Road to War pt 2
Dred Scott v. Sanford Slaves are not citizens Congress can not outlaw slavery
Republicans Anti-slavery political party
Lincoln -Republican “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Election of 1860 Lincoln, an abolitionist, is elected Believes the union should stay intact South secedes
Causes of the Civil War -Sectional debate over slavery, extension of slavery in the territories, and the nature of the Union (state’s rights) -Northern Abolitionists v. Southern defenders of slavery
Causes Cont -Failed compromises over slavery in the territories -U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott Case -Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe -Ineffective presidential leadership in the 1850s Animaniacs -President Lincoln’s call for federal troops in 1861