1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin

2. On The Brink of War

3. I) On the Brink of War
Dred Scott Decision

4. I) On the Brink of War Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court case that determined several important things

5. I) On the Brink of War Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court case that determined several important things
The trial should not even take place because African Americans are not citizens

6. I) On the Brink of War Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court case that determined several important things
The trial should not even take place because African Americans are not citizens
Missouri (1820) Compromise was unconstitutional

7. I) On the Brink of War Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court case that determined several important things
The trial should not even take place because African Americans are not citizens
Missouri (1820) Compromise was unconstitutional
new states could be slave states

8. I) On the Brink of War Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court case that determined several important things
The trial should not even take place because African Americans are not citizens
Missouri (1820) Compromise was unconstitutional
new states could be slave states
5th amendment guaranteed right to property (slaves are property)

9. I) On the Brink of War
new states could be slave states

10. I) On the Brink of War new states could be slave states
5th amendment guaranteed right to property (slaves are property)

11. I) On the Brink of War new states could be slave states
5th amendment guaranteed right to property (slaves are property)
Scott was not a free man

13. II) Lincoln-Douglas Campaign
For the Senate seat in Illinois

14. II) Lincoln-Douglas Campaign
For the Senate seat in Illinois
Republican Abe Lincoln

15. II) Lincoln-Douglas Campaign
For the Senate seat in Illinois
Republican Abe Lincoln
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas

16. II) Lincoln-Douglas Campaign
For the Senate seat in Illinois
Republican Abe Lincoln
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas
They would engage in a series of debates, generally about slavery

17. II) Lincoln-Douglas Campaign
For the Senate seat in Illinois
Republican Abe Lincoln
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas
They would engage in a series of debates, generally about slavery
Douglas would win, narrowly

18. II) Lincoln-Douglas Campaign
For the Senate seat in Illinois
Republican Abe Lincoln
Democrat Stephen A. Douglas
They would engage in a series of debates, generally about slavery
Douglas would win, narrowly
However, Lincoln gained national recognition

19. III) Harper’s Ferry
John Brown and 21 supporters seized an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA

20. III) Harper’s Ferry
John Brown and 21 supporters seized an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA
Wanted to take the weapons and give them to freed slaves to fight

21. III) Harper’s Ferry
John Brown and 21 supporters seized an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA
Wanted to take the weapons and give them to freed slaves to fight
Robert E. Lee surrounded the arsenal and killed the men

22. IV) Election of 1860
The Democratic party splits

23. IV) Election of 1860 The Democratic party splits
North w/ Stephen Douglas

24. IV) Election of 1860 The Democratic party splits
North w/ Stephen Douglas
South w/ John Breckinridge

25. IV) Election of 1860 The Democratic party splits
North w/ Stephen Douglas
South w/ John Breckinridge
Republicans nominate Lincoln

26. IV) Election of 1860 The Democratic party splits
North w/ Stephen Douglas
South w/ John Breckinridge
Republicans nominate Lincoln
Abe wins w/ only 40% of the vote

27. IV) Election of 1860 The Democratic party splits
North w/ Stephen Douglas
South w/ John Breckinridge
Republicans nominate Lincoln
Abe wins w/ only 40% of the vote
States that he cannot change laws of slavery in southern states, wants to prevent new states from having slavery though

28. IV) Election of 1860
C. Within weeks, the South secedes from the Union and names Jefferson Davis president

29. IV) Election of 1860
C. Within weeks, the South secedes from the Union and names Jefferson Davis president
1. ??? is secession justifiable ???

30. IV) Election of 1860
D. A little over a month after Lincoln takes office, the South attacks Fort Sumter

31. IV) Election of 1860
D. A little over a month after Lincoln takes office, the South attacks Fort Sumter
1. Out-manned, the Fort withstands a 30 hour barrage of cannon fire before surrendering to the Confederates

32. IV) Election of 1860
D. A little over a month after Lincoln takes office, the South attacks Fort Sumter
1. Out-manned, the Fort withstands a 30 hour barrage of cannon fire before surrendering to the Confederates
2. The Civil War had begun!!!