1. 1857
1857 was a turning point for the United States. To what extent was this a valid statement?

2. BACKGROUND

3. Uncle tom’s cabin

4. ANTHONY BURNS

5. Bleeding Kansas -1855

6. Congressional authority

7. Election of 1856

8. POLITICAL ASPECTS
Detail BEFORE 1857

9. Inauguration of james buchanan

10. Republican party Tariff Transportation Slavery Westward Expansion
Education
Immigration

11. Dividing democraTS

12. SOCIAL ASPECTS
Detail BEFORE 1857

13. Dred scott decision

14. Kansas crisis

15. ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Detail BEFORE 1857

16. Panic of 1857

17. Tariff of 1857
Dropped average tax on imports by
20%

18. Discussion Question
The events of 1857 created a watershed of change that all but guaranteed a war between the states. Support, refute, or modify this statement.