Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Civil War What led us astray?.

Published byClemence Collins Modified over 6 years ago

Similar presentations

Presentation on theme: "Civil War What led us astray?."— Presentation transcript:

1 Civil War What led us astray?

2 Free Soil Party (1848) Antislavery Whigs/Democrats Objective: Stop spread of slavery in territories

3 Election 1848 Van Buren – Free Soilers Lewis Cass – Democrats
Zachary Taylor – Whigs Taylor won the election Van Buren won the popular vote (10%) 13 Free Soilers elected Congress – showed slavery as a big political issue

4 New ideas within the 1850s: Clay
North & South to compromise if not the nation could fall apart

5 Calhoun Slavery needs to (& will) stay Wanted fugitive slaves back North to admit property back…IF NOT… South will secede!!

6 Webster Union needs to be preserved or ELSE…CIVIL WAR! Opposed slavery in territories End to slave trade BUT…South does have the right to ask for escaped slaves back

7 Politics in 1854 “New” Republican Party Free Soilers
Northern Democrats Antislavery Whigs Objective: keep slavery out of the Western Territory

8 Election 1860 Stephen Douglas (Northern Democrats) – Keep Union together John Bell (Constitutional Union Party) – Keep Union together John Breckenridge (Southern Democrats) – Proslavery Abraham Lincoln (Republicans) – Keep Union together

9 Lincoln won South Carolina seceded because: Lincoln won the Election 1860 w/out Southern votes No Southern voice in the gov’t Federal gov’t infringed on states’ rights Slavery

10 Confederate States of America
President: Jefferson Davis Beliefs: States have rights to secede North would never fight BUT if they did South would win Southern states started it by seizing forts/arsenals

11 “1st Event” Fort Sumter was bombarded
South felt it should be in their hands because it protected Charleston Harbor.

Download ppt "Civil War What led us astray?."

Similar presentations

1860 Election: A Nation Falling Apart?!. The outcome of the election of 1860 divided the United States √ Abraham Lincoln Republican John Bell Constitutional.

1860 Election: A Nation Falling Apart?!. The outcome of the election of 1860 divided the United States √ Abraham Lincoln Republican John Bell Constitutional.
Chapter 15 Slavery and the West Country is fighting over slavery Sectionalism grows Henry Clay proposes Missouri Compromise Preserved balance in Senate.

Chapter 15 Slavery and the West Country is fighting over slavery Sectionalism grows Henry Clay proposes Missouri Compromise Preserved balance in Senate.
Some Whigs grew more impassione d about ending slavery and more convinced that the national Whig party would never take a strong stand against it. These.

Some Whigs grew more impassione d about ending slavery and more convinced that the national Whig party would never take a strong stand against it. These.
CH 13 quiz 3 review.

CH 13 quiz 3 review.
The Election of 1860 and Southern Secession

The Election of 1860 and Southern Secession
Slavery & the West Sectionalism: An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country.

Slavery & the West Sectionalism: An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country.
Chapter 10, Section 4 The Coming of the Civil War p. 373-377 Abraham Lincoln’s election leads seven southern states to leave (secede from) the Union.

Chapter 10, Section 4 The Coming of the Civil War p Abraham Lincoln’s election leads seven southern states to leave (secede from) the Union.
Objectives: Describe the results of the election of 1860.

Objectives: Describe the results of the election of 1860.
Chapter 15, Section 4 Secession and War. Election of 1860  The Northern Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas  The Southern Democrats nominated John C.

Chapter 15, Section 4 Secession and War. Election of 1860  The Northern Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas  The Southern Democrats nominated John C.
Civil War Explain how specific events and issues led to the Civil War, including the sectionalism fueled by issues of slavery in the territories, states’

Civil War Explain how specific events and issues led to the Civil War, including the sectionalism fueled by issues of slavery in the territories, states’
Lincoln, Secession and War

Lincoln, Secession and War
Lincoln and Douglas Debate  Republicans – antislavery, Democrats – proslavery  Northerners feared that Southerners wanted to expand slavery to the entire.

Lincoln and Douglas Debate  Republicans – antislavery, Democrats – proslavery  Northerners feared that Southerners wanted to expand slavery to the entire.
Road to the U.S. Civil War. Economic & Social Divisions, Distrust & Political Conflict → War The South was dependent on growing cotton and slavery A growing.

Road to the U.S. Civil War. Economic & Social Divisions, Distrust & Political Conflict → War The South was dependent on growing cotton and slavery A growing.
Issues Leading to the Civil War Standard SS8H6a. States’ Rights –States are sovereign – subject to no higher power except for those specifically granted.

Issues Leading to the Civil War Standard SS8H6a. States’ Rights –States are sovereign – subject to no higher power except for those specifically granted.
Causes of Civil War Review Sheet. 1. Abraham Lincoln 2. Stephen Douglas 3. John Brown 4.Henry Clay 5. Harriet B. Stowe 6. Jefferson Davis 7. Dred Scott.

Causes of Civil War Review Sheet. 1. Abraham Lincoln 2. Stephen Douglas 3. John Brown 4.Henry Clay 5. Harriet B. Stowe 6. Jefferson Davis 7. Dred Scott.
North and South Divided.  Northwest Ordinance (1787) – Prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory  1808 – International Slave Trade banned  Missouri.

North and South Divided.  Northwest Ordinance (1787) – Prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory  1808 – International Slave Trade banned  Missouri.
States’ Rights The belief that the state’s interests should take precedence over the interests of the national government Nullification The political belief.

States’ Rights The belief that the state’s interests should take precedence over the interests of the national government Nullification The political belief.
Hosted by 100 200 400 300 400 PeopleLegislationTerms Events/ Places 300 200 400 200 100 500 100.

Hosted by PeopleLegislationTerms Events/ Places
Slavery and Secession Section 10-4 pp. 324-331. Slavery Dominates Politics The Dred Scott Decision – Decided by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney – Court ruled.

Slavery and Secession Section 10-4 pp Slavery Dominates Politics The Dred Scott Decision – Decided by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney – Court ruled.
Events that lead to the Civil War: 1860 & 1861 The Election of 1860: 4 Candidates for Pres. The Republicans picked Abe Lincoln as their candidate Democrats.

Events that lead to the Civil War: 1860 & 1861 The Election of 1860: 4 Candidates for Pres. The Republicans picked Abe Lincoln as their candidate Democrats.

Similar presentations

Ads by Google