1. Chapter 14 The Nation Divided 1846-1861 Section 3: The Crisis Deepens
LEQ:
How does expansion contribute to the Civil War?
How do growing social divisions contribute to the Civil War?
How do states’ rights and slavery contribute to the Civil War?

2. What you will do
Explain why the Republican Party came into being in the 1850’s.
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,

3. What you will Know
Dred Scott Roger B. Taney Abraham Lincoln John Brown Republican Party Robert E. Lee

4. What do you think? Issue:
A slave living in a state and then a territory that prohibits slavery.
Question: Should that slave be free? Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences
Do now:
Answer the question
Share out

5. A New Antislavery Party
Republicans- the new antislavery party
Goal…
To stop the spread of slavery into the western territories
Opposed slavery
Against slavery

6. Checks on learning What is the name of the new antislavery party?
What is the goal of the new antislavery party?
True or False. The new antislavery party opposes slavery.

7. The Dred Scott Case Dred Scott Decision in March of 1857 Issue…
A shattering blow to antislavery forces
Issue…
Dred Scott was enslaved person owned by a U.S. Army Doctor
Both Lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin territory
Slavery was prohibited
Then settled in Missouri

8. The Dred Scott Case Dred Scott issue continued… Argument…
Scott sued for his freedom
Argument…
He was free because he had lived where slavery was illegal
The Court Decides
Scott’s case made it to the Supreme Court
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote the decision

9. The Dred Scott Case The courts decision Taney writes…
Scott had no right to sue in federal court because African Americans were not citizens
Living in free territory did not make an enslaved person free
Slaves were property and property rights were protected by the U.S. Constitution
Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in any territory- Making the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

10. The Dred Scott Case Reaction to the Dred Scott case Outcome
Southern reaction
Rejoiced
Northern reaction
Stunned
Outcome
Slavery was legal in all territories
Congress could not make any law banning slavery in territories
Slaves are considered property
Slaves are not citizens
Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

11. Checks on Learning Who is Dred Scott?
What is the issue facing Dred Scott?
List 3 outcomes from the Dred Scott case.
Who is Roger B. Taney?

13. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Abraham Lincoln
In 1858…
Nominated to run for the Senate
Republican
Against the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Against Stephen Douglas
Democrat
Author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Both from Illinois

14. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln’s speech after accepting the Republican nomination:
What does Lincoln mean by “house divided”?
Think-Pair-Share

15. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Read: Debating Slavery page 497
What is the topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debate?
What did Douglas defend?
What is Lincoln’s stance on slavery?
Lincoln stated that African Americans are entitled to rights enumerated from what document?

17. John Brown’s Raid John Brown In 1859 Goal: A hero or a terrorist?
Brown and a small band of abolitionists attack…
Harpers Ferry, VA
Goal:
seize guns from the U.S. Army
Lead a slave revolt

18. John Brown’s Raid Outcome: Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859
Robert E. Lee surrounded Brown’s force
Brown was captured
Sentenced to death
Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859
Northerners mourned
Southerners were convinced that the North was out to destroy their way of life

20. Checks on Learning
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong? What political party did Stephen Douglas belong?
What was Abraham Lincoln’s stance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Who is John Brown?
Why is he important?
What city did Brown plan to attack?
What was the outcome of Brown’s attack?
Was Brown a hero or terrorist? Explain
What did you learn? Explain using complete sentences.

21. Summary

22. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Primary Document Analysis page 773
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, Debate at Alton, Illinois