Rejected -
Dred Scott v Sandford
Controversial Proslavery decision
Dred Scott sued for freedom
Controversy, sides to choose -
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Fight for a seat in the Senate
Freeport Doctrine
Douglas won but alienated Southern Democrats -
John Brown’s Raid
Radical abolitionist
Tried to start a slave revolution and a fire
Celebrated by North
Feared by South -
Election of 1860
Test of Survival
Lincoln won, North didn’t need the South
