The Road to War I. Kansas-Nebraska Act 1. Senator Stephen A. Douglas 2. Divided Kansas & Nebraska 3. Re-opened free soil territory to slavery a. Angered Northerners 4. Led to Bleeding-Kansas a. Popular Sovereignty -Abolitionists v. Pro-slavers library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/kansas-nebras...
II. Birth of the Republican Party 1. Northern Whigs 2. “Free-Soil” a. “No slavery in new states…” III. Dread Scott Decision (1857) 1. A shot to abolitionists a. Slaves are property b. Congress may not deprive a slave owner of his property c. Missouri Compromise= Unconstitutional -”Government cannot prohibit slavery…” 2. Republicans challenge it www.journaltimes.com/bhm/html/dred_scott.html
IV. Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1. Outlined weakness of Dred Scott case a. “Congress powerless?” 2. Made Abe Lincoln famous a. Highly intelligent b. Charismatic c. 1st Republican President www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/2001/iht820111.html
V. The South Secedes 1. South Carolina 1st 2. Confederate States of America 3. President Jefferson Davis 4. Capital @ Richmond VA www.fort-mill.k12.sc.us/RVES/RVES%20page/RVES...
VI. The First Shots, 1861 1. Attack on Fort Sumter a. Union Fort in S. Carolina -Confederate soil b. Union demanded control C. Confederacy refused -opened fire *Start of Civil War www.civilwarhome.com/ftsumter.htm
Questions 1. How did the following events lead to the Civil War? Kansas-Nebraska Act Dred Scott Decision Lincoln-Douglas Debates Election of Republican President Abe Lincoln Secession of South Carolina Shots at Fort Sumter