1. Road to War pt 2

2. Dred Scott v. Sanford Slaves are not citizens
Congress can not outlaw slavery

3. Republicans
Anti-slavery political party

4. Lincoln
-Republican
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

5. Election of 1860 Lincoln, an abolitionist, is elected
Believes the union should stay intact
South secedes

6. Causes of the Civil War
-Sectional debate over slavery, extension of slavery in the territories, and the nature of the Union (state’s rights)
-Northern Abolitionists v. Southern defenders of slavery

7. Causes Cont -Failed compromises over slavery in the territories
-U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott Case
-Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
-Ineffective presidential leadership in the 1850s Animaniacs
-President Lincoln’s call for federal troops in 1861