Chapter 12 Road to Civil War

People to meet… William Lloyd Garrison~ MA abolitionist; Liberator newspaper Sara & Angelina Grimke~ southern abolitionists; freed their slaves David Walker~ free African American; encouraged slave rebellion Frederick Douglas~ escaped slave; created North Star newspaper Sojourner Truth~ escaped slave for abolition & women’s rights James K. Polk~ US president during War with Mexico Millard Fillmore~ US president after Taylor died Stephen A. Douglas~ IL senator; worked on Comp of 1850 & ran against Lincoln (debates) Harriet Beacher Stowe~ author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin John Brown~ abolitionist who led raid on Harper’s Ferry

Charles Sumner~ abolitionist; attacked for anti-slavery speech Preston Brooks~ pro-slavery; attacked Sumner in House of Reps John C. Fremont~ Republican pres candidate from California James Buchanan~ elected pres 1856; failed to prevent civil war Dred Scott~ sued for his freedom in US Sup Ct.; *LOST Roger B. Taney~ Chief Justice ruled against Dred Scott Abraham Lincoln~ 1st Republican pres; debated Stephen Douglas John Crittenden~ proposed amendments to preserve the Union Jefferson Davis~ Pres of Confederate States of America

Admission of New States (pg. 208) Missouri Compromise Kept balance of free & slave states *MO entered as SLAVE *ME entered as FREE *Prohibited slavery in remaining area of LA territory Compromise of 1850 *CA entered as FREE *NM territory admitted with NO RESTRICTIONS *Banned slavery in DC *FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT- returned escaped slaves & NON slaves to the south

Kansas-Nebraska Act Southern Reaction Northern Reaction Strongly in favor of the act believing it will help spread slavery Many opposed fearing it would spread slavery Vote was split in congress because of deep divisions among the Democratic Party

Timeline (Pg. 220) 1846 – Dred Scott sues for his freedom 1854 – Republican Party formed 1856 – Buchanan elected president 1858 – John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry

Timeline (Pg. 224) Nov. 1860 – Lincoln elected president Dec. 1860 – South Carolina secedes Feb. 1861 – TX, LA, MS, AL, FL & GA secede March 1861 – Lincoln inaugurated into office April 1860 – Fort Sumter attached by southern forces; Civil War begins

Fort Sumter (pg. 227) A fort guarding Charleston Harbor where the Civil War began. South gives Union a deadline to leave since CONFEDERATE land now; Lincoln doesn’t recognize the Confederacy & sends support troops Southern “victory” (Only one accidental casualty) U.S. Flag removed & hung in North to rally support – retuned in a ceremony at the end of the war (still in the museum).

Missouri Compromise Tension growing in US Congress about balance of free & slave states Missouri enters as slave state Maine enters as free state 12 slave & 12 free No slavery in LA Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line, except for Missouri

Preston Brooks Charles Sumner

Violence on the Senate floor Pro-slavery Congressman Brooks beats anti-slavery Senator Sumner…can’t return for years!

John Brown Shortly before Harper’s Ferry Raid

Kansas Nebraska Act Popular Sovereignty

Abraham Lincoln First Republican elected president Final cause of the civil war…as soon as he was elected, South Carolina seceded

Timeline Groups of 5 students Research 2 topics each (Your printouts will be collected as part of Ch. 12 folder) TYPE a full (8 sentence) paragraph for each (Your drafts will be collected as part of Ch. 12 folder) Draw / download a corresponding picture, map, document, etc. Attach to timeline paper Be prepared to explain/teach each other…

Timeline events… 1. Missouri Compromise 6. Caning of Charles Sumner(1856) (1820) 2. Nat Turner’s Rebellion 7. Dred Scott Decision (1857) (1831) 3. Compromise of 1850~ 8. Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858) (Fugitive Slave Act) 4. Anthony Burn’s story 9. John Brown & Raid of Harper’s Ferry (1859) 5. Kansas-Nebraska Act~ 1854 (Popular Sovereignty & 10. Election of 1860 / Secession Bleeding KS)

Table of Contents _____ Title Page w/ pic (2 pts) _____ Table of Contents (3 pts) _____ Workbook (65 pts) _____ Causes Research printouts (10 pts) _____ Causes Paragraph Drafts (10 pts) _____ “Was war inevitable?” Quickwrite (10 pts) _____ / 100 TOTAL

Quickwrite ~ Was war inevitable? Some historians believe that the Civil War was inevitable, that our country was on a path toward war from the onset of the introduction of slavery in the 1600’s & because of the differences between the northern & southern regions. Others feel that there were several things that could have been done to prevent civil war. Explain your opinion using specific details and vocabulary/people (5 min - highlight) from Ch. 12 and any previous chapters that apply.