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The start of the Republican Party What did the Republican party believe in? What happened after Lincoln was elected president?

James Buchanan: 15th president –Pretty smart guy and hard worker –Democrat –Was he our 1st gay president???? –Failed to unite North and South Supported pro-slavery laws

No Slavery Neither the Whig or Democrat party took a hard enough stand against slavery

Start of a new party Free Soilers and Northern Democrats and antislavery Whigs start Republican party in 1854

Republican Party Abraham Lincoln –1858 runs for Senate against Stephen Douglas –What will happen?

Republican Party Abraham Lincoln –Born in log cabin in Kentucky frontier –Spent a year in school –Served 8 years in legislature and one term in Congress –Mad about Kansas-Nebraska Act wants to run for Senate

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Lincoln challenged Douglas to a series of debates –Slavery –These debates drew huge crowds –However, Lincoln lost the seat in the Senate but both would face off for president two years later!

Election of 1860 Democrat party would be split –Southern Democrats wanted Slavery John Breckinridge –Northern Democrats didn’t want it Stephen Douglass –Constitutional Union John Bell –Republicans wanted an end to slavery Abraham Lincoln

Election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln’s name wasn’t on the ballot in 10 southern states Northern outnumbered southern –Also outvoted them

Election of 1860 John Crittenden of Kentucky introduces a bill to extend Missouri Compromise to Pacific –Proposed an amendment to the Constitution that was unamendmable (couldn’t be changed) –guaranteed slavery –Bill didn’t pass

Election of 1860 S.C. secedes first –Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas Start of the Confederacy

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