Unit 3: Civil War 10.31.17
Abolitionist Leaders Jigsaw Frederick Douglass John Brown Harriet Tubman Harriet Beecher Stowe Share information & take notes Who was this person? (Background info) Why was he/she against slavery? What did he/she do to try to stop it?
Timeline 1793: Cotton Gin is invented Increased cotton production increased need for slaves Early 1800s: Second Great Awakening Religious revival focus on justice 1820: Missouri Compromise passed Missouri becomes a slave state, Maine becomes a free state (keeps the balance in the Senate) North of 36 30’ is free, South is slave No one is happy 1830s: Abolitionist movement begins
ME OR VT MN NH WI NY MA MI CT RI IA PA NJ OH IL IN MD DE WV VA MO KY NC TN AR SC AL GA MS TX LA FL
Timeline 1850: The Compromise of 1850 CA enters as a free state, slavery allowed in Utah & New Mexico territories Fugitive Slave Law: Escaped slaves must be returned to their owners 1852: Uncle Tom’s Cabin published 1854: Kansas-Nebraska Act The people who live in the Kansas & Nebraska territories would decide if they are slave or free states Lincoln was a lawyer in Illinios. He gives a speech denouncing the Kansas-Nebraska Act & calls slavery immoral. Lincoln advocated against spreading slavery to the new territories in hopes that this would preserve the Union & see slavery die out over time by being confined to just the Southern states.
Nebraska Territory Kansas Territory ME OR VT MN NH WI NY MA MI CT RI IA PA Utah Territory NJ OH IL IN MD DE Kansas Territory WV CA VA MO KY NC TN New Mexico Territory AR SC AL GA MS TX LA FL
Timeline 1856: Senator Charles Sumner beaten in the Senate 1851: Sumner elected to the Senate (Free-Soiler) He campaigned against what he saw as southern aggression on the slavery issue As North-South tensions heightened, so did Sumner’s rhetoric. In his Crime against Kansas speech, delivered in May 1856, he lambasted southern efforts to extend slavery into Kansas and attacked his colleague, Andrew P. Butler of South Carolina Butler’s cousin, Congressman Preston Brooks, assaulted Sumner on the Senate floor He spent three and a half years recovering from the beating
Timeline 1856: The Dred Scott decision Dred & Harriet Scott sue for their freedom b/c owners moved them to WI (a free territory) Decision: US govt. can’t take away a citizen’s property w/o compensation (5th Amendment) US govt. can’t call Scott free b/c don’t have the authority to ban slavery in territories Dred Scott is a slave & therefore not a citizen so he cannot sue Abolitionists outraged, empowered Republican Party, & fueled violence btwn slaveowners & abolitionists