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1856 Presidential Election
James Buchanan was elected as president of 1856. He was a Democrat. He supported slavery expansion. -
1856 The Case of Dred Scott
A ruling by the U.S Supreme Court that the people of African descent brought into the U. S were held as slaves & rights weren’t protected by the Constitution. -
Lincoln and Douglas debate
Lincoln was supporting the republican party. Douglas was supporting the democratic party. They were fighting against the control of the Illinois Legislature. -
1859 John Brown
John Brown was an Abolitionist. His plan was to arm slaves with weapons, so they would escape. His men were captured and killed -
Southern States Secede
When Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860, southerners thought the government was getting too strong. They didn’t think that the right to tell them where they should live. And if they stayed in the United States the north would control them. -
1860 Presidential Election
The election was held on November 6, 1860. It was Abraham Lincoln vs. John C. Breckinridge. Lincoln was a republican and Breckinridge was a southern democratic. -
South Carolina Seceded
The first state to Secede from the Union. South Carolina Seceded from the Union to protect their rights to maintain slavery. The debate was quick and short. -
February 1861 Crittenden Plan
The Crittenden plan was a compromise introduced in late February 1861 which did not pass because neither the south nor the north wanted to compromise with new ways. Congress could not prohibit or interfere with the interstate slave trade. The Crittenden proposal consisted of six amendments to the Constitution. It had to do with slave trade & other aspects of slavery -
1861 Confederate States of America
It was a government set up from 1861-1865 by 11 Southern slave states that had declared their secession from the U.S. The U.S government rejected secession as illegal. Following a Confederate upon Fort Sumter. -
Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy
He became President of Confederacy. During his presidency Davis took charge of the confederate war plan but was unable to find a strategy to stop the larger more power & organized union. And his plan fell.
