Slavery Dominates Politics (15.2) These events led to the Civil War.

Political Parties https://sites.google.com/a/coalcityschools.org/govt-types/political-ideologies

New Political Party Kansas- Nebraska Act allowed citizens of each state to decide whether they would be a slave state or not. Whig Party began to be torn apart- it was created in 1834 in opposition to Andrew Jackson but was split on ideas of slavery. Southern Whig members joined the Democratic Party- very different from today’s party Other’s joined the brand new Republican Party- very different from today’s party anti-slavery sectional (protected the North) moral argument against slavery

New Political Party 1856 Election John C Fremont- Republican- known for Western exploration. Wanted California and Kansas to be free. James Buchanan- Democrat- little to say about slavery, wanted to maintain the union. Millard Fillmore- American Party (nicknamed Know-Nothing Party)- anti- immigrant party that was divided over slavery.

New Political Party 1856 Election Proved to be two separate races North- Buchanan v. Fremont South- Buchanan V. Fillmore Buchanan won the Presidency

Dred Scott Decision 1857 Dred Scott was a slave who had lived in free states and sued for his freedom when his owner died The Supreme Court – lead by Justice Roger B. Taney- said Dred Scott could not sue for his freedom because as an African he was not a citizen of the U.S. This increased the abolitionist’s efforts to fight against slavery

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Lincoln-Douglas Debate After the Dred Scott Decision, The Republicans charged that the Democrats wanted to legalize slavery in all states, which was untrue. Stephen A. Douglas, who sponsored the Kansas- Nebraska Act, was a main target in 1858. The Republican nominee to challenge Douglas’s seat was Abraham Lincoln. From the beginning, Lincoln challenged Douglas’s thoughts that slavery expand everywhere. In 1858, the two men held debates across Illinois in front of large crowds. This was the first debate system that is still modeled today.

John Brown and Harper’s Ferry 1859 John Brown, who had murdered several proslavery settlers in Kansas, added to the slavery controversy Oct. 16, 1859, Brown led 13 whites and 5 African-Americans into an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry He hoped local slaves would revolt and join them at the arsenal No slaves joined their fight so the group was captured Brown was tried for murder, treason and attempting to organize a slave revolt He was hanged Note: Northerners were very unhappy with the fate of Dred Scott and John Brown.

John Brown video https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KIo9elv_lVLykA.eQsnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBzZnZtb2xyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMTM-?p=john+brown+and+harpers+ferry&vid=97ec8f482cea4285dccb0e017c745fd0&turl=http%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DWN.nTa9JJjqetF%252bmjR5rfv7LA%26pid%3D15.1%26h%3D168%26w%3D300%26c%3D7%26rs%3D1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1JwX_UrXmKA&tit=John+Brown%26%2339%3Bs+Raid+On+Harpers+Ferry.+Abe+Binder+and+Alec+Jones.&c=12&h=168&w=300&l=172&sigr=11biup5vv&sigt=12211jslt&sigi=12nagttu2&age=1385021570&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=yhs-mozilla-002&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=mozilla&tt=b