Objectives Explain why the Republican Party came into existence in the 1850s. Summarize the issues involved in the Dred Scott decision. Identify Abraham.

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Objectives Explain why the Republican Party came into existence in the 1850s. Summarize the issues involved in the Dred Scott decision. Identify Abraham Lincoln’s and Stephen Douglas’s views on slavery. Describe the differing reactions in the North and the South to John Brown’s raid.

Key People Dred Scott − a slave seeking emancipation Roger B. Taney − the Chief Justice who ruled in Scott’s case Abraham Lincoln − elected President in 1860

Why did tensions between the North and South grow stronger after the Lincoln-Douglas debates and John Brown’s raid? In the late 1850s, political debates and court decisions highlighted the nation’s clashing views on slavery. These events caused growing tension between the North and South.

In 1854, the Whig Party split apart In 1854, the Whig Party split apart. Many northern Whigs formed a new party: the Republican Party. The Republican Party’s main goal was to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories.

Democrat James Buchanan The Republicans quickly became a powerful force in politics. A Republican first ran for President in 1856. Republican John C. Frémont Democrat James Buchanan Buchanan won, but Frémont carried 11 of the nation’s free states.

Soon after Buchanan took office, the U. S Soon after Buchanan took office, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision. In 1857, a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom. Scott had lived with his owner in two places where slavery was illegal. He argued that this meant he was a free man.

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote the decision in the Scott case. Dred Scott Decision Scott could not sue because he was a slave and, therefore, not a U.S. citizen. Living in a free state did not make Scott free. Slaves are property protected by the U.S. Constitution.

Justice Taney also ruled that Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in any territory. Both northerners and southerners were shocked by the court’s decision. Southerners rejoiced because slavery was now legal in all territories. Northerners had hoped slavery would die out. They now feared it would spread throughout the West.

Many leaders spoke out against the ruling. Frederick Douglass hoped the outrage against the decision would fuel the abolition movement. Abraham Lincoln, an Illinois lawyer, argued against the idea that African Americans could not be citizens.

Lincoln had served one term in Congress but had returned to practicing law. Now, his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act drew him back to the world of politics. He joined the Republican party. In 1858, Lincoln ran for Senate against his rival Stephen Douglas.

Lincoln and Douglas engaged in a series of debates, which were followed throughout the country. Douglas’s view Lincoln’s view Individual states should decide whether or not to continue the practice of slavery. Lincoln wants equality for African Americans. Slavery is wrong and it should not spread to the western territories. African Americans are entitled to the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Douglas won the election. However, the debates helped Lincoln become a national figure. Two years later, the two men would be rivals for the presidency.

In 1859, John Brown raised a group of followers to help him free slaves in the South. They attacked the town of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. They seized guns and planned to start a slave revolt. Brown was wounded and captured by Colonel Robert E. Lee. Ten of Brown’s followers were killed.

The Bible instructed him to care for the poor and enslaved. Before Brown was sentenced, he gave a passionate defense of his actions. The Bible instructed him to care for the poor and enslaved. He was willing to give up his life to follow those instructions. Brown was found guilty of murder and treason, and he was hanged in 1859.

Northerners and Southerners reacted differently to Brown’s sentence. Northerners praised Brown’s attempt to lead a slave revolt. They mourned his death.

Southerners saw Brown as proof that the North was out to destroy their way of life.

Could a new president bring the country back together? The continuing tensions over slavery drove the North and the South into talks of breaking up the United States. Could a new president bring the country back together? The crisis over slavery deepened as the country approached the 1860 presidential election.

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