3.  Dred Scott = Slave  Traveled with his owner into free territories, believed he thus became free  Takes his case to court  Supreme Court decides he’s wrong › Slaves have no rights, are simply property › Congress has no right to regulate slavery in territories I want to be freeNope.

4.  Abe Lincoln running against Stephen Douglas for Illinois US Senate seat  Lincoln had been in House of Reps  Douglas is 2-term Senator, well known

5. Abe Lincoln Stephen Douglas  Spoke plainly, directly  Believed slavery was immoral  Government needed to stop slavery  Not an advocate of “equality,” just stopping the spread of slavery  Very dramatic speaking style  Thought slavery was impractical on the prairies  Staunch supporter of Popular Sovereignty  Felt slavery would die out on its own

6.  7 debates held between Lincoln and Douglas  Douglas wins Senate seat  Lincoln’s impassioned anti-slavery rhetoric shows him to be a possible Republican candidate for President

7.  John Brown leads raid on Harper’s Ferry  Trying to start a slave uprising – seize federal arsenal, distribute weapons to slaves, then boom! uprising › No slaves join the uprising › Local troops and US Marines kill about half Brown’s men, capture Brown › John Brown is executed  Further raises fear in South, threat of secession creeps closer to reality

8.  William H. Seward (NY) stiffest competition for Lincoln › Senate anti-slavery credentials, lots of financial backing › Seward’s anti-slavery rhetoric (“irrepressible conflict” between North and South) and record may have worked against him › Delegates choose the more moderate Lincoln

9.  Wins heavily populated North  Not a single electoral vote outside of the North

10.  South fears that they have lost their voice in the national government – secession time y’all! › South Carolina first (12/20/1860), soon joined by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas › 2/4/1861, form Confederate States of America › Constitution very similar to United States Constitution – protects and recognizes slavery in territories, and makes each state “sovereign and independent” › Select Jefferson Davis to be President  Prez. Buchanan says that secession is illegal, but that it would be illegal for him to do anything about it  What will happen to the Union?

11.  Differences between North and South  Political struggles – Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, etc  Republican Party  Dred Scott  Abe Lincoln  Secession  More stuff too!