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Lesson 1
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8 A . SAS . Assassinate (a sas in eight)
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Bleeding Kansas Recall: 1x necessary precondition 1x developing cause
The trigger cause 1X fact about what happened during bleeding Kansas
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By the end of this lesson everybody will be able to…
Outline the key chronology from Explain the reasons why the Republican party emerged Judge and justify which reason was the most important
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‘The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the most important reason for the rise of the Republican Party by 1858.’ Assess the validity of this view
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Potential reasons for the rise of the Republican Party by 1858
‘The Kansas Nebraska Act was the most important reason for the rise of the Republican Party by ’ Assess the validity of this view Kansas Nebraska Act Collapse of the Whigs Failure of the Know Nothings Dred Scott case Lincoln-Douglas debates
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Introduction ‘The Kansas Nebraska Act was the most important reason for the rise of the Republican Party by ’ Assess the validity of this view Definition(s) Criteria Judgement Conclusion Judgement Substantiation (backing up the judgement)
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Lesson 2
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By the end of this lesson everybody will be able to…
Describe the election of 1856 Explain the reasons why the Republican party emerged Judge and justify which reason was the most important
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Rise of the Republican Party
POINT EVIDENCE EXPLAIN Kansas-Nebraska Act Collapse of the Whigs Know Nothing’s mistakes Beating of Sumner Get students to put three on one side of A3 and 3 on the other side Dred Scott Lincoln Douglas Debates
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KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT EVIDENCE
Repealed the Missouri Compromise by introducing popular sovereignty Divided the Nebraska territory into two (Kansas and Nebraska) Led to a ‘hell of a storm’ Evidence of a slave conspiracy theory to the North Southerners had been apathetic, but it became a symbol of Southern honour Splinters the Know Nothings in 1856 EXPLAIN Catalysed the emergence of the Republican party (name came out of a anti-Nebraska meeting in New Hampshire) Kansas-Nebraska Act meant that Northerners wanted a party that was anti-slavery
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COLLPASE OF THE WHIGS EVIDENCE
Seen as a direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (set southern against the northern) However, state/local elections in 1853 were a disaster for northern Whigs Did not deal with Catholics (fear of a Papal plot in protestant America) 1852 election the Whigs were pro-Catholic (failed to get their votes) Did not deal with immigration (associated with increased crime and welfare costs) EXPLAIN Northern dissatisfaction = they began to look to new parties to represent their views. Interestingly, it does not appear to be down to sectional conflict
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FAILURE OF THE KNOW NOTHINGS
EVIDENCE Concerns about Catholics and immigration led to their rise 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act helped the Know Nothings – 63% of the vote in Massachusetts Know Nothings did not need to compete with the Republicans Drop their anti-Kansas-Nebraska position and lose the support of Northerners Decline in immigration affected nativism Failure to make good of their campaigns in the legislature (do nothing and know nothing) Attracted old guard politicians – who them Know Nothings had set up to purge Nathaniel Banks (ex-Know Nothing) became a Republican and Speaker of the House Chose Fillmore as their candidate in 1856 Presidential election (had supported FSA) EXPLAIN Know Nothings lost their status as an opposition party to the Democrats Only other alternative is the Republican party
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BLEEDING SUMNER EVIDENCE May 1856 Congress
Sumner made a speech in Congress where he attached Southern Senator Butler Congressman Preston Brooks entered the Senate and beat Sumner with his cane The cane was shattered in the process… Southerners set him a lot of new ones EXPLAIN For many northerners this was evidence of slave power at work – using force to silence free speech Arguable that there was more outrage than there was the Bleeding Kansas
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DRED SCOTT EVIDENCE Scott accompanied his owner to Illinois, then Wisconsin before returning to Missouri 1840’s Scott goes to the Missouri courts to sue for his freedom (resided in a free state) Reaches the Supreme Court They decided that Scott could not sue for his freedom (no equal rights); Scott’s stays in Illinois and Wisconsin did not make him free – the Missouri Compromise was illegal; US citizens had a right to take their ‘property’ into the territories President Buchanan claimed that he knew nothing of the ruling – but he did EXPLAIN Further proof of a slave conspiracy theory between the President, SC and Democrats Seen as an attempt to undermine the Republican party
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
EVIDENCE 1858 mid-term elections (Douglas vs. Lincoln for Senator of Illinois) 7x open air debates which drew vast crowds Debates largely confined to slavery, race and slave expansion Both consider blacks to be inferior Douglas never said that slavery was morally wrong Lincoln wins but Douglas was appointed Senator EXPLAIN Lincoln emerged as a Republican spokesman of national stature Mentions of Lincoln being a Republican president
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pp.72-73 Raw votes Percentage Electoral college votes
Who was nominated as presidential candidate by each party and why 1856 campaign 1856 result Raw votes Percentage Electoral college votes
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Was the 1856 election a defeat or victory for the Republican party?
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