1. The 1860 Election & the Coming of the Civil War

2. I. Three Long Term Causes of the Civil War

3. A. The Rise of the Anti-Slavery Movement (1830s)

4. B. Slavery and Westward Expansion (1840s)

5. C. Bad Political Leaders (1850s)

6. B. The Late 1850s: The Crisis Worsens
1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin Upsets the South (1852)

7. 2. The Dred Scott Decision: Slavery on Free Soil (1857)

8. C. John Brown’s Failed Raid to Free Slaves (1859)

10. III. The 1860 Election and Secession

11. A. The 1860 Election: Rising Republicans and Divided Democrats

12. B. Lincoln: The “Minority” President-Elect (Nov.)

13. C. 7 Southern States Secede (Dec.-Jan.)

14. D. The Crittendon Amendments and Failed Compromise (Jan-March)

15. E. The First Shots & 4 Years of War (April)

16. IV. Lingering Questions: What Ifs…..
The south hadn’t seceded?
Lincoln had accepted the Crittendon Compromise?
Northerners had just paid southerners to free their slaves?