1. The Path to War

2. I. The Election of 1852

3. A. Whigs
Winfield Scott
Was not trusted in the South

4. B. Democrats Franklin Pierce Promised to: Won
honor the Compromise of 1850
Enforce the Fugitive Slave Act
Won

5. II. Kansas-Nebraska Act

6. A. The Problem
Stephen Douglas :Build a railroad from Illinois to California.
The rest of the Louisiana Purchase becomes U.S. territory
This would make it free territory
Southerners hate this idea

7. B. The Solution Douglas introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Divided the remaining land into two territories (KS & NE)
Popular sovereignty would determine if they were free or slave

8. III. “Bleeding Kansas” Elections – Held 1855
Won by pro-slavery because thousands crossed the border from MO to vote
Anti-slavery forces formed their own government

9. D. Pro-Slavery forces attacked Lawrence, the anti-slavery capital
E. John Brown
Abolitionist
Hacked pro- slavery men to death in the Pottawatomie Massacre

10. F. Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner on the Senate floor because of an anti Southern speech he made

11. IV. New Divisions

12. A. Impact on Political Parties
Republican Party formed
The following parties split
Democrats
Whigs
Know-Nothing

13. B. Election of 1856
Won by Democrat candidate James Buchanan First and only President from Pennsylvania!

14. V. The Dred Scott Decision

15. A. The Case Missouri Slave
Dred Scott
Missouri Slave
Lived with his master in free states and territories
Argued that he was free because he lived in free territory
Chief Justice - Tawny

16. B. Questions for the Court…
Was Scott a citizen or property?
Did he become free by living in a free state?
Was the ban on slavery on parts of the LA Territory constitutional?

17. VI. Lincoln-Douglas Debates

18. The Campaign U. S. Senate seat (Illinois) Debated 7 times
National press coverage

20. B. Lincoln Argued slavery should not be allowed to spread
Did NOT want equality for African Americans
“A House divided against itself cannot stand”

21. C. Douglas
Announced the Freeport Doctrine
Americans could ban slavery

22. D. The Election Douglas re-elected.
Although Lincoln lost, the fame he gained through these debates helped him win the Presidential election