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Ch.10 Sect.4:Slavery & Secession
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Slavery Dominates Politics
Buchanan Case of Dred Scott Was taken North, free? Roger B. Taney No rights Court ruled MO Comp… Reactions? Republican Party
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Roger B. Taney
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Lecompton Constitution
1857, Proslavery govt. wrote… Free-Soilers Voted against it Buchanan Douglas and popular sovereignty Summer 1858
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
1858 race for Senate in IL Lincoln was a successful lawyer/politician Was a Whig, then a Republican Lincoln challenged Douglas to 7 debates Issue Speaking Styles
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Positions and Arguments
Douglas believed in popular sovereignty… Did not think slavery was immoral Lincoln believed it immoral Slavery issue What did they accuse each other of? Lincoln ? Freeport Doctrine Who won?
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Passions Ignite John Brown
Received backing from Northern abolitionists 10/16/59 led a ban of 21 men into Harpers Ferry, why? What happened?
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John Brown’s Hanging 12/2/59 hung for treason
Northern thoughts of him? Martyr? Southern response?
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Harpers Ferry
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Lincoln Elected Republican convention and William Seward
Convention in Chicago 1st day formed committees, listened to… Campaign managers…
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Wigwam
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Seward and Lincoln Seward appeared to have won He had…
Well known name… Who won? What were Lincoln’s thoughts? Southern thoughts on Lincoln? Election 1860-Douglas, Breckinridge, Bell, Lincoln Lincoln won but had less than… Lincoln had…
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Southern Secession Lincoln’s victory… South Carolina led way…
States Rights Southern thoughts… Who followed SC?
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The Shaping of the Confederacy
2/4/61 Confederacy formed in AL Constitution Sovereign and independent Jefferson Davis elected president Alexander Stephens VP
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