1. The 1850s:
Road to
Secession

2. Problems of Sectional Balance in 1850
California statehood.
Southern “fire-eaters” threatening secession.
Underground RR & fugitive slave issues:
Personal liberty laws

3. Compromise of 1850

4. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896)
So this is the lady who started the Civil War Abraham Lincoln

5. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 Sold 300,000 copies in the first year.
2 million in a decade!

6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852

7. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
Popular Sovereignty in KS & NB  Did away with the Missouri Compromise

8. The act led to violence and fraudulent voting
“Bleeding Kansas”
The act led to violence and fraudulent voting

9. “The Crime Against Kansas”
Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA)
Congr. Preston Brooks (D-SC)

10. John Brown: Madman, Hero or Martyr?
Mural in the Kansas Capitol building by John Steuart Curry (20c)

11. Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857
Dred Scott sued his owner for freedom because they moved to a free state.
Decision: slaves are property and cannot sue
Impact: Slavery can exist anywhere!

12. John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry, 1859
John Brown wanted to start a slave uprising, but was caught
The North saw him as a martyr after he was hanged

13. 1860 Presidential Election
√ Abraham Lincoln Republican
John Bell Constitutional Union
1860 Presidential Election
Stephen A. Douglas Northern Democrat
John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat

14. 1860 Election: 3 “Outs” & 1 ”Run!”

15. 1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

16. 1860
Election
Results

17. Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860
The south formed the Confederate States of America and chose Jefferson Davis as President.

18. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861