1. By: Nicholas R. Gaillard & Samantha G. Ramsey
Road to the Civil War
By:
Nicholas R. Gaillard
&
Samantha G. Ramsey

2. Fugitive slave law Took place in 1850 This law means:
Slaveholders or their hired agents could seize their runaway slaves in any northern state
Slaveholders could go before a judge to make a legal claim

3. Franklin Pierce Democratic candidate of New Hampshire
Was elected over General Winfield Scott
His slogan was:
“we Polked ‘em in ’44, and we’ll Pierce ‘em in ’52”
Couldn’t control the events around him

4. Kansas-Nebraska act This bill divided the Nebraska territory
southern portion named as the territory of Kansas
northern portion named as the territory of Nebraska

5. James Buchanan
Inaugurated as president in 1857 to replace Franklin Pierce
From Pennsylvania and was also the 15th president
Nominated by democrats

6. Dred Scott Slave who sued for his freedom
He believed that if you lived in free land you were a free man
He lost the case
After this slaves were made to be as property
And then they had to return to their slaveholders

7. Economy fails 1857 the national economy suffered a depression
Greater in the north than in the south because southern states depended on agriculture not business in finance
Tens of thousands of people were out of work after banks and business’ folded

8. Lincoln-Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas vs. Abraham Lincoln for presidency in 1860
Lincoln challenged Douglas to 7 open-air debates
They discussed slavery expansion in the territories
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9. Continued… Lincoln didn’t want slavery in the territories to an extent
Douglas believed if the majority of the people want slavery, then that’s what should occur

10. South Carolina
Seceded from the union 6 weeks after Lincoln was elected
Cause:
Lincoln was elected president
Knew that Lincoln wasn’t a believer in slavery and that he would try and get rid of it
Needed slaves to pick the cotton
6 other states in lower south seceded not long after South Carolina

11. Abraham Lincoln He was elected president in 1861
Time of the confederacy
Won with 40% popular vote
Received 59% of the electoral votes
His election was a signal to the south that their economy and way of life was in grave danger

12. Confederacy formed
Representatives of the secessionist states met in Alabama and formed the Confederate States of America
Each state was to be “sovereign and independent”
People had the right to own slaves

13. THE END!

14. Sources!
Jordan Winthrop D., Greenblatt Miriam, Bowes John S.. The Americans: A History. Evanston : McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Inc. , 1996.